Friday, 9 january 2026.
Despite the obstacles, the Successful Year
BIRN - Justice Report has completed seven years of operation despite the problem of anonymisation and the refusal by authorities to issue complete and intact audio and video materials from...
Bosnia’s War Crimes Strategy May Finally Speed up
Three years since Bosnia adopted a war-crimes strategy, hopes grow that the prosecution of war crimes perpetrators may finally speed up, although no increase in indictments has yet occurred.
Anonymization ‘Threat’ to Bosnian Justice Criticised
The current ‘anonymization’ of court verdicts, especially on war crimes, harms the judicial system and wider society, lawyers, experts, and victims say.
Ilijas War Victims Lament Justice’s Snail’s Pace
About 200 people from Ilijas were killed in spring 1992 following a Bosnian Serb assault on the town and surrounding villages – and over 50 remain missing. Yet almost no...
Macic: Reliable Description or Self-Defence
During the presentation of evidence at the trial of the indictee Eso Macic, the Prosecution tried to prove that he participated in the killings and beatings of prisoners in the...
Gazdic: Crimes against Helpless and Vulnerable Women
During the trial of Jasko Gazdic, a former member of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina tried to prove that he raped several women...
Convicted War Criminals Run for Office
In the forthcoming local elections in Bosnia on the electoral lists in the towns of Zvornik and Samac among the candidates will be convicted war criminals.
Mujcinovic and Hrustic: Clear or Unclear Perpetrators
During the nine-month trial, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina tried to prove that Zurahid Mujcinovic and Sulejman Hrustic committed war crimes in Srebrenik, which is denied by their Defences,...
Babin Potok near Visegrad: Rapes without Perpetrators
“He took me into the house and stripped me naked. He started hitting me. I cried and he grabbed my head and hit it against the wall. He took me...