The continued prosecution of war crimes in Bosnia is seriously jeopardised by the failure of the authorities to adopt a Justice Sector reform strategy, a conference concluded.
The Bosnian state prosecution said it will indict more than 100 people this year for war crimes during the early 1990s conflict almost double the number of suspects charged in 2013.
The Bosnian federation entity Supreme Court quashed a verdict under which Nedzad Oric was sentenced to four, and Hamed Salihovic and Azem Ahmic to one year in prison respectively for crimes in Srebrenik.
The Bosnian prosecution will soon file two indictments over war crimes against Serbs as a result of cooperation agreed with Belgrade in a landmark protocol signed last year.
Prosecutor Gordana Tadic has been appointed Chief of the Special War Crimes Section of the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina after Vesna Budimir resigned from that position.
Representatives of the Mothers of Srebrenica and Zepa Enclaves Association will request the Chief State Prosecutor of Bosnia and Herzegovina to explain why a proposal for processing three Srebrenica crimes indictees in Serbia has been withdrawn.
The Prosecution of Una-Sana Canton, USC, which has achieved significant results in dealing with war-crimes and other grave crimes cases, lacks at least five prosecutors. Also, it faces problems with financing, says Fadila Amidzic, Chief Prosecutor of the USC Prosecution
The Serbian prosecution is investigating former Bosniak military chief Orics role in the killing of Serb civilians in Srebrenica in 1992, although extradition to Belgrade is unlikely.
Chief prosecutors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia met in Sarajevo and promised to step up the prosecution of war crimes suspects in 2014.