Members of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested four individuals suspected of having committed crimes against the civilian population of Stolac in 1993.
The cantonal court of Mostar has sentenced Vlatko Jarak, a former member of the Croatian Defense Council, HVO, to one and a half years in prison for war crimes committed in Stolac.
On Friday, May 29, the cantonal court in Mostar will hand down its verdict against Vlatko Jarak, a former member of the Croatian Defense Council, whos been charged with war crimes in the Stolac area.
The retrial of Veselko and Ivo Raguz began with a reading of the indictment and the presentation of introductory statements by the state prosecution and the defense teams at the appellate chamber of the Bosnian state court. Veselko and Ivo Raguz have been accused of committing war crimes in the areas of Stolac and Capljina.
The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared at a status conference that the testimonies of a certain number of witnesses from the first instance procedure would be heard again at the retrial of Veselko and Ivo Raguz. A new trial will begin on March 25.
At the beginning of the retrial of Vlatko Jarak before the Mostar Cantonal Court the Defence requests the exemption of Trial Chamber Chairman Hamo Kebo.
The Appellate Camber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, partially quashes a verdict, under which Veselko and Ivo Raguz were acquitted of charges for crimes in the Stolac and Capljina area.
The State Prosecution requests quashing of a first instance verdict under which Ivo and Veselko Raguz were acquitted of charges for crimes committed in the Stolac and Capljina area in 1993. The Defence teams request the Court to reject the appeal and confirm the first instance verdict.
The State Prosecution requests quashing of a first instance verdict under which Ivo and Veselko Raguz were acquitted of charges for crimes committed in the Stolac and Capljina area in 1993. The Defence teams request the Court to reject the appeal and confirm the first instance verdict.