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Bosnia court rejects request to re-arrest Serbs convicted of war crimes

December 5, 2013 01:56:54 PM

On Thursday the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) rejected a request by prosecutors to re-arrest nine individuals convicted of war crimes. The court ruled that since Bosnian law does not contain provisions for the...

November 19, 2013 03:02:18 PM

The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) state war crimes court on Tuesday released 10 prisoners connected to war crimes committed during the Bosnian Civil War following a ruling by the European Court...

October 17, 2013 02:29:33 PM

The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced on Thursday that police have arrested eight men suspected of committing war crimes during the Bosnian Civil War . The eight Serb men were arrested...

October 17, 2013 01:40:27 PM

Independent UN rights expert Margaret Sekaggya on Thursday called on the government of Togo to work towards providing an environment that allows human rights defenders to carry out their work. Sekaggya explained that this could be done...

October 10, 2013 10:14:15 AM

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday reopened criminal proceedings for a man convicted of war crimes in 2006, after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in July that his...

September 1, 2013 04:03:38 PM

Momcilo Krajisnik , the former speaker for the Bosnian Serb parliament, returned to Bosnia Friday after being released from prison. Krajisnik, arrested in 2000, was convicted in 2006 by the International Criminal Tribunal...

August 28, 2013 12:19:25 PM

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday sentenced Goran Saric, a former police chief, to 14 years for crimes against humanity. His charges specifically involved detention, forced transfer and murder of civilian...

June 28, 2013 08:48:09 AM

Despite significant human rights achievements, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged countries to "refocus their efforts to achieve universality, and impartiality with regard to justice." Speaking at the Vienna +20 Conference, Pillay reminded...

June 4, 2013 10:56:23 AM

New York resident Sulejman Mujagic has been extradited to his native country of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for war crimes committed in the 1990s, officials said Monday. His extradition is the result of charges for allegedly killing...

May 31, 2013 11:57:13 AM

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) acquitted two former Serbian secret police officials Thursday for their involvement in war crimes during the Bosnian Civil War . The court found...

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