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Montenegro Minister Refuses to Resign for Srebrenica Genocide Comments
Montenegrin Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights Vladimir Leposavic. Photo: Government of Montenegro.
Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic proposed the sacking of Leposavic on Monday after the minister expressed doubt about the international court's ruling classifying the 1995 Srebrenica massacres of Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb forces as genocide.
Montenegrin Minister Faces Dismissal for Srebrenica Genocide Comments
Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic on Monday proposed the sacking of Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights Vladimir Leposavic after he expressed doubt about the rulings of international courts classifying the 1995 Srebrenica massacres by Bosnian Serb forces as genocide.
Krivokapic said he called on the minister to resign in a private conversation, but Leposavic refused.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Loses Crimes Against Humanity Appeal
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has turned down an appeal from Darko Mrdja, a former member of a police intervention squad at the Public Security Station in the city of Prijedor, against the verdict convicting him of crimes against humanity.
Montenegrin Minister Criticised for Srebrenica Genocide Denial
Montenegro's Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights Vladimir Leposavic. Photo: Parliament of Montenegro.
"The embassy is concerned with comments casting doubt about what occurred in Srebrenica in 1995. We look for clarity and hope the government will unequivocally condemn the massacre and call it what it was - genocide," the US embassy said in a post on Twitter.
UN Court Denies Bosnian Croat Wartime Leader Early Release
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague on Tuesday turned down a request for early release from Jadranko Prlic, wartime prime minister of the unrecognised Croat-led Herzeg-Bosnia statelet.
Bosnian Serb War Criminal Asks UN Court for Early Release
Radoslav Brdjanin, the wartime political leader of the short-lived Autonomous Region of Krajina in northern Bosnia, who is serving a 30-year sentence for crimes against humanity, has again asked the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague to grant him early release.
Bosnians Mourn Victims of 1994 Sarajevo Market Massacre
Families of the dead, survivors of the shelling, Bosnian politicians and representatives of war victims' associations laid wreaths on Friday at the site of the massacre at the Markale marketplace to mark its 27th anniversary.
Bosnian Serb War Criminal’s Appeal for Early Release Dismissed
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague turned down Milomir Stakic's request to be freed early, ruling he has not yet served the required two-thirds of his 40-year sentence for persecution, extermination and murder.
Srebrenica Genocide Convict Denied Early Release from Prison
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague on Wednesday declined a request from Vujadin Popovic, the former chief of security of the Bosnian Serb Army's Drina Corps, to be released on probation for the rest of his life sentence.
Bosnia: Peace Anniversary Year Sees War Crimes Trial Slowdown
According to the plan, work on hundreds of unsolved cases should be completed by 2023.
However, the deadline set in the previous national strategy, which envisaged that the most complex war crimes cases would be solved by 2015, was not met, and some legal experts doubt that the new strategy will succeed either.