The state prosecution has filed an indictment against two former members of the Croatian Defense Council, charging them with crimes committed in Stolac.
The start of the Mile Pazin, Ivica Markovic and Vide Kresic trial has been postponed due to a new indictment raised against one of the defendants. The defendants have been charged with crimes in the municipality of Stolac in 1993.
At today’s hearing of the Mile Raguz trial, the defense requested that the trial chamber chair be exempted from the proceedings because of his wartime experiences. Raguz has been charged with war crimes in Stolac. His trial is being held at the cantonal court of Mostar.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has confirmed an indictment against Mile Pazin, Ivica Markovic and Vide Kresic, charging them with war crimes committed in Stolac.
Members of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested four individuals suspected of having committed crimes against the civilian population of Stolac in 1993.
The cantonal court of Mostar has sentenced Vlatko Jarak, a former member of the Croatian Defense Council, HVO, to one and a half years in prison for war crimes committed in Stolac.
The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared at a status conference that the testimonies of a certain number of witnesses from the first instance procedure would be heard again at the retrial of Veselko and Ivo Raguz. A new trial will begin on March 25.
At the beginning of the retrial of Vlatko Jarak before the Mostar Cantonal Court the Defence requests the exemption of Trial Chamber Chairman Hamo Kebo.
The Appellate Camber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, partially quashes a verdict, under which Veselko and Ivo Raguz were acquitted of charges for crimes in the Stolac and Capljina area.