3. April 2014.
Victims of sexual violence during the 1992-95 war are often afraid to testify in court because of the fear of being stigmatised, the launch of an OSCE report on the issue in Sarajevo was told.
Person: Kreso Meddzida
24. February 2014.
The OSCE mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina has launched an online map of completed war crimes cases across the country in a bid to enhance public trust in the legal process.
24. February 2014.
The Bosnian state court said that the increasing number of war crimes prosecutors being employed to tackle a huge case backlog meant that it could need more courtrooms to try suspects.
30. December 2013.
With several thousand signatures, as well as with other ways of supporting the campaign Stop Censorship on War Crimes, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) succeeded in encouraging the authorities to admit that anonymisation cannot be applied to serious crimes, including war crimes.
18. November 2013.
The State Court and Prosecution consider that political parties impose detrimental solutions under draft laws in the judicial field.
4. April 2013.
Meddzida Kreso, President of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, says that, from the very beginning the Court has advocated for treating war-crimes and organised crimes cases as public interest cases, but the Agency for Protection of Personal Data of Bosnia and Herzegovina insisted on an opposite stand.
30. January 2013.
Belgrade and Sarajevo are to sign an agreement to cooperate over war crimes cases, but some victims fear that it may not bring more convictions.
28. December 2012.
Three years since Bosnia adopted a war-crimes strategy, hopes grow that the prosecution of war crimes perpetrators may finally speed up, although no increase in indictments has yet occurred.
26. December 2012.
Draft law on courts takes away too many competences from the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and could undermine the war crimes strategy.
8. February 2012.
Brussels wants Bosnia to get a move on in establishing a state appeals court but opinions in the country are divided on whether such a court is strictly necessary or financially justifiable.
Sva prava zadržana BIRN BiH.