Wednesday, 14 may 2025.
Crime across the border
Many citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina are turning to neighbouring countries in anticipation of justice because they were detained in those countries during the war.
Radovan Karadzic ‘Optimistic’ as Trial Nears End
Closing arguments begin next week at Karadzic’s war crimes trial, and his legal adviser told BIRN that the former Bosnian Serb leader believes he’ll be acquitted if the court is...
Genocide Convicts Serving 500 Years
Thirty Bosnian Serbs have so far been jailed for a total of 568 years for genocide and other crimes in Srebrenica 19 years ago.
Srebrenica Anniversary: The Netherlands on Trial
Srebrenica victims’ families are awaiting a landmark judgement in their lawsuit against the Netherlands over accusations that Dutch peacekeepers failed to prevent their relatives’ deaths in 1995.
Protector of detainees or an abuser
On July 4, after a trial spanning a year-and-a-half, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will deliver its verdict to Branko Vlaco, who is charged with crimes in Vogosca in...
Murders of Families in Sijekovac
On Wednesday, May 21 the State Court is due to pronounce a verdict against Zemir Kovacevic, who is charged with murders and other crimes committed in Sijekovac, near Bosanski Brod,...
Murders and abuse of Bosniaks in Cajnice
After a trial of more than three years, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will announce its verdict against Milun Kornjaca on May 21. As a commander of the Blue...
Bosnia’s Hadzici Still Mourning, 22 Years On
With 90 people still missing since the conflict and abuse of wartime prisoners largely unpunished, victims’ families in the town of Hadzici say they’re losing hope of getting justice.
Why There’s No ‘Truth’ About the Bosnian War
Twenty-two years after the Bosnian war began, there is still no consensus in the country about its causes, and because of continuing ethnic divisions, there may never be any agreement.