Wednesday, 2 april 2025.
Absent War Crime Suspects Pose Problem for Bosnia’s New Prosecutor
In 2022, the Bosnian prosecution charged 60 people with war crimes, although ten of them are outside the country so can’t be brought to trial – a problem that the...
Bosnia to Miss Deadline for Resolving War Crime Cases Again
Despite the deadline set in the revised state strategy, war crime cases will not be completed by the end of 2023, judicial officials told BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina – a...
Fears grow of Russian meddling in Bosnian election
Experts and officials fear Russia could exploit Bosnia and Herzegovina’s weaknesses to influence this October’s election
Bosnia Warned by UN Over ‘Non-Transparent’ Ombudsmen Selection Process
The UN, EU, OSCE and others have told Bosnia it must make the appointment of the three rights ombudsmen more open to the public and CSOs – or face penalties.
Bosnian Entity Road Company Ignores Sanctions, Promotes Gazprom Petrol Stations
Although the European Union has placed the Russian oil company under sanctions, Motorways of the Federation, a public company, is running a campaign encouraging driver to fill their vehicles at...
Bosnia’s Genocide Denial Ban Curbs Violations, But No Prosecutions Yet
Public denials of the Srebrenica genocide have decreased significantly in the year since a ban was imposed on denying war crimes and glorifying their perpetrators, although prosecutors have yet to...
How Right-Wingers Thwarted a War Crime Commemoration in Bosnia
Two small but vocal groups of right-wing Bosnian Serb nationalists exerted pressure that is believed to have caused the authorities in the city of Prijedor to ban this year’s White...
Street Named After Bosnian War Crime Defendant Angers Survivors
Bosnian war survivors and international organisations criticised a decision by Sarajevo’s Novi Grad municipality to name a street after general Mehmed Alagic, who died before the end of his trial...
Police Ban on Bosnian War Victims’ Memorial March Condemned
A ban on a march commemorating victims of wartime persecution by Bosnian Serb forces in the city of Prijedor, which police say was imposed for security reasons, has been criticised...