The prosecution demanded custody for Petar Mitrovic, who was freed after the verdict which jailed him for 28 years for genocide in Srebrenica was annulled and a retrial ordered.
In the week ahead a verdict is due to be pronounced in the case against Zoran Milic, who is charged with crimes in Busovaca.
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina neither decided on whether war crimes trials should be renewed completely due to the wrong application of the law nor if convicts sentenced...
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.
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...
The renewal of war-crimes trials due to the wrong application of laws will require huge financial resources and cause a backlog in the State Courts work on new cases.
Defence attorneys, representing the now-free convicts who were initially sentenced for having assisted in genocide in Srebrenica, still do not know whether they will propose new pieces of evidence at...
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 literal renewal of dozens of war crimes trial because of wrong application of criminal codes could block the work of the Bosnian State Court on new war crimes cases.
Judicial institutions were urged to make changes to ensure fairness after a European human rights court ruling led to the overturning of verdicts against several convicted war criminals.