Thursday, 14 august 2025.
Hague Tribunal Probes Slobodan Praljak’s Courtroom Death
As Dutch prosecutors confirmed that Bosnian Croat military chief Slobodan Praljak took poison before he died, the Hague Tribunal launched an independent review to establish what went wrong at the...
A Poisonous Week at the Hague Tribunal
The nationalistic reactions to the death of Slobodan Praljak and the conviction of Ratko Mladic show that bitterly hostile disagreements persist over the reasons for the 1990s wars and the...
‘Scorpions’ Ex-Fighter Says Belgrade Controlled Paramilitaries
An ex-member of the ‘Scorpions’ paramilitaries told the Hague Tribunal that his unit and the ‘Tigers’ led by Zeljko Raznatovic, alias Arkan, were under the control of the Serbian security...
UK’s Vulliamy Recalls Encounters with Belligerent Praljak
One of Britain’s most respected reporters on the Balkan wars of the 1990s has recalled his two encounters, in court and out, with Slobodan Praljak, the war criminal who committed...
Bosnian Croats Face Judgment on ‘Greater Croatia’ Charges
The Hague Tribunal will rule this week on an appeal from six wartime Bosnian Croat officials who were convicted of involvement in a joint criminal enterprise aimed at establishing a...
Croatian President Criticised for Backing War Crimes Defendants
A Zagreb rights NGO urged parliament to censure Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic for speaking in support of six former Bosnian Croat officials who are awaiting their verdict at the...
State Judiciary Failing to Seize Illegally-Acquired Assets
Over the past 18 months, Bosnian state judicial bodies have still not yet found efficient ways to confiscating illegally-acquired assets acquired from people convicted of organised crime.
Terrorism Focus Shifts from Trials to Deradicalisation
Not a single Bosnian has been registered as going to the Middle East to fight in the last year and a half, and the authorities’ anti-terrorism focus has been redirected...
Prosecution’s Internal Struggles Undermine Fight Against Corruption
Over the past year and a half, the state prosecution has only filed eight corruption indictments, which experts say indicates that internal problems within the prosecution are preventing it from...