Genocide in BiH Archives

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s top international official, Valentin Inzko, said a law banning genocide denial would be adopted by this year’s anniversary of the Srebrenica massacres - but this hasn’t happened yet and Inzko is reluctant to impose it himself.

A year after Radovan Karadzic was convicted of genocide and other wartime crimes, no one who helped the former Bosnian Serb political leader to evade capture for 12 years has been convicted in Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia. Since the UN court in The Hague convicted former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic on March 20, […]

The UN court in The Hague postponed appeal hearings in the trial of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic, who is challenging his conviction for genocide and other crimes, because he needs to undergo surgery. The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague said on Wednesday that it has postponed appeal hearings that […]

The prosecution urged the Bosnian state court to convict former Bosnian Serb Army battalion commander Srecko Acimovic of genocide for his role in the massacre of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995. In its closing statement on Wednesday, the prosecution called on the state court in Sarajevo to convict Srecko Acimovic of genocide and give […]

The trial of Milomir Savcic, former commander of the 65th Motorized Protective Regiment of the Main Headquarters with the Bosnian Serb Army, VRS, who has been accused of Srebrenica genocide, is due to begin on March 23, as agreed at a status conference. In its written motion the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina indicated it planned to […]

Ahead of Ratko Mladic’s appeal against his conviction for genocide and other wartime crimes, Srebrenica victims’ relatives are becoming anxious about the outcome after judges were replaced for alleged bias against the Bosnian Serb commander.

Ahead of Ratko Mladic’s appeal against his conviction for genocide and other wartime crimes, Srebrenica victims’ relatives are becoming anxious about the outcome after judges were replaced for alleged bias against the Bosnian Serb commander. Mirsada Malagic is one of the key witnesses of the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995. Six members of her family […]

Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s defence said he has serious health problems including a potential stroke and asked for his appeal against his conviction for genocide and other wartime crimes to be postponed. Ratko Mladic’s defence lawyers said on Monday that they have asked the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague […]

Milomir Savcic, the head of the organisation that represents Bosnian Serb military veterans, pleaded not guilty to assisting the commission of genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in 1995. Milomir Savcic, the president of the Veterans’ Organisation of Republika Srpska, pleaded not guilty at the Bosnian state court on Monday to assisting the commission of genocide in July 1995.

Lawmakers in the upper house of the Bosnian parliament voted to reject a proposed legal change intended to make the denial of genocide and war crimes punishable by jail sentences. The House of Peoples, the upper house of the Bosnian parliament, voted on Thursday against changing the criminal code of Bosnia and Herzegovina to criminalise […]

Genocide in BiH

Srebrenica Genocide Denial Law Remains a Non-Starter in Bosnia

No Convictions for Radovan Karadzic’s ‘Helpers in Hiding’

Hague Court Postpones Ailing Ratko Mladic’s Genocide Appeal

Bosnia Urged to Convict Serb Battalion Commander of Genocide

Trial of Milomir Savcic for Srebrenica Genocide Starts on March 23

Episode 111: Ratko Mladic’s Appeal Causes Anxiety for Bosnian War Survivors

Ratko Mladic’s Appeal Causes Anxiety for Bosnian War Survivors

Ratko Mladic Seeks Appeal Delay Over Health Problems

Bosnian Serb Veterans’ Leader Denies Assisting Srebrenica Genocide

Bosnian MPs Reject Legislation to Criminalise Genocide Denial

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