23. August 2019.
The crimes were committed in eastern Bosnia during a wave of ethnic cleansing by Bosnian Serb forces at the start of the 1992-95 war.
Case: Planincic et al.
4. February 2016.
Former Territorial Defence fighter Fikret Planincic’s 11-year prison sentence for taking part in the 1992 killings of nine Serb civilians, including two children, has been upheld on appeal.
14. January 2016.
The defense teams of three former Territorial Defense soldiers charged with war crimes in Kotor Varos have called upon the state court’s appeal chamber to hand down verdicts of release. The defense states their clients didn’t participate in an attack on civilians in the village of Serdari in 1992. The verdict is scheduled for February 4.
24. December 2015.
Presenting its closing statement at the retrial of former Territorial Defense members Fikret Planincic, Sead Menzil and Mirsad Vatrac, the prosecution called for a guilty verdict. The prosecution insisted the trial chamber consider the death of civilians and girls while deliberating the sentence.
28. January 2015.
After determining that it is incomprehensible, the Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, quashes a first instance verdict, under which Fikret Planincic, Sead Menzil and Mirsad Vatrac were sentenced for crimes in the Kotor-Varos area.
18. December 2014.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, proposes to the Appellate Chamber of the Court of BiH to pronounce longer sentences against Fikret Planincic, Sead Menzil and Mirsad Vatrac, who were sentenced, under a first instance verdict, to a total of 33-and-a-half years in prison for crimes in Serdari, Kotor-Varos municipality.
13. June 2014.
Sud BiH obustavio je postupak protiv Rasima Lianèiæa (69) zbog smrti optuenog u predmetu za zloèin poèinjen u Kotor-Varoi.
13. January 2014.
Four ex-members of the Kotor Varos territorial defence force were jailed for a total of 43 years for involvement in the killing of 16 Serb civilians in the village of Serdari in 1992.
27. December 2013.
The Bosnian State Court has postponed the passing of two high-profile war crimes verdicts to January next year.
10. December 2013.
Four former Bosniak Territorial Defence fighters accused of attacking the village of Serdari in 1992, when 16 Serb civilians were killed, called for not guilty verdicts as their trial concluded.
Sva prava zadržana BIRN BiH.