In at least 12 cases, Bosnian state court and prosecution employees are related to each other a situation which could create conflicts of interest, experts say.
A defense witness testifying at the trial of Slavko Savic said a protected witness known as A was protected and that she couldnt have been mistreated by Savic. Savic has been charged with the rape of a woman which allegedly occurred in the Vogosca area during the Bosnian war.
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Dragan Sekaric was sentenced to 14 years in prison for rape and murder in the village of Kosovo Polje in the Visegrad municipality in 1992.
The State Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina presented one of its first witnesses at a trial dealing with an incident of wartime rape that occurred around Semizovac in the municipality of Vogosca.
Testifying at the trial of Dragan Sekaric for crimes in Visegrad and Gorazde, a Defence witness says that the indictee visited refugees on Mount Zlatibor, Serbia, twice during 1992 and that he brought them presents.
As the trial for crimes in Srebrenica continues, a State Prosecution witness says that indictee Srecko Boskovic did not have any engagement in the Republika Srpska Army, VRS.
The trial of Slavko Savic, who is charged with crimes against the civilian population in the Vogosca area, is due to begin on February 4, as agreed at a status conference.
Testifying at the trial of Dragan Sekaric for crimes in Visegrad and Gorazde, witness Dzenita Muhic says that her father and brother were taken away and that she found her mothers body in their family house in Dusce village in May 1992.