Bosnien und Herzegowina

Group of veterans from the Dutch UN unit which was part of UN Peacekeeping mission in Srebrenica region in 1995 files lawsuit against the Netherlands Government.

After Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity announced it was dropping a controversial proposal to establish a new reservist police force, it is now being accused of planning to set up a military-style ‘gendarmerie’ instead.

Final convictions have been significantly lower in the past two years, and the Bosnian prosecution has not been investing time and resources in investigating the most complex cases, said an OSCE report.

Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor at the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, raised concerns about a lack of political will to prosecute suspects, the continuing denial of crimes and the glorification of convicts.

The post-electoral political deadlock in Bosnia in Herzegovina has stalled progress towards NATO membership, as political leaders fail to adopt the country’s first Annual National Program, which the Western alliance requires as a condition for activating the Membership Action Plan, MAP.

Bosnian Serb lawmakers voted on Thursday (18 April) to introduce reserve police forces, a move seen as a security threat by Muslim Bosniaks living in Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic.

Six months after elections took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina, leaders of the main parties have agreed on a divide-up of government ministries - but remain deadlocked over activating a NATO membership plan.

A United Nations appeals court on Wednesday increased the 40-year sentence initially imposed on Radovan Karadži?, former leader of the Republika Srpksa region of Bosnia and head of the Bosnian-Serb Army, to life imprisonment.

The larger of Bosnia's two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has formed a new parliament almost four months after the general elections – which could mean the country finally getting a new state government.