Bosnia Hopes to Complete War Crimes Cases in 2023 – BIRN

BiH’s High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council has voted to support amendments to BiH’s war crimes strategy to ensure that all war crimes cases are processed by 2023.

The draft of the revised strategy says that it is necessary for the state court to process the most important suspects as a matter of priority.

When it comes to classification of cases as either ‘complex’ or ‘less complex’ ones, it needs to be agreed at which level of the country’s court system they will be processed.

One of the goals defined in the strategy is ensuring an efficient distribution of cases to lower-level courts in Bosnia’s two entities and the Brcko District – a process which has proved inadequate so far.

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