9. July 2018.
Ahead of the 23rd anniversary of the Srebrenica massacres, questions have been raised about whether the verdicts so far are logical, because some commanders have been convicted of less serious crimes than their subordinates.
Genocide in BiH
7. July 2018.
The Hague Tribunal and domestic courts have sentenced 45 people to 699 years in prison - plus three life sentences - for genocide, crimes against humanity and other offences against Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995.
The past 12 months have seen another landmark verdict convicting a senior Bosnian Serb figure of involvement in the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II - Ratko Mladic, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Main Headquarters, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in November.
6. July 2018.
At least nine Serbs suspected of genocide and other crimes in Srebrenica have fled Bosnia to enjoy refuge from prosecution in Serbia, where they remain free despite alleged involvement in the massacres of thousands of Bosniaks.
5. July 2018.
A baby and a woman in her nineties were the youngest and oldest victims of Srebrenica to be buried so far, said Bosnia’s Missing Persons Institute as the 23rd anniversary of the mass killings approaches.
13. June 2018.
Former Bosnian Serb Interior Minister Tomislav Kovac, charged with genocide for controlling police forces involved in the mass executions of Bosniaks from Srebrenica, did not appear in court for his plea hearing.
13. June 2018.
Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s defence asked for the removal of three judges from his appeal against conviction, alleging they are biased because of their previous rulings in Srebrenica genocide cases.
12. June 2018.
Two former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers went on trial in Sarajevo on genocide charges, accused of killing men from Srebrenica, raping women and robbing Bosniaks of money and gold in July 1995.
Mile Kosoric, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Vlasenica Brigade, and Momcilo Tesic, a member of the brigade’s Military Police Squad went on trial at the Bosnian state court on Tuesday on charges of committing genocide in Srebrenica in 1995.
23. May 2018.
The landmark trial in Belgrade court for the massacre of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in the village of Kravica was postponed because a defendant reportedly slit his wrists several days before the hearing.
16. May 2018.
Former Bosnian Serb Army Ratko Mladic’s request for contempt of court proceedings against medical staff at the UN Detention Unit, who he accuses of being responsible for his deteriorating health, was rejected.
24. April 2018.
Prosecutors urged judges at the UN court to reject former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic’s appeal and increase his sentence to life imprisonment for genocide and other wartime crimes.
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