Radovan Karadzic’s Conviction Highlights Entrenched Divisions
Bosniaks applauded the life sentence handed down in 2019 to Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic, but Serb politicians condemned it and analysts warned that each ethnic group still has...
Bosnian War Crime Cases Halted as Ageing Defendants Die
Around 20 people indicted for 1990s wartime crimes in Bosnia have died over the past five years, causing the cases to be halted, while ten more cases are at a...
Bosnian Judiciary Under Pressure After Critical European Report
Bosnia’s judicial overseer, the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, must be reformed, experts argued after a report for the European Commission said the country’s judiciary was in crisis and unable...
Bosnia Journalists Condemn HJPC ‘Gestapo’ Slur About BIRN
The Steering Board of the BH Journalists Association has sent a strong letter of protest to Bosnia’s High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, HJPC, after its Vice-President on social media likened...
Bosnian Prosecution Criticised over War Crimes Indictments
A third of the war crimes indictments filed by the Bosnian state prosecution this year have been transferred to lower-level courts, sparking criticism of prosecutors for not focusing on more...
Rise in Bosnian Defamation Cases Raises Censorship Fears
Defamation lawsuits against journalists are being increasingly used as a censorship tool in Bosnia, experts say, warning that judges’ lack of expertise on defamation laws is leading to bad verdicts.
Bosnian Prosecution ‘Failing on Complex War Crime Cases’: OSCE
Final convictions have been significantly lower in the past two years, and the Bosnian prosecution has not been investing invest time and resources in investigating the most complex cases, said...
Bosnia Appoints First Female Chief State Prosecutor
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council has elected Gordana Tadic as the new chief state prosecutor, making her the first woman in the country’s history to hold the...
