Saturday, 13 september 2025.
Bosnian War’s Wicked Women Get Off Lightly
While war-crime victims recall women as carrying out some of the vilest deeds in the whole of the Bosnian war, the courts seem curiously relucant to act.
More than three hundred years of imprisonment
In its sixth year of operation, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Chamber for War Crimes sentenced 15 persons to a total of 156 years in prison, and acquitted seven,...
BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina: Six years of intensive work
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN B&H) has launched a series of new projects in 2010, by which it intensified the work on informing the public about the...
Deadlines Slip By For Bosnia War Crimes Strategy
Two years on, there is stll no central database for cases, trials are only inching forward and Brussels is getting increasingly impatient.
Decade of Silence on War Crimes in Posavina
Failure to prosecute anyone for war crimes in ten years blamed on fact that no one filed criminal charges. That has changed, but many victims feel it's too late now.
Wheels of Justice Grind Slowly in Doboj
More than 2,000 died in the Doboj area in the war but the courts are taking their time in bringing the guilty to justice.
Perpetrators Walk Freely
The village of Zecovi, situated near the town of Prijedor, is reachable by unpaved road. Dense forests and meadows dotted with white flocks of sheep and the occasional sound of...
Adamovic and Lukic: Hellish Detention Camps and Brutal Murders
After more than two years, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has completed its presentation of evidence at the trial of Vinko Kondic, Bosko Lukic and Marko Adamovic, who are...
Klickovic et al: Unaware of Crimes
The Defence teams of Gojko Klickovic, Mladen Drljaca and Jovan Ostojic have used an array of evidence, presented before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina over the course of the...