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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rome Statute   Bosnia and Herzegovina signed on 17 July 2000, and ratified on 11 April 2002, participating in the simultaneous deposit at the special UN treaty ceremony to mark the 60 ratifications necessary for entry into force.
Agreement on Privileges and Immunities Bosnia and Herzegovina signed the APIC on 24 January 2012.
Bilateral Immunity Agreement BIA signed on May 16, 2003. BiH House of Representatives ratified the bilateral agreement with the US on June 6, 2003.
Implementing Legislation Substantive Criminal Law: A law on witnesses has been amended. A working group has prepared amendments to the Criminal Code. The Office of the High Representative (OHR) of Bosnia and Herzegovina enacted a Criminal Code and a Criminal Procedural Code on the 24th January 2003. Both entered into force on the 1st of March 2003. These codes are part of the overall reform of the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina that comprises a new State Ministry of Justice, a State Court with a special war crimes department and a State Prosecutor with competence for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. The definitions of these crimes in the new Criminal Code are set in Chapter XVII on "Crimes against Humanity and Values Protected by International Law"-articles 171-203.
Membership Bosnia and Herzegovina is a member of Friends of the ICC, Like-Minded Group (no longer active), Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
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31 Dec 2005
Updates on Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Audio Visual Resources
Author Date and Title
ICTJ
06 Apr 2012
Twenty Years On, Bosnia Struggles to Reckon with the Past
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NGO Letters, Papers, Reports, and Statements
Author Date and Title
Refik Hodzic, ICTJ
17 May 2012
Bosnia: The haunting legacy of Ratko Mladic
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TRIAL
Apr 2012
Between Stigma and Oblivion
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Human Rights Watch
12 Mar 2012
Justice for Atrocity Crimes: Lessons of International Support for Trials before the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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HRW
09 July 2008
"Still Waiting: Bringing Justice for War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Cantonal and District Courts"
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NGO Media Statements
Authorascending Date and Title
Amnesty International
23 Jan 2012
Stanković arrest: victims of war-time rape must feel safe to testify
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Amnesty International
29 Mar 2012
Still no justice for women survivors of wartime rape in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Amnesty International
31 Oct 2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Time for Republika Srpska to make reparations for war-time rape
19233|19234English
FIDH
15 May 2012
Opening of the trial of Ratko Mladic
17710|17711English
17710|17711French
Human Rights First
16 May 2012
Mladic Trial is Step Toward Justice
17713|17714English
Human Rights Watch
12 Mar 2012
Bosnia: Key Lessons From War Crimes Prosecutions
17046|17047English
TRIAL
26 Oct 2012
War-time sexual violence in BiH: TRIAL meets with the UK Foreign Secretary William Hague in Sarajevo
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19222|19223French