Friday, 6 february 2026.
Bosnia Struggles with War Rape Compensation
Landmark verdicts from the Bosnian state court ordering wartime rapists to compensate their victims have run into trouble because the convicted men might be too poor to pay.
Mladic Expert: Bosnian Serb Communications were Secure
At the trial of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, a defence expert on military communications said that Republika Srpska army communications during the war could not have been...
Ratko Mladic’s Wife Gives Him Srebrenica Alibi
The wife of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic told the Hague Tribunal that he was with her in Belgrade in the days when troops allegedly under his control...
Mladic Witness: Mosques ‘Brought Down During Fighting’
Defence expert Dragic Gojkovic told the trial of Ratko Mladic that dozens of mosques were destroyed during fighting in the Bosnian war or when the Bosnian Serb Army was not...
Mladic Witness: Bosnian Serb Army ‘Didn’t Destroy Mosques’
At the trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, the defence sought to prove that mosques weren’t blown up using military methods during the war in Bosnia and...
Bosnian Croat Ex-Fighter Arrested for Wartime Rapes
Police arrested former fighter Mato Baotic on suspicion that he raped two Serb women in 1992 in Orasje in northern Bosnia.
Bosnian Serb’s Visegrad Massacre Sentence Cut
Former Bosnian Serb reservist policeman Milos Pantelic’s 20-year jail sentence for the executions of 48 Bosniak civilians from Visegrad in 1992 was reduced by five years on appeal.
Bosnian Serb Fighter Jailed for Illegal Detentions
Former army unit commander Milun Kornjaca was sentenced to seven years in prison for ordering the illegal capture and detention of Bosniak civilians in the Cajnice area in 1992.
Dealing with Caco and Kazani
The process of dealing with Musan Topalovic, known as Caco, Kazani and crimes against Serbs in besieged Sarajevo, is still not completed even though 20 years have passed since the...
Kornjaca Verdict Postponed until August 6
The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court has postponed the verdict in the Milun Kornjaca retrial until August 6.
Indictment for Capljina Crimes Confirmed
The Bosnian state prosecution has confirmed an indictment against four former police officers accused of war crimes committed against civilians in the Capljina area.
Delayed Payments for Ex-Officio Attorneys Endanger Right to Defense
Many attorneys representing war crime defendants ex-officio have been waiting for remuneration for their legal services from cantonal and district courts for years. Some have financed the defense of their...