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A hearing at which a custody order motion for Nikola Andrun was due to be discussed has been postponed due to a change of Defence attorney. Andrun was released from prison, where he was serving his sentence for war crimes, due to the wrong application of a law.

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 to long-term imprisonment should be released to liberty, says the Court President Valerija Galic.

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 defend themselves while at liberty. They were sentenced to between 14 and 33 years in prison.

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 new trials.

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 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.

Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Andruns Hearing Postponed Due to Change of Defence Attorney

Verdict against Zoran Milic Next Week

Release of Convicts not Ordered by Constitutional Court

Bosnian War Criminals Release Sparks International Concern

Custody for Ten Former Convicts Requested

Decisions that Will Consume Time and Money

Modality and Scope of New Trials under Question

Resignation of State Constitutional Court Judges Requested

Old Cases Could Block Bosnian State Court

Bosnian Judiciary Urged to Ensure Fairness for All

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