Authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina should adopt a set of measures in order to improve the position of women who were victims of sexual abuse during the war - this was the declaration of a round table held in Sarajevo.
After the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina revised the indictment against Miodrag Markovic, former member of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, the Trial Chamber set the presentation of closing statements for Wednesday, April 6.
The evidentiary phase of the retrial of four defendants charged with the beatings of detainees at two camps in Zvornik concluded with a video review of the original testimony of Mustafa Halilovic.
The trial for crimes committed in Rogatica, conducted before the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, begins with the reading of the indictment and the presentaiton of introductory arguments by the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Seeking to prove the eight counts of the indictment against the former leader of the Predini vukovi group, the State Prosecution has examined around 40 witnesses, some of whom survived traumatic experiences in Doboj, including shooting, being used as a human shield, and being subjected to Russian roulette.
Addressing the Trial Chamber, Zeljko Lelek says that he was involved in the crimes in Visegrad and apologises to the innocent victims "on behalf of my people."