The European rights court ruled that Abduladhim Maktouf and Goran Damjanovic received higher sentences because a new Bosnian criminal code was used - a decision that could see dozens of...

Lawyers for two convicted Bosnian war criminals said they will apply for a retrial after the European rights court ruled that they were tried under the wrong criminal code.

Two convicted war criminals have asked the European Court of Human Rights to confirm that the retroactive use of the Bosnian Criminal Code in their trials violated their human rights.

The Court of BiH has sentenced Goran and Zoran Damjanovic to long-term imprisonment for beating up Bosniak civilians in the Sarajevo settlement of Bojnik.

In its closing statement the Prosecution has asked the judges to pronounce Goran and Zoran Damjanovic guilty.

The final prosecution witness has appeared at the trial of two brothers accused of beating Bosniak civilians in a Sarajevo suburb.

Zoran Damjanovic, who is accused of beating civilians in a Sarajevo suburb, has testified before the Court of BiH to deny his guilt.

On Monday, the Bosnian prosecution cross-examined defence witnesses at the trial of Goran and Zoran Damjanovic.

The first prosecution witness in the case against brothers Damjanovic have described what happened in Bojnik in May 1992.