25. December 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic slowed the work of Bosnia’s Missing Persons Institute in 2020 and halted it completely for two months, leading to a drop in the number of victims found compared to previous years.
Missing Persons
23. December 2020.
The head of Kosovo’s Missing Persons Commission told BIRN that 11 war victims’ remains were exhumed this year, but many more remain to be found at hidden grave sites in the country and in neighbouring Serbia.
14. December 2020.
The head of the UN court said the final verdict in the trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, who is appealing against his conviction for genocide and other crimes, will be handed down in May.
8. December 2020.
Exhumation began last month at a fifth mass grave found in Serbia and believed to contain the remains of ethnic Albanians killed in the 1998-99 Kosovo war.
26. November 2020.
An expert commission formed by a court in Serbia is to determine the exact starting date for the exhumation of a suspected mass grave in southern Serbia – which is likely to begin work shortly.
20. November 2020.
Croatia aims to pass legislation that will grant benefits to civilian victims of the 1991-95 war - but experts warn that the draft law in its current form could omit some people who suffered, including some Croatian Serbs.
26. October 2020.
Over 50 Montenegrins who disappeared in the wars in the former Yugoslavia are still listed as missing - and experts say the authorities must improve cooperation with the country’s neighbours if their graves are to be found.
15. October 2020.
Bosnia and Herzegovina handed over the remains of four victims of the 1992-95 war for official identification and burial in Serbia, while the Serbian authorities handed over the remains of a Bosnian citizen.
9. September 2020.
Two soldiers were on opposing sides when 33 Bosnian Croats were massacred by Bosnian Army troops 27 years ago - but now they are both working to ensure that the crime is not forgotten.
2. September 2020.
Human remains suspected to date back to the 1990s war have been discovered during an exhumation at Duboki Potok near the town of Knezevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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