Defence attorneys of convicts sentenced for genocide and war crimes before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina announce that proceedings will be renewed in many more cases due to the wrong application of the Criminal Code.
Ljubisa Vranjes and Mladen Milic denied guilt for crimes committed against ethnic Croat civilians in Kotor Varos, and Goran Markovic did not attend the plea hearing due to illness.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirms an indictment against Goran Markovic, Ljubisa Vranjes and Mladen Milic for war crimes committed against civilians in Kotor-Varos.
Disagreements over which trials should be held before the State Court, and which should go before lower courts, will continue until a war-crimes strategy finally sorts out the issue of case referral.
The State Prosecution completed presenting evidence against the indictee, who is charged with the deportation and murder of one member of the Glamocak family.
After the Court of BiH confirmed the indictment against Marko Skrobic for war crimes against civilians, it should now render a decision concerning the prosecution's request to refer this case to a lower court.