The search for the remaining missing persons from the wars in the former Yugoslavia is still being hindered by politics, a BIRN conference on regional cooperation and post-conflict justice was...
Cooperation on war crimes cases between prosecutors’ offices in former Yugoslav countries happens rarely despite agreements between the states, said participants at a major regional conference organised by BIRN.
Some candidates running for this weekend’s general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been accused of glorifying criminals by praising wartime leaders like Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic during their...
Four former members of the Bosnian army were jailed on Tuesday for a combined total of 27 years for crimes against Bosnian Croat civilians in the village of Kruscica, near...
Prosecutors in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia signed protocols to cooperate on war crimes cases five years ago, but few cases have been exchanged due to a lack of political will,...
Theodor Meron, the presiding judge in Radovan Karadzic’s appeal against genocide and war crimes convictions, removed himself from the case after the former Bosnian Serb political leader’s defence accused him...
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic asked the UN court in The Hague to exclude judge Theodor Meron from his appeal procedure due to alleged bias, after he was removed...
As winter looms, the International Organisation for Migration, IOM, has urged Bosnia to resolve the housing issues of some 300 migrants and refugees camping in the open, or in tents.
Genocide and war crimes defendant Ratko Mladic has been asked to be the honorary president of the Organisation of Military Chiefs of the Bosnian Serb Army - a move likely...
The first witness at the retrial of the Bosnian Army’s former commander in Srebrenica, Naser Oric, who is accused of killing three Serb captives in 1992, said he saw the...
Experts and international organizations oppose the State Court’s call for laws to regulate media reporting on criminal cases – saying it will unjustifiably hinder the media’s work.
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Vuk Ratkovic was sentenced to eight years in prison for the repeated rape of a woman in Visegrad during the war in 1992 and 1993. The...