The Office of the Disciplinary Prosecutor receives complaints against judges and prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina on a daily basis. Arben Murtezic, the Chief Disciplinary Prosecutor in Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
The European Commission will not release funding for salaries of over 140 judiciary employees unless the Bosnian authorities adopt justice sector reforms, an EC official told BIRN.
Prosecutor Tarik Crnkic, who works for the District Prosecutors Office in Istocno Sarajevo, is currently conducting investigations on 306 persons suspected of committing war crimes. In an interview for BIRN...
The newly-appointed Sarajevo Canton chief prosecutor said she has reopened an investigation into the murder of Hakija Turajlic, wartime Deputy Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
There are a huge number of unresolved wartime sexual violence cases from the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina and it is a huge burden for its judiciary, says Richard Rogers,...
Victims of wartime sexual violence should talk about their trauma, but it is also vital for the community to encourage them and ensure assistance, claims neuropsychiatric Amra Delic.
The Hague Tribunals chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz told BIRN that he was disappointed with slow progress in war crimes investigations transferred from the international court for trial in Bosnia.
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...
Lawyer says Hague Tribunals reluctance to return preserved items of massacre victims to their relatives in Bosnia is deeply frustrating.
In an exclusive interview for BIRN, the president of the Hague Tribunal, Theodor Meron, insisted that despite criticism of recent acquittals, the court upholds the highest standards of justice.
The Hague Tribunal has been successful in bringing wartime commanders to justice but hasnt met expectations on reconciliation, chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz told BIRN.
The unhealed trauma of war could be transferred on to future generations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and threatens the whole of society, says Dr. Branka Antic-Stauber.