Tuesday, 11 March 2025.
Analysis– Begovic: Accused of Beating Detainees in Batkovic
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...
Bosnian Courts Deny Compensation to War Prisoners
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...
Analysis – Witnesses at Trial of Ibracevic et al. Describe Assault and Torture of Rapatnica Prisoners
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...
Verdict in Odzak Rape Trial Expected on November 26
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...
Bosnian Court Fears ‘Abolition Attempt’ by Serbs
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...
Analysis – Verdict in Ilija Juric Trial Expected November 9
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...
Analysis – Verdict Expected Soon in Kovacevic Case
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...
Huge War Crimes Case Backlog Overwhelms Bosnia
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...
Bosnian Bureaucratic Failures Endangered Protected Witnesses
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...