8 October 2015
A former Bosnian state prosecutor said if he is found guilty of prioritizing complex war crimes cases instead of focusing on simple ones, it will send 'a dangerous message".
10 September 2015
The defense of Hajrudin Dedic has called upon the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to either acquit Dedic or repeal the verdict against him. The state prosecution called on the court to reject the appeal and to uphold the guilty verdict handed down by the cantonal court of Zenica in October 2014.
4 September 2015
Former state prosecutor Munib Halilovic said the disciplinary procedure initiated against him was an attack on Bosnia’s national strategy for processing war crimes. Halilovic is facing the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council’s (HJPC) disciplinary commission on charges of failing to investigate a war crimes case.
6 July 2015
Munib Halilovic, a former Bosnian state prosecutor, is facing the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council’s disciplinary commission on charges of failing to investigate a war crimes case.
21 May 2015
The Bosnian prosecution admitted that the most complex cases will not be solved by the end of this year – the deadline set by the state-level war crimes 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.
9 January 2015
The Federal Prosecution requests the Court to pronounce longer sentence against four suspects, whom the Tuzla Cantonal Court sentenced to a total of 18-and-a-half years in prison for crimes against prisoners of war in Smoluca, Lukavac municipality, while the Defence requests quashing of the verdict.
8 January 2015
In its appeal against a verdict pronounced by the Mostar Cantonal Court the Federal Prosecution requests the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, FBiH, pronounces longer sentences against Mijo Banovic and Gojko Granic for crimes against civilians in Dretelj, while the Defence requests the acquittal of the two indictees or a retrial.
6 November 2014
The Prosecution requests the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, to sentence Mladenko Vrtunic to more than ten years in prison for crimes against the civilian population in Kljuc in 1992.
6 June 2014
Presenting its closing statement, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, requests the Court to sentence indictee Branko Vlaco to long-term imprisonment for crimes committed in the Vogosca area.
27 May 2014
The Prosecution and Defence presented the Appellate Chamber of the Court of BiH with their appeals against a verdict pronounced in August 2013, under which Saric was sentenced to 14 years in prison for crimes in Nahorevo neighbourhood, Sarajevo.
29 April 2014
The presentation of evidence at the trial of Branko Vlaco, who is charged with war crimes in the Vogosca area, has been completed with the examination of a protected witness and presentation of additional material evidence by the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH.
14 March 2014
The trial of Marinko and Zoran Bjelica, as well as Novica Tripkovic, who are all charged with crimes in Kalinovik, will start on April 3 with the reading of the indictment and introductory statements.
16 December 2013
Testifying at the trial for crimes in the Vogosca area, a State Prosecution witness says that he heard that some persons, who stayed in “Planjina Kuca” in 1992, did not survive.
11 September 2013
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina requests the Court to order prohibiting measures against Vitomir Rackovic, who is suspected of crimes in Visegrad but the Defence objects to the request.