Thursday, 8 january 2026.
Freed Indictees Seek Higher Damages for Custody
Acquitted war crime indictees are not satisfied with the amounts they are being offered for the time they spent behind bars.
Bosnian Prosecution Indictments ‘Still Secret’
The Bosnian State prosecution still does not allow journalists covering trials access to indictments, despite the fact that institutions have found that access to these documents is a great public...
Never Ending War-Crime Trials
After having spent ten years in courtrooms, some of the war-crimes indictees are still awaiting second instance verdicts to be pronounced. Although everything is carried out according to the law,...
No Winners in Mladic-Karadzic Courtroom Face-Off
Radovan Karadzic gained nothing when Ratko Mladic refused to answer questions at his trial, while anyone seeking the truth about either man’s wartime role was left none the wiser.
Fines for Denying Access to Information
According to the latest amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information of Bosnia and Herzegovina, inspectors will be able to fine public institutions, which deny access to information...
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...
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...
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.