Saturday, 4 october 2025.
UN Court Again Rejects Bosnian Serb Commander’s Plea for Release
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for a third time rejected the early release request of the wartime leader of a Bosnian Serb Army reconnaissance unit who was sentenced...
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...
UN Court Rejects Bosnian War Rape Convict’s Plea for Release
The UN court in The Hague has rejected a request for early release from former Bosnian Serb Army unit commander Dragoljub Kunarac, who was convicted of multiple rape and the...
Hague Frees Bosnia War Rapist Radomir Kovac
Kovac was released by the Hague Tribunal and has returned to Bosnia after serving two-thirds of his 20-year sentence for wartime sex crimes in the town of Foca.
Apology to Women Raped in Foca
At the trial of Radovan Karadzic wartime President of Foca municipal Government Radoijca Mladjenovic apologises to victims of rape committed by Serb forces in that town in 1992.
Mladic: Women, Who Were Raped and Disappeared
Protected witness RM-032 testifies at Ratko Mladic's trial at The Hague, about The sexual abuse of non-Serb women in a detention facility in Kalinovik in the summer of 1992.
Bundalo et al: Unforgettable crimes
More than 60 prosecution witnesses spoke about the detention and mass execution of Bosniaks civilians in the Kalinovik area.
Zelenovic Gets 15 Years
Former Bosnian Serb military police deputy commander, who pleaded guilty to crimes committed against civilians in Foca, is jailed at the Hague tribunal.