A hearing in a war crimes trial was postponed over confusion caused by changes to the criminal code imposed by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s international overseer to ban the denial of genocide and crimes against humanity.
After repeated delays caused by another defendant’s health problems, the trial of Miroslav Kraljevic, the Serb mayor of the Bosnian town of Vlasenica, who is accused of wartime crimes against Bosniak civilians, will start next month.
Trials in Bosnia of several major defendants are being postponed almost indefinitely because one or other defendant is ill – raising questions about why the cases are not being separated.