20 August 2010
The site of an infamous massacre of 200 men in 1992 is to be reexamined. But after 18 years of waiting, relatives fear they may never recover the remains of their loved ones.
20 August 2010
Asima Memic’s son, Asmir, boarded a bus from Prijedor to Travniik as part of an exchange in July 1992. He never arrived, and only a single limb has ever been recovered.
9 July 2010
Elvir Jakupovic has pleaded guilty to crimes against prisoners of war in Travnik.
10 June 2010
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina files an indictment against Elvir Jakupovic, a former member of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for participation in the murder of a Croat prisoner-of-war in the Travnik area.
21 July 2009
Following the discovery of a mass grave at Koricanske stjene, the exhumation of the remains of killed civilians has begun, following a warrant issued by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
23 June 2009
A war-crimes convict who was sentenced for crimes committed in the Travnik area has served his five-year sentence and left Bosnia and Herzegovina.
26 December 2008
In 2008 BIRN- Justice Report visited ten cantonal and district courts publishing series of articles under Local Justice under Spotlight title. It also started broadcasting Radio Justice.
23 April 2008
Ex-officio lawyers representing war-crime indictees complain of unequal treatment in court, and of problems in getting paid for their work.
5 July 2007
ICTY prosecutor Carla Del Ponte files last minute motion for general Rasim Delic to be transferred to Sarajevo court, Trial Chamber dismisses motion for suspension of trial.
22 December 2006
During 2006 Bosnia’s war crimes chamber confirmed 19 indictments and passed nine verdicts handing out 130 years and four months of prison time in total.
23 September 2006
Appeals filed by both sides to the verdict to Nedjo Samardzic will be considered next week. Nikola Kovacevic and Marko Samardzija will testify to their defence.
4 April 2006
Former Muslim soldier Abduladhim Maktouf found guilty of role in kidnapping, in first case completed before Bosnia's specialist war crimes chamber.
20 March 2006
A prosecution and a defence witness fail to provide planned testimony.
14 March 2006
After the appearance of a defence witness in the case of Abduldahim Maktouf pointed to contradictory facts, the Appeal Council decided to bring key prosecution and defence witnesses face to face
13 March 2006
Witness claims Abduldahim Maktouf could not have been a member of the Al Mujaheed unit during the Bosnian war because he was involved in trade, a profession forbidden by Islamic law.