Prosecutions 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, leaving dozens of suspects at liberty.
As the anniversary of Srebrenica approaches, Bosnian journalists recall how the shocking scale of the atrocities slowly became clear in July 1995 as information trickled out and the first eyewitnesses to the massacres spoke to reporters.
The April edition of BIRN BiH’s TV Justice show looks at the new proposal for the Bosnian war crimes strategy, as well as the expectations and grievances of victims, lawyers and officials from the judicial system.
The March edition of TV Justice brings story about Vlasenica, a small town in Republika Srpska, where more than 8,000 non-Serb women, children and men were held at various times in the main detention facility, called Susica.
Dino Pecenkovic’s father and brother fought and died in Syria, but he rejected extremism - although his family’s radical connections led to accusations that he helped an Islamic militant who attacked the US embassy in Sarajevo.
The January edition of TV Justice brings a review of the most significant trials and verdicts held before the Bosnian judiciary in 2017 in war crimes, organized crime, terrorism and corruption cases.