The Bosnian constitutional court has put a stop to the releases of war crimes convicts whose verdicts are quashed because the wrong criminal code was used at their trials.

The appeals court reduced the prison sentence given to former Bosnian Croat fighter Ante Kovac, convicted of illegal detentions and rape in Vitez in 1993, from nine to eight years.

Ante Kovac, former member of the Croatian Defence Council, has been sentenced under a second instance verdict to nine years in prison for crimes against civilians in Vitez.

In its closing arguments at the retrial for crimes committed in Vitez, the State Prosecution says that indictee Anto Kovac is responsible for the crimes and calls on the Appellate...

Testifying for the Defence of Ante Kovac, a witness said the indictee was not Commander of the Police Squad with the Vitez Brigade of the Croatian Defence Council during the...

At the retrial of Ante Kovac conducted before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina a defence witness said he did not know that the indictee was commander of the Military...

The retrial of Ante Kovac who is appealing the guilty verdict handed down for crimes against civilians including rape, forced labour and looting in central Bosnia today heard from three...

The retrial of Anto Kovac, former Commander of the Military Police Squad of the Croatian Defence Council, started before the Appellate Chamber with opening statements and presentation of the evidentiary...

The defence for Ante Kovac claims much of the blame for the crimes with which he is charged lies with a person who has already been sentenced by The Hague.

Indictee Ante Kovac's son testifies for his Defence, claiming that all the people in Vitez were "shocked" when his father was arrested.