The cantonal court of Bihac has sentenced former Bosnian Army member Dzevad Mahmutovic to one year in prison for participating in the abuse of prisoners of war in March 1995.
Over the past year courts in Republika Srpska, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Brcko District have sentenced 34 persons to a total of 194 years in prison for war crimes.
As decided at a status conference held before the Cantonal Court in Bihac, the first Defence witness of Mladenko Vrtunic, who is charged with crimes in the Kljuc area, is due to testify on June 12.
As agreed at a status conference held before the Cantonal Court in Bihac, the retrial of Ratko Lavrnic, former member of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, who is charged with crimes in Kljuc, is due to begin on April 25.
Not a single person has been brought to justice within a year of the signing of a landmark protocol on cooperation in war crimes cases between Bosnia and Serbia.
The arrest of Cazim Behric in Rijeka over war crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a result of co-operation between the Bihac Cantonal Prosecution and State Attorneys Office of Croatia, DORH.
Prosecutors at the cantonal or district levels file up to five times more war-crime indictments than their colleagues working with the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Cantonal Court in Bihac confirms an indictment charging six former members of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, with crimes against Bosniak civilians in the Kljuc area.
Sulejman Mujagic, who is suspected of crimes in Velika Kladusa, has been examined by the Cantonal Prosecution in Bihac after being extradited from the United States last week.