Wednesday, 14 may 2025.
About Twenty More BiH Court Verdicts under Question
Defence attorneys of convicts sentenced for genocide and war crimes before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina announce that proceedings will be renewed in many more cases due to the...
Decisions that Will Consume Time and Money
The renewal of war-crimes trials due to the wrong application of laws will require huge financial resources and cause a backlog in the State Court’s work on new cases.
Old Cases Could Block Bosnian State Court
The literal renewal of dozens of war crimes trial because of wrong application of criminal codes could block the work of the Bosnian State Court on new war crimes cases.
Dead Witnesses Pose Dilemma for Bosnian Trials
As more and more witnesses to the 1992-war war pass away, questions about the value of their testimony in war crimes trials are becoming more pressing.
No State Prison for at Least Two More Years
Bosnia and Herzegovina will not get a state prison for the next two years at least, although financial resources have been secured. The reason for this is the complex procedure,...
Genocide Trial Raises Criminal Code Issues
The three year-long extradition process of a Bosnian Serb ex-fighter from Israel has proved complicated given the different positions about the use of criminal codes at his genocide trial.
One Indictment Enough to Fulfil the Norm
Prosecutors at the cantonal or district levels file up to five times more war-crime indictments than their colleagues working with the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Visibility of Justice Allows for Fair Trials
Vasvija Vidovic, a long-time lawyer with legal experience before domestic and international institutions, writes about the necessity for publicity of criminal proceedings and denies criticism that witnesses can be influenced...
Possibility of repeating the procedure before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Although the European Court of Human Rights had the ability to do so, it did not ordered to Bosnia and Herzegovina to repeat its proceedings in the case of Damjanovic...