01 October 2009 Several articles written by Justice Report journalists have been cited in the latest Amnesty International Report, "Whose Justice? Bosnia and Herzegovina's Women Still Waiting".
The Report is the product of year-long research conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It addresses the difficult position of women who were raped during the past war, and their dissatisfaction with the poor treatment they receive from Bosnian authorities.
Amnesty International, AI, quoted BIRN - Justice Report articles on rape trials conducted behind closed door before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and its coverage of agreements signed between the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and war-crimes indictees.
AI is a global movement with more than two million members, which currently leads campaigns to end grave violations of human rights in more than fifteen countries.
BIRN - Justice Report is an agency specialized in reporting on trials conducted before the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and covering issues related to transitional justice and facing the past in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
More about report: Amnesty International: Suffering in Silence
Justice Report is a
specialist reporting agency focusing on war crimes trials taking place before
local courts; development of the local legal system; and efforts to come to
terms with the past.
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An OSCE report on Witness Protection and Support in War-Crimes Cases says, among other things, that Bosnia and Herzegovina has neither improved the position of victims and witnesses nor has it won their confidence in criminal proceedings and war-crimes cases.
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