The UN court in The Hague will hand down its verdict in the war crimes retrial of Serbian State Security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic after they appealed against their initial conviction.
The recently-published verdict in the trial of wartime Serbian security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic shows how despite its denials, the Serbian state supported fighting units that committed crimes during the wars in Croatia and Bosnia.
War survivors in Bosanski Samac still remember the brutality of Serbian State Security fighters deployed to their town in 1992, where they committed crimes that eventually led to landmark convictions this week for the security service’s top officials.
The trial of Vladimir Sisic began at the district court of Doboj. Sisic, a former member of the Bosnian Serb Army, has been charged with the rape of a woman in Bosanski Samac.
The Hague Tribunal has acquitted former Serbian security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic of controlling the most notorious combat units that fought in the Balkan wars.
Dragoljub Kojic was jailed for three years for repeatedly raping a Bosniak woman in a village near the north-eastern town of Bosanski Samac during the conflict in 1992.
The trial of Dragoljub Kojic, who is charged with rape committed in Bosanski Samac municipality, begins with reading of the indictment before the District Court in Doboj.