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Court: Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina

30 August 2016

Bosnian Constitutional Court ‘Under Pressure’ from Serb Referendum

A Bosnian Serb referendum challenging the authority of the country’s Constitutional Court represents “direct political pressure” aimed at undermining the state-level institution, its president told BIRN.
15 January 2015

Bosnia Blocks Controversial War Crimes Convict Releases

The Bosnian constitutional court has put a stop to the releases of war crimes convicts whose verdicts are quashed because the wrong criminal code was used at their trials.
7 November 2014

Milorad Trbic’s Verdict Quashed

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has quashed a verdict under which Milorad Trbic was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the genocide in Srebrenica.
22 August 2014

Bosnian Genocide Convicts Appeal ‘Unjust’ Sentences

Six Bosnian Serbs convicted of the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in 1995 are appealing against their 20-year prison sentences, arguing that they are too harsh.

5 August 2014

Bosniak Officer’s War Crimes Sentence Annulled

Former Bosnian Army assistant commander Sefik Alic, convicted of abusing Croatian Serb prisoners of war, was freed on a technicality because the wrong criminal code was used at his trial.
10 July 2014

Execution of Sentence against Kapic Discontinued

The Court of BiH discontinues the execution of the sentence against Suad Kapic after the Constitutional Court of BiH quashed a second instance verdict, under which he was sentenced to 17 years in prison for crimes in the Sanski Most area.

6 March 2014

Damjanovic's Request Leniency Over Prisoner Abuse

Two Bosnian Serb brothers convicted of abusing Bosniak prisoners near Sarajevo in 1992 asked the appeals court for lower sentences because of the “absence of fatal consequences”.
14 February 2014

Novak Djukic Released From Prison

Former Commander of the Ozren Tactical Group with the Republika Srpska Army Novak Djukic was released from prison after the Bosnian Constitutional court revoked a verdict under which he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes in Tuzla.
27 January 2014

Bosnian Serb Sentenced to 20 Years of Prison

The Court of the Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced on Monday Mirko Pekez to 20 years of prison for crimes in Jajce area, applying the Criminal Code of the Former Yugoslavia.
24 January 2014

Djukic Will Be Released to Liberty

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, accepts, due to the wrong application of law, an appeal filed by Novak Djukic who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for having committed a crime in Tuzlanska Kapija.
23 January 2014

Significantly Shorter Sentences for Kravica Crimes Requested

The Defence of five indictees, who were released after the verdicts against them for assisting in the Srebrenica genocide was quashed, request the Court to reduce their sentence to between five and 15 years, while the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina requests maximal imprisonment sentences.

22 January 2014

Maximum Sentence not Justified

The Defence of Petar Mitrovic, who was released from prison after his verdict for assistance in the commission of genocide in Srebrenica had been quashed, says that it would not be justifiable to sentence the indictee to a maximum imprisonment sentence.
17 January 2014

Trial Chamber Waiting for Evidence

The retrial of Nikola Andrun, who was released from prison, where he was serving his sentence for crimes in Capljina, because the verdict against him was quashed, has begun before the Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

10 January 2014

Verdicts against Seven Indictees Next Week

In the week ahead, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina is due to pronounce first instance verdicts against seven indictees, who are charged with crimes in the areas of Kotor-Varos, Capljina and Stolac, as well as Prozor.

6 January 2014

Sentence against Zrinko Pincic Reduced

Applying the Criminal Code of the former Yugoslavia, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina reduces sentence against Zrinko Pincic from nine to six years in prison for crimes in Konjic.