Thursday, 15 may 2025.
Bosnia Victims Query Value of Guilt Agreements
Courts in Bosnia increasingly rely on guilt pleas to speed up trials secure verdicts – but many victims groups feel justice is being sacrificed in the name of expediency.
Progress in War Crimes Processing
The representatives of authorities and prosecutions, as well as victims, regard that certain progress has been made in processing of war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but victims, who testify...
Becoming Familiar with Protected Witnesses
Witnesses who are granted protection measures and appear at war crime trials before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, say that their identity is often uncovered, forcing them into a...
Court Experts: An Unnecessary Expense?
There are some who believe, particularly the victims of war crimes, that the expert analysis of indictees, which decides whether an indictee is fit to stand trial for war crimes...
Deadly Detention Camp Forgotten
Each year fewer and fewer former detainees visit Omarska, a synonym for the suffering of Bosniaks and Croats from Prijedor. As hopes fade among resigned detainees and their families that...
Protection of Prisoners’ Rights
A newly founded association called, Help in Protecting Prisoners' Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, intends to supervise the respect of human rights in prisons in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Hadzic Arrest Closes Serbia’s ‘Hague’ Chapter
The arrest and handover of Goran Hadzic marks a milestone in Serbia’s difficult relationship with the international war crimes tribunal.
Gravest Crimes in Croatia
The Hague Prosecution charges Goran Hadzic, former President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, with crimes against humanity and violation of the laws and customs of war in Croatia in...
Genocide Prevention Seminar Held in Sarajevo
A seminar on “Framework for Prevention and Response to Genocide and Mass Crimes”, which was attended by the United Nations, NGOs and association of victims from Bosnia and Herzegovina, was...