13 June 2013
Former Bosnian Serb officer Momir Pelemis was acquitted on appeal of involvement in the murders of at least 1,000 Bosniaks from Srebrenica in 1995.
30 May 2013
Presenting their closing statements at the retrial of Momir Pelemis, who is charged with genocide in Srebrenica, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina calls for a verdict of conviction, while the Defence calls on the Court to pronounce a verdict of release.
15 February 2013
The retrial of Momir Pelemis, who is charged with genocide against Srebrenica residents, begins with reading of the State Prosecution’s indictment and presentation of introductory statements.
2 November 2012
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina terminates custody measures for Momir Pelemis, who was sentenced under a first instance verdict to 16 years in prison for having assisted in the commission of genocide in Srebrenica, and replaces custody with a prohibiting measure, banning him from leaving his place of residence.
6 July 2012
Until today seven members of the Zvornik Brigade of the Army of Republika Srpska, VRS, were found guilty and sentenced to a total of 139 years in prison for killing more than 2,500 men and boys from the area of Srebrenica in July 1995.
20 October 2011
The pronouncement of a verdict against three indictees, who are charged with crimes in Bugojno , has been postponed until November 22, because the Trial Chamber needs additional time for reaching a decision.
8 September 2011
The Srebrenica genocide indictment against Momir Pelemis is too widely formulated and represents a trap, aimed at assigning as much guilt as possible to the accused, said Pelemis’s defense in their closing arguments.
1 July 2011
The presentation of evidence at the trial of Momir Pelemis and Slavko Peric, who are charged with genocide in Srebrenica, has been completed with the presentation of supplementary findings and opinion by a Defence expert witness.
30 June 2011
Analyzing additional 179 death certificates at the trial of two indictees for genocide in Srebrenica, a Defence expert witness says that the remains of only two persons originate from a primary grave in Pilica, near Zvornik.
21 June 2011
On the second day of his testimony at the trial for the Srebrenica genocide, a defence witness for Momir Pelemis says that no procedure related to the exchange of captured Srebrenica residents, who were held in the “Kula” school building in Pilica, Zvornik municipality prior to being executed on Branjevo farm, was conducted.
6 June 2011
Historian Michael Craig McQueen testifies at the trial for genocide in Srebrenica, and says that bringing Srebrenica prisoners to Pilica (Zvornik municipality) in July 1995 meant they would be executed.
27 May 2011
Testifying at a trial for genocide committed in Srebrenica, a Prosecution military expert witness says that indictee Slavko Peric would have been expected to be present in Pilica, Zvornik municipality, in July 1995.
13 May 2011
At the trial for genocide committed in Srebrenica, a State Prosecution witness says that members of the Tenth Reconnaissance Squad with the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, participated in the murder of Srebrenica residents on Branjevo farm in July 1995.
28 April 2011
Testifying at the trial for genocide committed in Srebrenica, a Prosecution witness says that he participated in the exhumation of two graves in Kamenica, near Zvornik, adding that he was later told that the remains orginated from a mass grave in Branjevo.
15 April 2011
At the trial of Momir Pelemis and Slavko Peric, who are charged with genocide committed in Srebrenica, a Prosecution witness says that in mid July 1995 he got a cable, saying that he was supposed to “select a squad of soldiers for the execution of prisoners”, who were held in the school building in Rocevici, Zvornik municipality.