The Federation Supreme Court upheld a verdict sentencing Bosnian Serb Army soldier Mile Kokot to two years and five months in prison for war crimes against civilians in Sanski Most in 1992.
The Bosnian court rejected former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Bozidar Perisic’s appeal against his ten-year prison sentence for killing two Bosniak men in a village near Rogatica during the war in 1992.
Far-right Serb organisations, some known to flirt with neo-Nazism, have rallied in support of the Kremlin’s vow to ‘denazify’ Ukraine, winning applause from like-minded groups in Russia.
Bosnian Serb Army veterans installed a new plaque in Sarajevo that honours their former military commander Ratko Mladic, defying legislation that prohibits the honouring of war criminals.
As the International Criminal Court starts to probe allegations that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine, legal experts warn that prosecutors face serious obstacles to bringing senior officials to justice.
Appeals for volunteers from Bosnia and Serbia to join pro-Russian forces in Ukraine are getting a strong response on social media – but how many are actually going is less clear.
The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court said he will open an investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.