Tuesday, 13 may 2025.
Public testimony or protecting indictees’ private life
Recent decisions by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to close war crimes trials to the public in order to protect the private life of the indictees, has faced strong...
Part of life unforgettably taken
After months spent in custody and years spent on trial, some indictees were however pronounced not guilty of war crimes. They are trying to live a “normal” life again, but...
Is Bosnia’s Prosecution ‘Tearing Up’ Investigations?
Legal experts and judicial officials have criticised the state prosecution for raising indictments for individual war crimes, reducing complex and wide-ranging attacks to a series of more minor incidents.
A War Crime Shrouded in Silence
The murder and rape of pregnant women by fighters during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina remains one of the least-researched aspects of wartime brutality.
The wall of silence about crimes in Bileca
Due to the lack of prosecution of crimes committed in the municipality of Bileca, survivors are less and less ready to talk about the mistreatment and abuse that they survived.
Nine suspects for war crimes expected
In order to conduct further war crimes trials, extradition proceedings are currently ongoing for nine citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina who are currently residing in Europe, Australia and the United...
Vehid Subotic: Killings in Dusina
After fourteen months of the trial, the Bosnian State Court will on Friday, November 7, hand down a verdict to Vehid Subotic, who is being tried for crimes in Dusina...
Threats to witnesses go without investigation
No one has ever been charged with making a threat against witnesses even though the witnesses themselves complain about the threats that they are receiving and that this is often...
Families of missing persons lose their lawsuits in Strasbourg
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has not accepted the lawsuits brought by families of missing persons who wanted to sue Bosnia and Herzegovina for failing to find...