Judges from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Hague Tribunal met today in Sarajevo for the first time as part of the Justice and War Crimes project, in order to exchange experiences related to their work on war crimes cases.
Addressing the Trial Chamber, Zeljko Lelek says that he was involved in the crimes in Visegrad and apologises to the innocent victims "on behalf of my people."
ICTY convict Radislav Krstic does not want to communicate with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina or testify in favour of the eleven indictees, who are charged with the genocide in Srebrenica.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has sentenced Mitar Rasevic to eight and a half years and Savo Todovic to 12 years imprisonment for crimes committed at the Foca correctional facility.
A Court expert examined by Defence attorneys representing 11 indictees has stressed that one of the accused was suffering the "affect of rage" when he took part in the shooting of Bosniaks in July 1995.