Friday, 6 february 2026.
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Silences Itself
In March 2012, the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina promulgated a decision and a new rulebook (pravilnik) that severely restricted the public’s access to information relevant to the proceedings...
War Crimes Trials are no Divorce Cases
War crimes trials are not private disputes that should be protected from the public, but processes that should be used for determining what happened and why, as well as who...
Local Justice – Zenica: Hard war crimes investigations
The war crimes investigation department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) in Zenica-Doboj Canton currently have arround ten active investigations but they claim that work on them is ''extrimely...
Mladic Divides Bosnia Once Again
The arrest of Ratko Mladic has split opinion in Bosnia, with some welcoming the news and others accusing Serbia of "trading Mladic for EU membership".
European Leaders Welcome Mladic Arrest
Serbian leader says Mladic arrest disproves criticism of Serbia’s level of cooperation with war crimes tribunal; EU foreign policy chief calls for ex-general’s immediate transfer to The Hague.
Local Justice: Families of Victims from Vranica Await Start of Retrial
Families of members of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ABiH, who were last seen alive in the “Vranica” building in Mostar are disappointed that no one has been successfully...
Pelemis and Peric: Security Officer Acted Appropriately
Expert military witness Petar Vuga says that indictee Slavko Peric acted appropriately when he came to the school building in Pilica, where a large group of Bosniak prisoners had been...
Local Justice: In Pursuit of Truth and Justice
For the past 18 years, residents of Ljutocka dolina, near the northwest city of Bihac, have been in a restless pursuit of the truth about crimes committed in that area,...
Karadzic: Circus that nobody wants to watch
Though the trial of Radovan Karadzic is still in the early stages, many in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia have lost interest in the process with some analysts likening it...
David Schwendiman: State Prosecution International Staff Members Driven Away
David Schwendiman, former Chief of the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, tells Justice Report that the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, HJPC, in...
Let Karadzic’s Trial be Fair – But also Quick
The sooner the former Bosnian Serb leader I know so well is sentenced, the sooner the war he began will finally be over.
Strategy Not Yet Implemented
The President of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina writes a critical overview for Justice Report of progress so far in implementing the Strategy for Processing War Crimes in Bosnia...