1. October 2015.
Representatives of the Bosnian state judiciary and the justice ministry in the Serb dominated Republika Srpska entity have clashes over the jurisdiction of the state court at an EU seminar.
Person: Kreso Meddzida
1. October 2015.
Representatives of the Bosnian state judiciary and the justice ministry in the Serb dominated Republika Srpska entity have clashes over the jurisdiction of the state court at an EU seminar.
19. June 2015.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina marks the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the special Department of War Crimes, the work of which represents a turning point in the fight against impunity for war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
6. May 2015.
A dispute between politicians over establishing a state-level appeals court has halted the countrys judicial reforms and caused the European Union to suspend vital funding for war crimes prosecutions.
14. April 2015.
Meddzida Kreso, the president of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will allow media outlets to access the complete recordings of trials, if she determines that there is an increase in public interest and if the court proceedings are not threatened.
2. April 2015.
Entity level prosecutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina are dissatisfied with the practice of transferring war crimes from the state level to the entities, after indictments have already been raised. This is affecting their norms, BIRN has learned.
26. February 2015.
Following the arrest of state court judge Azra Miletic, the president of Bosnias state court Meddzida Kreso said this is the time to open a dialogue about corruption in the Bosnian judiciary.
10. February 2015.
Last year the appeals chambers of the Bosnian court either quashed or significantly amended most of their first-instance war crimes verdicts, sparking criticism of their competence.
15. January 2015.
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.
20. May 2014.
Generally speaking, Bosnia and Herzegovina does not lack norms and regulations, but it does lack the application and implementation of the international humanitarian law, says Swiss Ambassador to BiH Andre Schaller.
Sva prava zadržana BIRN BiH.