Thursday, 18 september 2025.
Hague Tribunal Leaves Uncertain Legacy as Last Trial Nears End
Ahead of the initial verdict in the last trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, BIRN looks back on the landmark judgments, controversies, successes and failures in the UN court’s...
Bosnian Serb Official Admits Helping Srebrenica Fugitives
Testifying in defence of Ratko Mladic, former Bosnian Serb deputy interior minister Dragan Kijac said that in 1996 he gave fake identification cards to Srebrenica massacre suspects so they could...
Verdict in Cvetkovic Trial Expected July 2
Presenting his closing statement, Aleksandar Cvetkovic’s defense attorney said Cvetkovic didn’t participate in the execution of civilians from Srebrenica on the Branjevo Farm in the municipality of Zvornik in July...
Witness Claims Mladic Didn’t Approve Srebrenica Killings
A Defence witness told Ratko Mladic’s trial in the Hague that in July 1995, Dragomir Pecanac took members of the Bosnian Serb Army to kill Srebrenica Muslims acting without orders.
Defense Presents New Evidence, Prosecution Invites Former Witnesses to Cvetkovic Trial
At today’s hearing of the Aleksander Cvetkovic trial, the defense included 44 pieces of material evidence in the case file. Cvetkovic, a former Bosnian Serb fighter, is charged with mass...
Soldiers did not talk about actions
Three former members of the 10th Reconnaissance Squad of the Bosnian Serb Army testified as defence witnesses at the trial of Aleksandar Cvetkovic, charged with participating in genocide in Srebrenica.
Srebrenica Convict: Serb Soldier Didn’t Massacre Bosniaks
A former serviceman convicted of massacring Srebrenica prisoners said that Aleksandar Cvetkovic, who is also on trial for genocide, was in a barn looking at a pig during the mass...
Defendant Was Driver and Mechanic
First defence witnesses told the trial for genocide in Srebrenica that defendant Aleksandar Cvetkovic was a driver and that he did not participate in sabotage.
1606 Srebrenica Bodies Identified
At the trial of Aleksandar Cvetkovic, charged with the Srebrenica genocide, a medical expert said that the bodies of murdered Srebrenica people were moved from the grave at Branjevo to...
Bosnian Serb Commando ‘Chosen to Shoot Srebrenica Captives’
Aleksandar Cvetkovic, who is on trial for genocide, was one of eight soldiers selected to join a firing squad and shoot Bosniaks from Srebrenica, said another fighter who participated in...