The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OF BIH WELCOMES THE ACTIVITIES IN PROSECUTON OF WAR CRIMES IN CROATIA WHICH ARE THE RESULT OF COOPERATION UNDER THE PROTOCOL ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OF BIH AND THE CROATIAN STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
11.12.2013. 13:48He is charged to have, as a member of the Convicts Battalion of the HVO /Croatian Defense Council/, personally beaten, abused and forced to perform hard labor the captured members of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to have killed one prisoner and beaten, tortured and abused several Bosniaks.
The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an indictment against the suspect in question who was hiding from BH Justice in the Republic of Croatia for many years. Only after the signing of the Protocol on Cooperation and the transfer of evidence from the Prosecutor's Office of BiH to the colleagues in Croatia have the conditions been provided for the Croatian judiciary to take action.
The Prosecutor's Office of BiH continues to cooperate with Prosecutors in Croatia and Serbia in accordance with the protocols on cooperation aiming to bring to justice as many war criminals hiding from justice in neighboring countries as possible.
A trilateral meeting of the Chief Prosecutors of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia is to be held in Sarajevo on Monday, December 16, 2013 where they should discuss the specific activities in the process of cooperation in the future.
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
