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Week Ahead: Trial for Drvar Crimes Begins

27 August 2010  

The trial of two indictees charged with crimes committed in Drvar will start next week before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina along with three status conferences.

On September 2, the case of Ratko Dronjak and Dragan Rodic, who are charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes against prisoners of war committed in the Drvar area from 1992 to 1995, is due to begin.
 
At a status conference held in mid August, Rodic’s defence team submitted a guilt admission proposal to the prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prosecutors will announce at the hearing whether they will accept

On August 30 the prosecution and defence will present their evidence presentation plans prior to the beginning of the trial of Milun Kornjaca, Milorad Zivkovic and Dusko Tadic. They are charged with crimes against humanity committed in Cajnice.
 
One day later, pre-trial status conferences are scheduled in the case of Miodrag Markovic, who is charged with crimes committed in Doboj, and Mensur Memic, Dzevad Salcin, Nedzad Hodzic, Nihad Bojadzic, Senad Hakalovic and Zulfikar Alispago, who are charged with crimes committed against Bosnian Croats in the village of Trusina in the Konjic municipality.
 
On the same day, closing arguments are due to be presented at the retrial of Sreten Lazarevic, Dragan Stanojevic, Mile Markovic and Slobodan Ostojic who were sentenced by a first instance verdict to a total of 27 years in prison for crimes committed in Zvornik. The Appellate Chamber revoked the verdict and ordered a retrial which began in May.
 
On August 31 and September 1, the defence will continue presenting evidence at the trial of Gojko Klickovic, Jovan Ostojic and Mladen Drljaca who are charged with crimes committed in Bosanska Krupa.  
 
Three hearings for genocide committed in Srebrenica are scheduled for next week.
 
Dusko Jevic, Mendeljev Djuric, Goran Markovic and Nedjo Ikonic, former members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republika Srpska, MUP RS, and Momir Pelemis and Slavko Peric, former members of the Zvornik Brigade Command with the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, are due to appear in court on August 30. The trial of Zeljko Ivanovic will continue three days later.
 
On September 2, the trials will continue in the case of Sasa Zecevic, Radoslav Knezevic, Petar Civcic, Branko Topola and Marinko Ljepoja, who are charged with the shooting of about 200 Prijedor residents committed at Koricanske stijene, as well as Darko Dolic, former member of the Croatian Defence Council, who is charged with crimes committed in Prozor.
 
On September 1, continuing are the cases of Mehura Selimovic, Adil Ruznic and Emir Mustafic, former members of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are charged with crimes committed in Bosanska Krajina; and Nisvet Gasal, Musajb Kukavica, Enes Handzic and Senad Dautovic who are considered responsible for crimes against Bosnian Croats from Bugojno.
 
On August 30 retrials continue before the Appellate Chamber in the case of Sefik Alic, who was acquitted of the charges that he committed crimes in Krajina area, and Marko Radic, Dragan Sunjic, Damir Brekalo and Mirko Vracevic who were sentenced to 80 years in prison for crimes committed in Vojno, near Mostar.
 
Ante Kovac, who was sentenced by a first instance verdict to 13 years in prison for crimes committed in Vitez, is due to appear before the Appellate Chamber two days later.

D.E.