ARCHIVE

News

Commencement of trial in the Rade Veselinović case scheduled
(17.07.2008. 10:34)

A commencement of trial before the Section I for War Crimes of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), in the Rade Veselinović case, has been scheduled for 18 July 2008 starting at 12:30p.m. in courtroom 8. Rade Veselinović is charged with the criminal offence of Crimes against Humanity.

As alleged in the Indictment, during the period from May to September 1992, as a member of the Military Police of the Republika Srpska Army (VRS) in Hadžići, together with other members of the VRS, the Accused Rade Veselinović participated in unlawful arrests of non Serb population in the Municipality of Hadžići, their taking to the camp in the hall of the Cultural, Sports and Recreational Center in Hadžići. Civilians captured in this camp, were allegedly beaten, taken to the front lines where they dug trenches, and men were forced to lewd acts with each other. Allegedly on 16 May 1992, in a street, forh no reason, during the taking of the unlawfully captured persons, the Accused fired from automatic weapon at one person who got injured. Further, the Indictment alleges that on an undetermined day in June 1992, together with a group of unidentified members of the VRS in Donji Hadžići, the Accused deprived one civilian of his life. The Accused is also charged that at the beginning of July 1992, together with Military Police members he took one person out of the building to unknown direction and that person has been unaccounted for ever since.

Case


Print      Sent to a friend
english bos hrv срп

Indictments:
Section I   Section I for War Crimes
Section II  Section II for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption
Section III Section III for all other Criminal Actions from Court of BiH Jurisdiction

Verdicts:
Section I   Section I for War Crimes
Section II 
Section III Section III for all other Criminal Actions from Court of BiH Jurisdiction

All documents provided herein are for information only and are not to be considered as official records of the Court.