Monday, 3 november 2025.
Closing Statements at Visegrad Crimes Trial Next Week
Next week the Bosnian state court will listen to closing statements in the Petar Kovacevic trial. Kovacevic, a former member of the Bosnian Serb Army, has been charged with participating...
Prosecutor disputes illegal search claim in Avdovic trial
A Bosnian prosecutor introduced evidence in an effort to prove that the search of war crimes defendant Ramiz Avdovic’s apartment, in 2011, was legal.
Mladic Expert: Bosnian Serb Communications were Secure
At the trial of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, a defence expert on military communications said that Republika Srpska army communications during the war could not have been...
Mladic Witness: Mosques ‘Brought Down During Fighting’
Defence expert Dragic Gojkovic told the trial of Ratko Mladic that dozens of mosques were destroyed during fighting in the Bosnian war or when the Bosnian Serb Army was not...
Mladic Witness: Bosnian Serb Army ‘Didn’t Destroy Mosques’
At the trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, the defence sought to prove that mosques weren’t blown up using military methods during the war in Bosnia and...
Dealing with Caco and Kazani
The process of dealing with Musan Topalovic, known as Caco, Kazani and crimes against Serbs in besieged Sarajevo, is still not completed even though 20 years have passed since the...
Delayed Payments for Ex-Officio Attorneys Endanger Right to Defense
Many attorneys representing war crime defendants ex-officio have been waiting for remuneration for their legal services from cantonal and district courts for years. Some have financed the defense of their...
Mladic Defense Witness Claims Sarajevo was “Divided, Not Under Siege”
Zdravko Salipur, a former member of the Serb Democratic Party, testified in defense of Ratko Mladic at the Hague Tribunal. Salipur claimed that Sarajevo was divided during the Bosnian war,...
Verdict of Release For Bejtic Repealed Again
The Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina repealed a verdict handed down by the Cantonal Court of Sarajevo, which acquitted Samir Bejtic of war crimes charges in...
Verdict against Kovacevic and Anadolac Repealed
The Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina repealed a verdict which sentenced Safet Kovacevic to 18 months in prison and acquitted Muhamed Anadolac of charges of war...