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 wrong application of the Criminal Code.
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.
Petar Kovacevic, the Director of the Agency for the Protection of Personal Data of Bosnia and Herzegovina, considers that the anonymisation of war crimes cases is not in accordance with the opinion which the Agency submitted to the state judicial institutions in early 2012.
Neuropsychologist Alma Bravo-Mehmedbasic sends a message to victims of rape urging them to tell their story and to come forward for complete rehabilitation.
Justice is like a recipe for a dish - every time you make it and try it, it is better, says Patricia Whalen, who is about to end her five-year mandate as the international judge in the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.