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In this April edition of TV Justice, we’re bringing you a story about how Bosnia and Herzegovina is once again going to disappoint war victims’ families who have been waiting for nearly three decades to see those responsible for crimes against them or their loved ones identified and punished.

Participants agree transitional judice is a priority for the EU and feelings of ‘fatigue’ must not get in the way.

In the September edition of TV Justice we’ll be talking about a unique two-year investigation into the prosecution of corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina, disciplinary actions against judges and prosecutors, as well as the openness of judicial institutions to allowing insight into their operations.

Almost half of Albania’s judges and prosecutors have fallen foul of a much-hailed vetting process, but among its Balkan peers, scrutiny of asset declarations leaves much to be desired.

The Bosnian state court has asked Turkey for the extradition of Sakib Mahmuljin, wartime commander of the Bosnian Army’s Third Corps, after he failed to appear to serve his eight-year war crimes sentence.

Despite the deadline set in the revised state strategy, war crime cases will not be completed by the end of 2023, judicial officials told BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina – a blow to victims’ families’ hopes that justice will be achieved.

Following a request by BIRN BiH for more transparency in the justice system, the State Prosecution has started publishing redacted factual descriptions from confirmed indictments on its website.

The Bosnian state court has again rejected an indictment accusing wartime Serb official Milenko Stanic of committing crimes against humanity against Bosniak civilians in the Vlasenica area in 1992 and 1993.

In the summer of 1992, the bodies of 114 Bosniak and Croat civilians were found in two mass graves at a municipal dump and a cemetery in the town of Mostar, but decades on, no one has prosecuted for their murders.

A year after the identity of a protected witness in a Srebrenica genocide trial was publicly revealed by media in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska, putting his safety at risk, the Bosnian prosecution has not brought any charges.

Work of Domestic Judicial Institutions

Do Bosnian War Crime Victims Face Judicial Disappointment Again in Two Years’ Time?

Transitional Justice Vital for Bosnia’s EU Path, Conference Says

Episode 153: BIRN BiH and Transaprency Index Shows Judiciary’s Key Problems with Tackling Corruption

Albania’s Justice Vetting Raises Uncomfortable Questions for Balkan Peers

Bosnia Seeks Wartime Army Commander’s Extradition from Turkey

Bosnia to Miss Deadline for Resolving War Crime Cases Again

Bosnia Prosecution Publishes Confirmed Indictments, Acting on BIRN Petition

Bosnian Court Rejects Crimes Against Humanity Indictment Twice

Mostar’s Mass Graves: Unpunished Atrocities of the Bosnian War

No Charges Yet for Exposing Srebrenica Trial Witness’s Identity

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