26. May 2015.
The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) has introduced new procedures to evaluate candidates applying for positions at judicial institutions. The new procedures were established last year.
Work of Domestic Judicial Institutions
18. May 2015.
The three justice ministries in Bosnia and Herzegovina have agreed a draft justice reform strategy after the EU cut funding for war crimes prosecutions in frustration at the lack of progress.
12. May 2015.
In at least 12 cases, Bosnian state court and prosecution employees are related to each other a situation which could create conflicts of interest, experts say.
15. April 2015.
After the European Union halted its funding for war crimes, some prosecutors have been left with no salaries and a few assistants have already lost their jobs. War crimes investigations have been stalled as a result.
14. April 2015.
The Bosnian state prosecution lacks the resources to pay the salaries of more than twenty of its employees, due to delays in European Union funding. The EU Delegation in Bosnia and Herzegovina has suspended an installment of financial support for war crimes processing, pending the full adoption of a justice sector reform strategy.
2. April 2015.
Entity level prosecutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina are dissatisfied with the practice of transferring war crimes from the state level to the entities, after indictments have already been raised. This is affecting their norms, BIRN has learned.
16. March 2015.
The European Union delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina has refused to pay the second installment of funding for war crimes prosecutions for 2015, pending the adoption of the Justice Sector Reform Strategy.
9. March 2015.
The Bosnian prosecution marked its tenth anniversary of dealing with war crimes by insisting that it has indicted more suspects than ever in the past two years.
26. February 2015.
Following the arrest of state court judge Azra Miletic, the president of Bosnias state court Meddzida Kreso said this is the time to open a dialogue about corruption in the Bosnian judiciary.
29. January 2015.
If witnesses at war crimes trials or their family members are at risk, they can be accepted into a programme of protection, which allows them to change their identity, move to another city or state, or receive physical protection.
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