The verdict in the retrial of former Serbian State Security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic in The Hague will be handed down by the end of the month, the UN Security Council was told.
The UN court in The Hague rejected former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s request for the final verdict in his trial to be postponed because one of his lawyers will not be able to attend the hearing.
The former Bosnian Serb military chief’s defence asked for the final verdict in his trial to be postponed because one of his lawyers will not be able to attend the hearing at the UN court in The Hague.
The Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from former Bosnian Army soldier Muhamed Sisic, who was convicted of involvement in the killings of 21 Serbs in an attack on the village of Kukavice in 1992.
The state prosecution said it is expecting court documents to arrive from Turkey about Begzad Spahic, who is suspected of joining the so-called Islamic State, to see whether he has already been convicted of the same offence.
Mustafa Djelilovic, who was being retried for crimes against Serb and Croat civilian prisoners who were illegally held in detention camps in the Hadzici area of Bosnia during wartime, has died.
In closing statements at the state court, the prosecution asked for Senad Kasupovic be found guilty of organising a terrorist group, while the defence called for an acquittal, claiming a lack of evidence.
The head of the UN court said the final verdict in the trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, who is appealing against his conviction for genocide and other crimes, will be handed down in May.
After the State Prosecution called on the Court to sentence Boro Milojica and Zelislav Rivic for crimes committed in the Prijedor area and their defense teams called for an acquittal, the Appeals Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced it would hand down a second instance verdict on October 26.
Because the coronavirus pandemic caused delays to appeal hearings, the final verdict in former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s trial for genocide and other wartime crimes will not be delivered until next year.