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What is Bosnia and Herzegovina doing for women victims of sexual violence during the war?

02.11.2012 - (Last modified: 17.07.2017)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

he United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) adopted a list of issues related to the combined 4th and 5th periodic reports on the implementation by Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The CEDAW remains concerned about the situation of women victims of...

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Will Mladić's conviction be enough to silence denial in BiH?

09.06.2021 - (Last modified: 10.06.2021)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

While Ratko Mladić's sentence to life imprisonment has just been confirmed, revisionist and genocide denial discourse is...

Opinions

Dayton Peace Agreement: 25 years later, what legacy for Bosnia?

21.11.2020 - (Last modified: 20.11.2020)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Exactly 25 years ago, on 21 November 1995, the Dayton Peace Agreement put an end to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I...

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Srebrenica, 25 years later: the legacy of a genocide

10.07.2020

Bosnia & Herzegovina

The world discovered with horror, just 25 years ago, that barbarism was not a thing of the past. Within a few days start...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: 20 years of prison for Višegrad killings

30.10.2019 - (Last modified: 30.03.2020)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

On 30 October 2019, Radomir Šušnjar, also known as “Lalco”, was found guilty for the murder of 57 Bosniaks in Višegrad,...

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Bosnia: Sentence against Darko Mrđa raised to 20 years

18.09.2019

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Former Bosnian Serb police officer Darko Mrđa will have to serve a 20 years sentence for crimes against humanity. In Aug...

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Bosnia: Landmark decision for a survivor of sexual violence

30.08.2019 - (Last modified: 07.12.2020)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

For the first time in history, the United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has condemned the Bosnian authorities...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: dissuasive legal costs

26.08.2019 - (Last modified: 29.08.2019)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has dismissed the request for a review of the civil procedure laws on...

Training

Better access to compensation for victims of sexual violence

07.12.2018 - (Last modified: 20.12.2018)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

A few weeks ago, TRIAL International organized a training course for judges and prosecutors. The objective: to give the...

Opinions

Raising the bar: a holistic approach to improving the judiciary

22.03.2018

Global

Beyond training lawyers, it soon became apparent capacity-building should extend to judges, prosecutors and policy-make...

Opinions

Why remembering Srebrenica is simply not enough

10.07.2017

Bosnia & Herzegovina

A conflict at the doors of the EU. Civilians fleeing the attacks. A toothless international community unable to protect...

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BiH: ensure compensation claims enforcement, say experts

28.04.2017

Bosnia & Herzegovina

When victims obtain compensation orders after a long and arduous procedure, has their ordeal come to an end? Not always,...

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