Friday, 18 april 2025.
Wartime Sexual Violence in Bosnia: The Human Trafficking Connection
Research into verdicts handed down by the Hague war crime tribunal and domestic courts in the former Yugoslavia shows previously unresearched links between wartime sexual violence and trafficking - as...
Bosnia Rejects Serb Ex-Soldier’s Appeal in War Rape Case
Bosnia’s Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from ex-soldier Milorad Mrdja against the verdict sentencing him to seven years in prison for raping a minor and other wartime crimes against Bosniaks...
Harsher Sentence Urged for Bosnian Serb Soldier Convicted of Rape
The prosecution called on the Bosnian court to increase former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Sasa Curcic’s five-year sentence for raping a Bosniak woman during the war in 1992 in the...
UN Court Refuses to Review Paramilitary Leader’s Life Sentence
The Hague war crimes court rejected a request to review the life sentence handed down to Bosnian Serb paramilitary unit leader Milan Lukic for committing crimes against humanity in the...
Paprica, Ognjenovic Each Sentenced to Eight Years for Miljevina Rape
The first-instance chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has sentenced Radovan Paprica and Slavko Ognjenovic to eight years in prison each for the crime of rape in Miljevina,...
Wartime Rape Survivors Denied Compensation by Serbian Court
The Serbian court has so far not awarded any compensation during trials to survivors of wartime sexual violence - and one rape victim has waived her right to damages because...
Constitutional Court Rejects Appeals by Demirovic and Copelj
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has rendered decisions rejecting appeals filed by Ibrahim Demirovic, who was sentenced to 13 years, and Habib Copelj, who was sentenced to five...
Bosnia Asks Serbia to Prosecute Wartime Rape, Murder Suspect
The Bosnian state court has asked Serbia to take over the prosecution of wartime Bosnian Serb soldier Novak Stjepanovic, who is accused of rape, sexual abuse and the killing of...
Bosnian Bus Kidnapping Anniversary Commemorated by Victims’ Families
Sixteen Bosniak men and one woman were seized by paramilitaries from the Bosnian Serb ‘Avengers’ unit and then abused and killed at a notorious hotel in Visegrad during the war...
Bosnian Detention Camp Guard’s Prisoner Abuse Conviction Upheld
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Constitutional Court rejected an appeal by Ivan Medic, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for mistreating civilian prisoners at the Dretelj detention camp near Capljina.