Monday, 12 january 2026.
State Court Hands Down More than 400 Years for War Crimes
Over the past year, Bosnia's State Court sentenced 33 people for war crimes committed in different parts of the country during the 1992-95 war, handing down a total of 436...
War Crimes Processing Strategy Faces ‘Bottleneck’
Although the deadlines laid out in the Strategy for the Processing of War Crimes Cases are fast approaching and international observers have expressed concern, the Supervisory Board for the implementation...
Genocide Denial Law Falls Victim to Bosnia’s Ethnic Divide
A law outlawing denial of war crimes or genocide is before Bosnia’s State Parliament. But with Muslims and Serbs at loggerheads over the idea, its chances of becoming law are...
Sarajevo Shuns Recognition of Bosniak War Crimes
Canton’s hostile reaction to arrests of men suspected of abducting, torturing and killing Serb and Croat civilians during the siege shows culture of denial embraces all sides in Bosnia.
Hunt for Bodies Dutch Buried in Srebrenica
When Hava Muhic gave birth to a stillborn girl in Srebrenica in July 1995, Dutch soldiers took the body away. Years on, the search for her grave - and others...
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...