Serbia and Croatia Hatch War Crimes Deal
03 February 2012 The presidents of Serbia and Croatia backed a regional agreement on the prosecution of war crimes, but Bosnia did not sign the document as its tripartite presidency was unable to agree on it unanimously.
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Custody for Saric and Jukic Extended Until End of Trial
03 February 2012 The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has extended the custody for Goran Saric and Zeljko Jukic, who are charged with crimes in Sarajevo and Prozor respectively.
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Kos et al: Expert Claims Accused is “Paranoid Schizophrenic”
03 February 2012 At the trial for Srebrenica genocide, a psychiatrist claims that the accused Stanko Kojic is a “paranoid schizophrenic”, and that he could not have understood what he was doing in July 1995 in Srebrenica.
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Memic et al: Witness recalls shots and screams in Trusina
03 February 2012 At the trial of six former members of Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina charged with crimes against Croats in Konjic, a witness for the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina recalled that in April, 1993, he had seen clashes in the village of Trusina and learnt that civilians and members of the Croatian Defence Council were killed.
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Serbs Resist Guilt For Markale Massacres
By Mirela Hukovic-Hodzic
03 February 2012 The powerful symbolism of the 1994 and 1995 market massacres explains why many Serbs are reluctant to accept court verdicts pinning responsibility for them on the Bosnian Serb army.
Week ahead: Grujic and Bojadzic Due to Enter Pleas
03 February 2012 Slobodan Grujic, who is charged with crimes committed in Zvornik, and Nihad Bojadzic, who is charged with crimes in Jablanica, are due to appear before the State Court next week and enter their pleas. The plea hearings are due to be held on Thursday, February 9.
My Story: Last Farewell to My Wife in Nevesinje
By Albina Sorguč
02 February 2012 When the Serbs took away Musan Sarancic’s wife, Sabira, in 1992, he thought her gender might protect her from the worst. But he was wrong; he never saw her again.
Bosnian Journalists at The Hague
12 December 2011 Journalists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose visit to The Hague has been organized by BIRN BiH, visited the International Criminal Court, ICC, where they had a chance to familiarize themselves with the work of that Court and cases covering genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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Mutual Respect between Media and Judiciary Needed
07 December 2011 BIRN BiH, the Association of Court Reporters and Association of Prosecutors of the federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina held a workshop for judicial institutions on “Transparency of Judiciary and Responsibility of the Media” in Banja Luka on November 30, 2011.
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The Hague Tribunal’s Global Legacy
16 November 2011 Anisa Suceska Vekic, Director of BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina, participated at an international conference on "The global legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY" held at The Hague on November 15 and 16.
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Dialogue between Civil Society and Justice Sector
26 October 2011 A public discussion on “structured dialogue between civil society organizations and justice sector institutions” was organized as part of USAID’s “Justice Sector Development Project II”, JSDP.
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BIRN BiH Attends Presentation of USAID’s Work
20 October 2011 The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN of Bosnia and Herzegovina presents the results of its five-year work during a celebration of 50 years of work of USAID and 15 years of USAID’s presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Progress in War Crimes Processing
27 September 2011 The representatives of authorities and prosecutions, as well as victims, regard that certain progress has been made in processing of war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but victims, who testify at those trials, still do not receive adequate support.
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Importance of War-Crimes Trials in the Region
10 August 2011 BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina will co-organize a round table on war-crimes trials held before courts in countries in this region to be held in Belgrade on September 16, 2011.
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Study Tour on Commemorative Cultures in Germany
18 July 2011 Germany has not let the Holocaust, as the biggest crime committed against Jews in the history of mankind, be forgotten. Representatives of NGOs and the media from the former Yugoslavia, particularly the countries caught by the war in the near past, had a chance to see how that country deals with its past.
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Media Reports about Karadzic Trial
15 July 2011 Media in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the region and the World have not shown much interest in reporting on testimonies at Radovan Karadzic's trial before the Hague Tribunal – this is a conclusion of an analysis done by the Balkans Investigative Reporting Network in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIRN BiH.
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Study Tour to the Hague by BiH Journalists
12 July 2011 The Balkans Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN organized a seven-day study tour to the Hague for thirteen journalists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who had an opportunity to get an insight into the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY.
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Invitation: Media on trial of Radovan Karadzic
07 July 2011 We have great pleasure in inviting you to the promotion of the publication, The History Over Trivia II, published by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN BiH) in cooperation with and support of The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation.
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BIRN BiH and Norwegian government continue cooperation
01 July 2011 BIRN BIH is honored to announce that Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to continue its support to our Justice Programme by the end of 2013.
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Reporters from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Visit Hague Tribunal
01 July 2011 BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina is organizing a seven-day study tour to the Hague for members of the Association of Court Reporters, AIS, comprised of journalists from across Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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A Lecture on War Crimes Trials in USA
01 July 2011 BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Association of Alumni Center for Inter-disciplinary Post-graduate Studies, ACIPS, and “La Benevolencija” Society organized a lecture on war crimes trials held in the USA.
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BIRN and Balkan Insight seeking new editor
08 June 2011 We have a vacancy in our rapidly expanding team for a full-time English language news editor for our Balkan Insight and Justice Report website.
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BIRN BiH Featured in OSCE Documentary
03 March 2011
BIRN BiH was one of the speakers in a thirty-minute documentary about 15 years of work of the OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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BIRN BiH Attends Coalition for RECOM's Consultations
06 December 2010 Dragana Erjavec, BIRN - Justice Report journalist, attended the public regional consultations of the Coalition for RECOM, established with an aim of determining facts about all war victims waged on the territory of the former Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001.
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BIRN Attends Symposium for Prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina
02 November 2010 Erna Mackic, a BIRN BiH journalist, attended the third Symposium for Prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina, held in Neum on October 27, 28 and 29.
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BIRN BiH Attends Public Consultations on State Transitional Justice Strategy
29 October 2010
Denis Dzidic, a BIRN – Justice Report journalist, took part in public consultations on ways to determine facts about the wartime period in Bosnia and Herzegovina through out-of-court mechanisms.
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Reporting from Local Communities Begins
12 October 2010
At the beginning of October this year BIRN BiH began reporting on war crimes trials held before cantonal and district courts.
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BIRN BiH Featured on BBC Radio
12 October 2010
BIRN Justice Report journalist gave a live statement for the morning programme of BBC World Radio, speaking about the need for reconciliation and dialogue after the elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Radio Justice Marks One Year Anniversary
20 August 2010 Over the past year BIRN BiH has produced and broadcast 50 weekly episodes of the Radio Justice magazine show.
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BIRN BiH Visits Der Erste Stiftung
02 August 2010 BIRN - Justice Report journalist Denis Dzidic visited the offices of the foundation Der Erste Stiftung in Vienna as part of a journalist exchange program which the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network is implementing with Austrian newspaper Der Standard.
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BIRN BiH Attends Washington Conference
30 July 2010
BIRN director Anisa Suceska-Vekic was a key panelist at the “Fifteen years later: Forward or backward in the Balkans?” conference held at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC on July 15.
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BIRN Reps Deliver Lecture to Colorado University Students
27 July 2010 Anisa Suceska-Vekic, director of BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Erna Mackic, editor and journalist with BIRN – Justice Report, delivered a lecture to visiting postgraduate students from Colorado University at the Faculty of Political Science in Sarajevo on July 16 this year.
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Certificates Presented to Local Community Reporters
25 June 2010 On completion of the final training session for local community court reporters, USAID Head of Mission Alan Reed has presented certificates to reporters who have successfully completed the training course.
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BIRN BiH Attends Council of Ministers' Public Consultations
25 June 2010 Denis Dzidic, a BIRN Justice Report journalist, has attended public consultations on "Institutional reform as part of Transitional Justice Strategy preparation in Bosnia and Herzegovina", held in Zenica.
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Education of Local Community Journalists Completed
23 June 2010 The Balkans Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, with the support of USAID's Programme on Judicial Sector Development, has completed a four-month training course for about 30 journalists from Bosnia and Herzegovina reporting on war-crimes trials conducted before cantonal and district courts.
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Going forward by Coming to Terms with Past
31 May 2010
The Balkans Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, in collaboration with USAID’s Judicial Development Programme, continued training of journalists reporting from cantonal and district courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 27 and 28.
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BIRN BiH Directors' Speech on the Fifth Annyversary
28 May 2010
BIRN BIH marked its fifth anniversary on Thursday May 27 and promoted its new publication ‘Time for truth – Review of the work of War Crime Chamber of the Court of BIH ‘.
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BIRN BiH Marks the Fifth Anniversary
28 May 2010 The Balkans Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) in Bosnia and Herzegovina marked the fifth anniversary, and promoted a publication on complete work of the War Crimes Chamber with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Fifth Anniversary of BIRN BiH
27 May 2010 The Balkans Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)in Bosnia and Herzegovina marks the fifth anniversary. On that occasion it promotes a publication on complete work of the War Crimes Chamber with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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State Department Delegation Visits BIRN BiH
13 May 2010 A five-member delegation from the US State Department has visited BIRN BiH, where the delegation was briefed about war-crimes reporting and trials conducted before the State Court.
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BIRN Attends High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council's Workshop
05 May 2010 BIRN Justice Report journalist Aida Alic attends a workshop on "Support for the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina - strengthening prosecutorial capacities in the criminal judiciary system", held in Sarajevo.
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Reporting from Local Communities
05 May 2010 On April 27 and 28 the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, in collaboration with USAID's Judicial Sector Development Programme, continued a training course for journalists from Bosnia and Herzegovina reporting on war-crimes trials conducted before cantonal and district courts.
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Training of Journalists from Local Communities Begins
15 April 2010 The Balkans Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, in collaboration with USAID's Judicial Sector Development Programme, has begun a four-month training course for 30 journalists from Bosnia and Herzegovina reporting on war-crimes trials conducted before cantonal and district courts.
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TV Justice Doubles its Ratings on State Television
05 April 2010 According to TV ratings data, three months after the TV Justice show was first broadcast, its ratings on Radio and Television Bosnia and Herzegovina, RTVBiH, have doubled.
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BIRN Attends ICMP Meeting
26 March 2010 BIRN Justice Report journalist Merima Husejnovic attended a meeting in Tuzla with representatives of associations of missing persons' families from all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, organized by the International Commission on Missing Persons.
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BIRN Journalist Attends Hague Conference
08 March 2010 Dragana Erjavec, a journalist on BIRN Justice Report, has attended a conference on "Assessing the Legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia" organised at The Hague.
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Apply for Participation in the 1st Round of BIRN’s Balkan Cultural Cooperation Programme
16 February 2010
BIRN – Balkan Investigative Regional Reporting Network is launching a call for ten journalists with strong interest in cultural policy and regional cooperation to participate in new regional project, funded by the Swiss Cultural Programme in the Western Balkans.
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TV Justice Starts Airing
20 January 2010 Based on the success of our Justice Report and Justice Radio, BIRN BIH has created a regular monthly televised magazine about the country’s fight against the impunity.
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BIRN Marks Five Years of Growth in Bosnia
04 January 2010 New radio and TV shows have enabled us to bring news and analysis of war crimes trials, and of the judicial process in general, to a growing audience.
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Twenty Issues of Radio Justice Magazine
30 December 2009 By the end of 2009 Radio Justice Report had produced and broadcast 20 weekly BIRN Radio Justice reports and more than 750 daily audio reports.
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BIRN - Justice Report Participates in Berlin Conference
09 December 2009 Aida Alic, a BIRN-Justice Report journalist, participated at a conference on the Western Balkans, in Berlin, and at this year's Schwarzkopf Europe Award Ceremony, also in Berlin.
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BIRN - Justice Report cited in Amnesty International Report
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".
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BIRN Conference Featured in Regional Media
08 September 2009 Media throughout the region reported on the conference on "Transparency of Courts and Responsibility of the Media", organized by BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo in early September.
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BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina Takes Part in Conference in Travnik
07 September 2009
A BIRN - Justice Report journalist was a panelist at a roundtable organized by the OSCE in Travnik and spoke about media responsibility and cooperation with courts, as well as presenting the work of her agency.
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Conference on Court Transparency and Media Responsibility
19 August 2009 The BIRN Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina is organizing a Regional Conference on "Transparency of Courts and Media Responsibility", in Sarajevo from September 1 to September 3, 2009.
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Radio Justice Report Begins on August 14
12 August 2009 Starting this week, ever Friday, BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina will broadcast a weekly ten-minute radio magazine programme on war-crimes trials.
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AIS Plans for Tuzla meeting
23 May 2011 Representatives of the Association of Court Reporters, AIS met in Sarajevo on May 19 and discussed upcoming meetings in local communities with judicial organizations and media representatives.
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Education and better mutual cooperation
09 December 2011 At a meeting organized between the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) BiH, the Association of Court Reporters and representatives of judicial institutions which have headquarters in Sarajevo, as well as law enforcement agencies and media it was concluded that there is a need for education, and better cooperation.
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Annual Plan of Association of Court Reporters
07 December 2011 Members of the Association of Reporters from the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, cantonal and district courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, AIS, met on November 19 in order to summarize the activities conducted and results achieved during 2011 and make a work plan for next year.
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Empowerment of Civil Society Needed
11 November 2011 Sadeta Skaljic, Assistant Minister of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina, stressed the need for adopting a strategic act in Bosnia and Herzegovina that would strengthen the role of civil society and thus encourage citizens to take a more active role and enable them to implement useful projects from international funds.
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AIS Plans for the Coming Period
17 October 2011 Representatives of the Association of Court Reporters, AIS met in Sarajevo on September 20 and discussed the cooperation between judicial institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the media, as well as AIS' plans for the upcoming period.
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Training of Journalists Needed
17 October 2011 Representatives of BIRN and the Association of State Court Reporters, AIS held a joint meeting with judicial institutions from the Una-Sana Canton and the media stations, reporting on war crimes trials, on October 13.
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Symposium for Prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina
17 October 2011 Participants of a symposium for prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was held from October 11 to 13 this year, discussed the “transparency of judiciary and responsibility of the media” and concluded that both parties had to cooperate with each other more in order for the public to get timely information.
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Support to War Crimes Trials
21 September 2011 On September 16 this year a regional conference on war crimes trials was held in Belgrade with the aim of calling on the governments in the region and general public to provide support to war crimes trials as the key instrument in coming to terms with the past.
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A Book on Effects of Hague Tribunal Presented
01 July 2011 A book authored by Diane Orentlicher, US professor, titled “That Someone Guilty be Punished”, dealing with effects of the Hague Tribunal on the societies in the former Yugoslavia, was presented in Sarajevo.
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Improvement of Cooperation Needed
09 June 2011 The Association of Court Reporters organized, in collaboration with BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a meeting of judicial representatives, journalists and NGOs, who discussed possibilities for improvement of cooperation, in Tuzla on Tuesday, May 31 this year.
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Reaching Truth through Joint Cooperation
30 March 2011 A joint meeting of media and judiciary from Herzegovina was organized by BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Association of State Court Reporters and Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Mostar on Thursday, March 24.
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Improve Cooperation in Local Communities
25 February 2011
Members of the Association of Court Reporters, AIS held a meeting in Sarajevo on February 24 at which they discussed future steps needed for improvement of cooperation between judicial institutions in local community and media representatives.
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Seek to Resolve Indictment Publishing Issue
17 December 2010 On December 14 members of the Association of Court Reporters, AIS, held their last meeting in this year and concluded that an attempt had to be made to solve the issue of publishing of indictments on web pages of the State Court and Prosecution.
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The Problem of Non-obtainment of Indictments
01 October 2010 At their meeting held on September 28, representatives of the Association of Court Reporters of Bosnia and Herzegovina, AIS, concluded that the problem of non-obtainment of indictments from judicial institutions had to be resolved as it obstructed the work of regular court reporters.
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Discussion on Data Privacy Continues
16 July 2010
Members of the Association of Court Reporters, AIS, held a meeting on July 12 this year, at which they discussed the issue of removing the names of indictees and convicts from indictments and verdicts published on official webpages of the State Court and Prosecution.
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New Obstacles
24 June 2010
The Association of Court Reporters, AIS, held a meeting on June 16 at which journalists discussed the removal of indictments from the official web pages of the State Court and its Prosecution.
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Better Cooperation Needed
23 April 2010 The Association of Court Reporters, AIS, held a meeting on April 20, at which participants discussed issues they face in court reporting.
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BIRN BiH Congratulated on New Project
29 December 2009 The Association of Reporters from the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, AIS, held a meeting on December 23 at which the first TV Justice issue was premiered for AIS members.
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Public Outreach Section Letter
28 October 2009
The letter was sent after the AIS meeting in October.
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AIS Reaction to the Court decission
28 October 2009 The Association of State Court Reporters, AIS, held a meeting on October 22 this. AIS representatives agreed to send a reaction to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina pertaining to “The regulations on accessing information controlled by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina”. The Oslobodjenje daily representatives gave their consent to the sending of this reaction.
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Decreasing Interest in War-crimes Reporting
03 September 2009
Journalists and editors of public broadcasting services from former-Yugoslavia believe that interest in war-crimes reporting among the general public is decreasing.
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BIRN Regional Conference Begins
01 September 2009
Regional Conference on "Transparency of Courts and Responsibility of the Media" begins in Sarajevo.
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Support for New Projects
05 June 2009 The Association of Court Reporters, AIS, met again on May 25, 2009 to discuss current issues facing court reporters.
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Improving State Court Media Coverage
16 April 2009
The Association of Court Reporters, AIS, held another meeting on April 14 this year, at which participants discussed issues facing journalists reporting trials at the State Court.
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AIS meeting discusses new workshop
15 September 2008 At a regular meeting of the Association of Court Reporters, AIS, held in Sarajevo on September 10, the participants agreed upon the details pertaining to a workshop for AIS members, as well as new meetings with local media and judiciary representatives, to be held in Travnik and Brcko.
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TRIAL: A Slap in the Face of Justice Expectations
Bosnian authorities have failed to provide access to justice and reparations for thousands of victims of rape and other sexual violence – says a report carried out by the Swiss organisation TRIAL.
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