Veselin Vlahovic, alias Batko, has appealed against his lengthy sentence for a campaign of murder, rape, torture and robbery against Bosniaks and Croats in Sarajevo in 1992.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Sarajevo, a Prosecution witness tells the Cantonal Court in Sarajevo that she saw indictee Slobodan Bogdanovic taking Bajro Besic away from his house.
As more and more witnesses to the 1992-war war pass away, questions about the value of their testimony in war crimes trials are becoming more pressing.
After Defence tams of the four defendants charged with the crime committed in Kalinovik presented their closing arguments, the Appeals Chamber scheduled the passing of the second instance verdict for November 12.
The Bosnian State Prosecution has asked for one-month custody for Radomir Markovic, Mile Kusic, Dragan Bozovic, Sasa Perkovic, Radomir Gluhovic, Pero Radovic and Ilija and Milos Vukasinovic, while the defence teams claim that the investigation is still in an early phase.
After Europes human rights court ruled that some defendants were tried under the wrong criminal code, Bosnias constitutional court accepted an appeal from a war crimes convict for his verdict to reconsidered.
After Europes human rights court ruled that some defendants were tried under the wrong criminal code, Bosnias constitutional court accepted an appeal from a war crimes convict for his verdict to reconsidered.
On the third day of presentation of its closing statement the Defence of Veselin Batko Vlahovic, who is charged with crimes in Sarajevo, analyses the counts, which, in the opinion of the Defence, the Prosecution has not managed to prove.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina submitted an amended indictment against Djordjislav Askraba, who is indicted of crimes committed in Kalinovik, to the Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In its closing arguments at the retrial of Radomir Vukovic and Zoranu Tomic, charged with genocide in Srebrenica, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina requested that the defendants be sentenced to long prison terms, while the Defence of the first defendant believed that he should be acquitted.