A status conference in Stevo Jovanović et al. before Section I for War Crimes of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been scheduled for 23 January 2015, beginning at 10 a.m. in Courtroom 7.

 

On 20 November 2014 the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed the indictment charging the accused Stevo Jovanović, Milosav Jovanović, Marijan Jovanović and Slavko Jovanović with the criminal offense of War Crimes against Civilians under Article 173(1)c) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as read with Article 180(1) and Article 29 of the Code.

 

The Indictment, inter alia, alleges that during the armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina between the Army of Republika Srpska and the Army of RBiH, in the month of June 1992, in the territory of the Čajniče municipality, as members of the Army of Republika Srpska, specifically the 3^rd Podrinje Light Infantry Brigade, the accused acted in contravention of the rules of international humanitarian law by violating the provisions of Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, and committed the murder of 6 civilians, including two children.