24. August 2016.
Fewer than 30 plea bargains have been made in war crimes cases, even though prosecutors say they often yield information about mass graves or about other perpetrators of atrocities.
Work of Domestic Judicial Institutions
10. August 2016.
Disciplinski tužitelj pokrenuo je istragu protiv glavnog tužioca Tužilaštva BiH Gorana Salihovića zbog sumnji da je zlouporabio položaj.
10. August 2016.
Bosnian courts have allowed five war crimes convicts to avoid serving their prison sentences by paying a fine, BIRN has found - a practice which critics claim makes a mockery of justice.
20. July 2016.
Cases handled by the Special Prosecutor’s Office for the fight against organized and economic crime in Republika Srpska have been postponed for months due to delays in appointing prosecutors.
17. June 2016.
After an OSCE appointed expert judge, Joanna Korner, sharply criticized the work of the Bosnian prosecution on war crimes, its spokesman accused her of an attack on the judiciary.
26. February 2016.
Some war crime trials held before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been postponed for several months due to absence of witnesses, various procedures or illness of defendants.
23. February 2016.
After three failed open calls for applications and nine months of waiting, the Bosnian High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) has yet to elect a new state level judge. According to the HJPC, no good candidates applied.
11. February 2016.
Despite claims that a draft law on the powers of the state-level court would be agreed by the end of January, no agreement on its powers has in fact been reached.
11. January 2016.
The Bosnian state prosecution announced that it filed 195 indictments against 431 individuals in the past year, the highest number in its history.
10. November 2015.
The state court fears that a new Bosnian Serb reform proposal is aimed at abolishing the state-level judiciary, but Republika Srpska says it just wants to clarify the division of authority between the state and Bosnia’s entities.
Sva prava zadržana BIRN BiH.