The EU and international organisations in Bosnia expressed concerns after ten war crimes and genocide convicts were set free because they were tried under the wrong criminal code.
By presenting the remaining pieces of material evidence in response to Defences evidence, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina completes the presentation of evidence at the trial of Veselko and Ivo Raguz, who are charged with crimes in Stolac and Capljina.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina files custody order motions for ten former war-crimes and genocide convicts, who were released by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and allowed to defend themselves while at liberty. They were sentenced to between 14 and 33 years in prison.
The release to liberty of ten war crimes and genocide convicts has brought war-crimes victims into a situation whereby they have become victims of the system nearly 20 years after the war. In order to prevent that from happening, they call on the judges of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to resign.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina announces that it will make a separate decision for each individual case as to whether to renew second instance trials against the ten genocide and other war crimes convicts, who have been released from prison.
By introducing its material evidence, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina completes the presentation of evidence at the trial of five former members of the Croatian Defence Forces, HOS.
The Bosnian state court has ordered the immediate release of ten genocide and war crimes convicts because the wrong criminal code was used at their trials.
After presenting three pieces of material evidence at the trial for crimes committed in the Capljina and Stolac area the Defence of indictee Veselko Raguz completes the presentation of its evidence.
Former Bosnian Croat military policeman Frano Vulic was sentenced to ten years in prison for war crimes against civilian prisoners in the Dretelj detention camp near Capljina in 1993.
The Cantonal court in Mostar has convicted two former Bosnian Croat fighters, Mijo Banovic and Gojko Granic, of committing war crimes at the Dretelj detention camp in 1993.