Friday, 30 may 2025.
Anonymization ‘Threat’ to Bosnian Justice Criticised
The current ‘anonymization’ of court verdicts, especially on war crimes, harms the judicial system and wider society, lawyers, experts, and victims say.
Ilijas War Victims Lament Justice’s Snail’s Pace
About 200 people from Ilijas were killed in spring 1992 following a Bosnian Serb assault on the town and surrounding villages – and over 50 remain missing. Yet almost no...
Macic: Reliable Description or Self-Defence
During the presentation of evidence at the trial of the indictee Eso Macic, the Prosecution tried to prove that he participated in the killings and beatings of prisoners in the...
Gazdic: Crimes against Helpless and Vulnerable Women
During the trial of Jasko Gazdic, a former member of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina tried to prove that he raped several women...
Convicted War Criminals Run for Office
In the forthcoming local elections in Bosnia on the electoral lists in the towns of Zvornik and Samac among the candidates will be convicted war criminals.
Mujcinovic and Hrustic: Clear or Unclear Perpetrators
During the nine-month trial, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina tried to prove that Zurahid Mujcinovic and Sulejman Hrustic committed war crimes in Srebrenik, which is denied by their Defences,...
Babin Potok near Visegrad: Rapes without Perpetrators
“He took me into the house and stripped me naked. He started hitting me. I cried and he grabbed my head and hit it against the wall. He took me...
Bosnian Transitional Strategy Hangs on Political Support
Two years after it has been commissioned, Bosnia has a draft of the Transitional Justice Strategy, but despite widespread acceptance of its importance there are already doubts whether the document...
Srebrenica – Center from Jahorina: Bullets and Dust Left All in Darkness
Survivor of warehouse slaughter at Kravica recalled the role in the Srebrenica massacre played by the Training Centre from Jahorina.
Srebrenica – The Bratunac Brigade: Crying and Begging
According to the court’s verdicts, members of the Bratunac Brigade of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) participated in the attack on Srebrenica in July 1995, as well as in...