Wednesday, 14 may 2025.
Struggle for Public Justice and Truth
With several thousand signatures, as well as with other ways of supporting the campaign “Stop Censorship on War Crimes”, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) succeeded in encouraging the authorities to...
More than 600 Years in Prison for War Crimes
This year, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has sentenced 38 persons for war crimes to a total of 640 years and six months in prison.
Successful Steps towards the Future
BIRN-Justice Report successfully ends its eighth year of work, despite the introduction of the anonymisation practice - which has still not been fully addressed by the judicial institutions in Bosnia...
Mladic on Trial: The Courtroom Drama Continues
Almost all the Hague Tribunal’s prosecution evidence against Ratko Mladic has now been heard, with witnesses testifying that the former Bosnian Serb military chief must have known about war crimes.
Bosnia Keeps Fewer Indictees in Custody
Only 14 of about 100 people indicted for the gravest crimes are currently in the custody of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
How Ex-Yugoslav States Funded War Crimes Defendants
Former Yugoslav countries have spent almost 40 million euro of public money supporting war crimes suspects on trial at the Hague Tribunal, a BIRN investigation has revealed.
War still a puzzle in Bosnia’s divided schools
With the all-important 1992-5 war glaringly absent from the textbooks in Bosnia’s schools, pupils and teachers have to fill in the knowledge gap on their own.
War Criminals become Citizens without Previous Convictions
Although they were sentenced for the gravest of crimes, including war crimes, the law allows convicts to become citizens with no previous convictions after they have served their imprisonment sentences.
Scheveningen – a Far From ‘Normal’ Prison
A rare peek inside the ICTY detention unit reveals an unusual combination of ultra-high security prison and North Sea spa.