Courts: Supreme Court of Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina
28 March 2011
Attorneys for war-crime indictees before local courts say they don’t get the same help that prosecutors do - and wait too long to get paid.
2 March 2011
Izet Smajic, former member of the reserve police forces, has been acquitted, under a second instance verdict, of the charges that he wounded a Yugoslav People's Army soldier in Tuzla in May 1992.
19 January 2011
Appeals have been presented before the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina against the verdict for Zeljko Despot, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for having killed two civilians in Kljuc municipality in 1992.
11 January 2011
The Cantonal Court in Bihac has ordered a two-month extension of custody of Senad Ahmetasevic, who is charged with war crimes against prisoners of war.
30 December 2010
Federation entity’s Chief Prosecutor is optimistic that Bosnia can meet deadlines to resolve outstanding cases, but only if certain conditions are met.
9 December 2010
The Appellate Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has partially upheld the appeal filed by the Defence, reducing the sentence against Nemanja Jovicic to ten years in prison for crimes committed in Hadzici municipality in 1992.
19 November 2009
Bosnian prosecutors still hesitate at filing indictments for genocide but some rights activists believe this may change once the trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader is over.
1 October 2008
Sarajevo _ Constitutional reforms need to be stepped up and the Criminal code must be unified, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe urges Bosnia in a new resolution.
2 September 2008
A Prosecution witness recalls the detention camp in which he was held after having been captured in Musici village, near Hadzici, in May 1992.
26 September 2007
The indictee's defence team notices 36 "substantial differences" between the witness' statement given in the courtroom and the one given to a SIPA investigator.
4 June 2007
Protected prosecution witness speaks about sexual abuse that she suffered in detention camp Omarska.
12 January 2007
OSCE Mission comments on applicability of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has prompted a hunger strike of some of the accused.
30 June 2006
Presentation of evidence in two cases will take place next week before the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of BiH, while closing statements are due in the trial of Boban Simsic.