Saturday, 1 February 2025.
One Indictment Enough to Fulfil the Norm
Prosecutors at the cantonal or district levels file up to five times more war-crime indictments than their colleagues working with the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Visibility of Justice Allows for Fair Trials
Vasvija Vidovic, a long-time lawyer with legal experience before domestic and international institutions, writes about the necessity for publicity of criminal proceedings and denies criticism that witnesses can be influenced...
Possibility of repeating the procedure before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Although the European Court of Human Rights had the ability to do so, it did not ordered to Bosnia and Herzegovina to repeat its proceedings in the case of Damjanovic...
Escaping Death on the Flight From Srebrenica
Hasan Hasanovic recalls his near-death experience escaping fromSrebrenica, during the course of which he never saw his father or brotheragain.
The Cantonal Court in Gorazde: No One to Conduct Trials
It is impossible to hold war-crimes trials before the Cantonal Court in Gorazde if the court does not hire additional judges. But as funding for their employment has not been...
Culture of Secrecy Keeps Public in Dark
Courts and Prosecutor’s Offices in Bosnia have completely different stances on the availability of indictments and verdicts to the public.
Clarification of the Large Number of Crimes
Millions of collected documents, 4,500 witnesses examined, 161 indictees and 69 convicts are some of the factual indicators of 20 years of work at The Hague Tribunal.
Information Law Changes Alarm Bosnian Journalists
Media groups say legal amendments aimed at protecting privacy will hinder investigations and pave the way to a new form of censorship.
Days Spent in Custody Replaced with More Than 380,000 Convertible Marks
The state must pay more than 380,000 Marks (190,000 Euros) to former war crimes indictees as compensation for the time they spent in custody before being acquitted by the Court...