29. May 2013.
While some consider the first instance verdict against six former Herceg-Bosna leaders shameful and unfair, others say it is a historical decision, which proves that crimes were committed in the Herzegovina and Central Bosnia area.
City: Vares
29. May 2013.
The Hague Tribunal has convicted six Bosnian Croat leaders of war crimes in the short-lived unrecognised statelet of Herzeg-Bosna, giving them sentences totalling 111 years.
15. April 2013.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, is due to pronounce a verdict against Jadranko Prlic, Bruno Stojnic, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoje Petkovic, Valentin Coric and Berislav Pusic, who are charged with crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on May 29.
15. April 2013.
The trial of Ermin Curtic, who is charged with crimes committed in Vares municipality, has been postponed due to the absence of four Defence witnesses.
19. March 2013.
At the retrial in the case of Ermin Curtic for the crime committed in Stupni Do village, a defence witness stated that he had not seen the accused during the attack.
22. February 2013.
At the retrial of Ermin Curtic, a Defence witness recalls an attack on Stupni Do village, saying that he is not sure whether the indictee led the Maturice Unit of the Croatian Defence Council, HVO to that military position.
17. January 2013.
During the nine-month trial, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina tried to prove the guilt of Muhidin Basic and Mirsad Sijak, who are indicted for war crimes of rape in Vares in early 1994, while their Defence considers the indictees not guilty and that they should be freed.
25. December 2012.
Presenting its closing statement, the Defence of Mirsad Sijak calls for a verdict of release, saying that the Prosecution has not proved his guilt for rape committed in Vares in 1994. The Trial Chamber has set the pronouncement of verdict for January 18.
20. December 2012.
Presenting its closing statement, the defence of Muhidin Basic has called for the acquital saying that the prosecution has failed to prove that the defendant is guilty of rape in Vares in 1994.
The defence said that the protected witness A was the only “alleged direct witness” of the events, adding that “other evidence casts doubts on her reliability”.
12. December 2012.
The retrial of Ermin Curtic, who is charged with crimes against the civilian population in Stupni Do village, Vares municipality, begins before the Cantonal Court in Sarajevo by recording that the indictment has been read.
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