16 March 2016
Former Bosnian Army soldiers Adil Vojic and Bekir Mesic were sentenced to seven years in prison each for raping a woman in Bihac in the country’s north-west in May 1994.
9 March 2016
The defense of Adil Vojic and Bekir Mesic, charged with wartime rape in Bihac, called upon the court to hand down an acquittal in their case. The state court has scheduled the verdict for March 16.
2 March 2016
Presenting its closing arguments, the Bosnian state prosecution called for defendants Adil Vojic and Bekir Mesic to be found guilty of wartime rape and sentenced as per the law. Vojic and Mesic have been charged with war crimes in Bihac.
17 February 2016
The presentation of evidence at the trial of Adil Vojic and Bekir Mesic concluded with the findings of a state prosecution expert and the property and legal claim of the injured party. Vojic and Mesic have been charged with wartime rape committed in the Bihac area in 1994.
30 December 2015
A protected witness was examined in a closed hearing at the trial of Adil Vojic and Bekir Mesic, charged with wartime rape in the Bihac area. The witness, who was allegedly raped by the defendants, testified again today as per an invitation by the state court.
23 December 2015
After the defense teams in the Adil Vojic and Bekir Mesic trial finished their evidentiary hearings, the trial chamber said they would ask the injured party in the case to testify again.
9 December 2015
Testifying in his own defense, Bekir Mesic described what happened on May 1, 1994, the night he allegedly raped a woman in Bihac.
4 November 2015
Testifying in his own defense, Adil Vojic said he went to injured party D1’s house on May 1, 1994 in order to retrieve a comrade named Ibrahim Hamzic.
28 October 2015
The first defense witness testified at the trial of Adil Vojic and Besir Mesic, describing the events that occurred in front of injured party D-1’s house on May 1, 1994. According to the state prosecution, the defendants raped D-1 that night.
21 October 2015
A statement given by a deceased witness was read at the trial of Adil Vojic and Bekir Mesic, charged with war crimes in Bihac. In the statement, the witness said the injured party in the case told him she had been raped.
30 September 2015
The Adil Vojic and Bekir Mesic trial was postponed due to the failure of a state prosecution witness to appear in court.
16 September 2015
At today’s hearing of the Adil Vojic and Beki Mesic trial, a statement given by a deceased witness was read aloud in the courtroom. The public was asked to leave the hearing.
1 July 2015
The trial of Adil Vojic and Bekir Mesic has been postponed indefinitely, after the Bosnian state prosecution failed to provide information about pending witnesses.
6 May 2015
The Bosnian state prosecution presented evidence on the medical treatment of a protected witness known as ST-1 at the Adil Vojic and Bekir Mesic trial.
15 April 2015
The trial chamber decided to exclude the public from a hearing in which a protected state prosecution witness was expected to testify against two former Bosnian Army soldiers accused of rape in Bihac.