On December 9, the Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict in the Gligor Begovic trial. Begovic, a former member of the Bosnian Serb Army, has been charged with war crimes committed in the Batkovic detention camp near Bijeljina.
Former prisoners seeking compensation for their mental suffering in detention camps are being forced to pay thousands of euros to file claims or losing their assets when their claims are ruled invalid.
The state prosecution invited approximately 25 witnesses to testify during eleven months of evidence proceedings at the trial of three former fighters accused of war crimes in Srebrenik. The witnesses were physically tortured or saw others being beaten during their detention in the settlements of Rapatnica and Luke.
After a trial that’s lasted more than a year, the Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict in the case of Marijan Brnjic, Martin Barukcic, Pavo Glavas and Ilija Glavas on November 26, 2015. The defendants have been accused with wartime rape in the Odzak area.
The state court fears that a new Bosnian Serb reform proposal is aimed at abolishing the state-level judiciary, but Republika Srpska says it just wants to clarify the division of authority between the state and Bosnia’s entities.
On November 9, the Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict in the Ilija Juric case. Juric, also known as Bekrija, has been charged with war crimes in the Odzak area.
After a trial that has lasted one year, the Bosnian state court will issue a verdict in the Petar Kovacevic case. Kovacevic has been charged with war crimes in the Visegrad area.
Bosnia and Herzegovina will fail to resolve the most sensitive war crimes cases by its December 2015 deadline and may not tackle the thousands of remaining cases by the final deadline of 2023.
Protected witnesses whose testimonies were crucial for war-crimes and organised crime cases were put at risk for six months because of the failure to set up a commission to ensure their security.