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Tuesday, 10.06.2014 (11:30-13:00) - Representatives of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Bosnia and Herzegovina spoke at the Global Summit to end sexual violence in conflict in London about the status of rape victims and challenges to objective reporting about sexual violence.

The Balkans Investigative Reporting Network in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIRN BiH, launches its three-year strategy aimed at raising awareness about the difficulties victims of wartime rape face, and encouraging them to speak up.

In the year ahead the Association of Court Reporters, AIS, will organise five workshops for journalists in local communities throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina with the aim of ensuring more objective and professional reporting on judiciary – this was concluded at an annual AIS conference.

The practice of non-selective anonymisation of war crime verdicts and other major criminal offences led to a justified reaction from the public and damaged the reputation of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it was said at a roundtable discussion in Sarajevo.

Journalists, who follow trials before courts in Brcko District, say that access to information from courts is difficult for them, so they cannot always make reports in a timely manner.

The Association of Court Reporters, AIS, holds a meeting at which participants discuss results of workshops attended by representatives of judicial institutions and the media in Doboj and Trebinje and agree on presenting the results of the campaign - “Stop Censoring War Crimes”.

The collaboration between the media and the District Prosecution in Doboj should be “deepened” by hiring a spokesperson to work with that institution, so citizens can obtain information on time.

Representatives of judicial institutions and media from Trebinje consider that the anonymisation of court documents is unnecessary, because trials are public and there is no need to protect identity of perpetrators in case they have already been identified.

Thursday, 27.06.2013 (11:10-12:03) - Hundreds of new monuments and statues have been installed across the Balkans after the 1990s wars, but many have reinforced ethnic divisions, a debate in the Bosnian capital heard.

The Association of Court Reporters, AIS, will organize a campaign titled “Stop Censoring War Crimes” with the aim of stopping the anonymyzation of court documents and restricting access to audio and video recordings from trials held before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Advocacy

Ensuring Justice for Sexual Violence Victims

BIRN BiH Puts Focus on Sexual Violence in War

AIS to Focus on Traumatised Victims

Non-selective Anonymisation Tarnishes Bosnian Court

Insufficient Cooperation between Courts and the Media

Plans for Ending Anti-Censorship Campaign

“Deepen” Collaboration between Prosecutions and Media

Unnecessary Anonymisation of Court Documents

BIRN Launches Memorials Investigation in Sarajevo

Campaign against Censoring of War Crimes

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