• Protecting minorities in Bosnia - the EU has a role to play
    Commentary
    Apr 20, 2012
    Without clear guidance from Europe, Bosnia will fail to address discrimination and instead continue to perpetuate ethnic separation – warns human rights group.
  • Sarajevo’s Lingering Tensions
    Commentary
    Apr 9, 2012
    Despite the peace, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains a country deeply divided along ethnic lines, based not only on lingering animosities, but also on separation by ethnicity in political and public life. Until Bosnia rewrites its constitution to strip it of ethnic labels it’s hard to see how the rest of the country will come together.
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Roma, Jews Face Political Discrimination
    Press release
    Apr 4, 2012
    Roma, Jews, and other national minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina remain excluded from participation in national politics 20 years after war began.
  • Bosnia: Key Lessons From War Crimes Prosecutions
    Press release
    Mar 12, 2012

    Countries that want to prosecute atrocity crimes can learn from Bosnia’s experience with its War Crimes Chamber, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. National governments, policymakers, and international donors who want to support domestic trials for these crimes should learn from the successes and shortcomings of the Bosnian chamber.

  • Bosnia: European Court Halts Syria Deportation
    Press release
    Feb 7, 2012
    The decision by the European Court of Human Rights on February 7, 2012, to block Bosnia’s deportation of a Syrian terrorism suspect highlights Bosnia’s problematic counterterrorism policy.
  • Bosnia: A Move to End Discrimination
    Press release
    Nov 2, 2011
    The Bosnian parliament’s move on October 31, 2011, to amend the constitution to allow members of minority groups to run for high public office is a positive step.
  • ICTY: Mladic's Finally in The Hague. Now What?
    Commentary
    Jun 3, 2011
    Justice has finally caught up with Ratko Mladic. The Bosnian Serb warlord, an alleged mastermind of some of the worst crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, including the Srebrenica genocide, is sitting in the United Nations detention unit in The Hague after nearly 16 years on the run. However, make no mistake: the road ahead will not be easy.
  • ICTY: Q&A on the Case against Ratko Mladic
    Q & A
    May 31, 2011
    With Ratko Mladic now in The Hague, under the rules of procedure for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), he must be brought before the Trial Chamber assigned to his case “without delay” to be formally charged.
  • In Mladic Arrest, a Reminder of How Far International Justice Has Come
    Commentary
    May 31, 2011
    The forthcoming trial in The Hague of the arrested Serb warlord is an occasion to assess the achievements of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
  • No Safe Haven?
    Commentary
    May 27, 2011
    The arrest of the notorious fugitive Ratko Mladic almost 16 years after his indictment for genocide closes a gaping hole in the otherwise laudable efforts to bring to justice the authors of "ethnic cleansing" in the Balkans.