A decision rendered by the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg by no means represents a revision of war-crimes verdicts pronounced by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The European rights court ruled that Abduladhim Maktouf and Goran Damjanovic received higher sentences because a new Bosnian criminal code was used - a decision that could see dozens of...
Two convicted war criminals have asked the European Court of Human Rights to confirm that the retroactive use of the Bosnian Criminal Code in their trials violated their human rights.
Indictee calls for an end to the process against him.
During 2006 Bosnias war crimes chamber confirmed 19 indictments and passed nine verdicts handing out 130 years and four months of prison time in total.
The War Crimes Chamber's objectivity is called into question in the run up to October's elections.
Former Muslim soldier Abduladhim Maktouf found guilty of role in kidnapping, in first case completed before Bosnia's specialist war crimes chamber.
Prosecutor asks Judicial Council to disregard statements of key defence witness.
After the appearance of a defence witness in the case of Abduldahim Maktouf pointed to contradictory facts, the Appeal Council decided to bring key prosecution and defence witnesses face to...
Witness claims Abduldahim Maktouf could not have been a member of the Al Mujaheed unit during the Bosnian war because he was involved in trade, a profession forbidden by Islamic...