A plea hearing before the Section I for War Crimes of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in the Momir Pelemiš and Another case has been adjourned for 16 January 2009 starting at 2:00p.m. in courtroom 8. The reason for adjournment is a request by the Defence of the Accused to be given more time to review the submitted documents. Momir Pelemiš and Slavko Perić are charged with the criminal offence of Genocide.

The Indictment inter alia alleges that during the period between 10 July and 1 November 1995, the Accused Momir Pelemiš and Slavko Perić, along with other members of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) and RS MoI, knowingly participated in the joint criminal enterprise. Its purpose was,to permanently and forcibly transfer the entire Bosniak civilian population from the UN safe area of Srebrenica, and in doing so, to summarily execute and bury able-bodied Bosniak men.

According to the Indictment, Pelemiš and Perić planned, perpetrated, instigated, ordered, aided and abetted in the killings. By forcible transfer of the Bosniak civilian population outside the territory of Republika Srpska, they caused serious physical or mental harm to members of the group, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part. By doing so, as alleged in the Indictment, they committed the criminal offence of Genocide.