Prosecutor's number: T20 0 KTRZ 0000398 06
Number of parties: 10
Prosecutor: Eldina Biuk
Preliminary Hearing Judge: Mediha Pašić
Acting Judicial Council / single judge in first instance proceedings: Lejla Konjić Dragović, Davorin Jukić, Tatjana Kosović
Confirmation date: 06.09.2016.
Department: Section I
Case in progress
| Defendant: | Rajko Karlica |
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| Judgment / Decision |
| Defendant: | Milenko Brčin |
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| Judgment / Decision |
| Defendant: | Mirko Odžić |
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| Judgment / Decision |
| Defendant: | Milenko Babić |
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| Judgment / Decision |
| Defendant: | Ostoja Balaban |
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| Judgment / Decision |
| Defendant: | Ratko Goronja |
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| Judgment / Decision |
| Defendant: | Nikola Reljić |
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| Judgment / Decision |
| Defendant: | Dragan Baltić |
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| Judgment / Decision |
| Defendant: | Ranko Baltić |
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| Judgment / Decision |
| Defendant: | miroslav kapetanović |
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| Judgment / Decision |
| Defendant: | Ranko Balaban |
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| Defender: | Veljko Čivša |
| Judgment / Decision |
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| Defendant: | Ljuban Babić, Ranko Balaban, Rajko Karlica, Milenko Brčin, Mirko Odžić, Milenko Babić, Ostoja Balaban, Ratko Goronja, Nikola Reljić, Dragan Baltić, Ranko Baltić, Miroslav Kapetanović i Rank Grab |
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| Offense: | krivično djelo zločini protiv čovječnosti iz člana 172. stav 1. tačka h) u vezi sa tačkama a), d), f) i k) u vezi sa članom 29. Krivičnog zakona Bosne i Hercegovine BiH, a sve u vezi sa članom 180. stav 1. KZ BiH. |
| Number of injured / victims: | The exact number has not been determined |
| Defendant: | Milenko Babić i Milenko Brčin |
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| Defendant: | Nikola Reljić | |
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| Mjere osiguranja | Prohibition of leaving the place of residence | Period: |
| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: |
| Defendant: | Dragan Baltić | |
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| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: |
| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: na snazi |
| Defendant: | Ranko Baltić | |
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| Mjere osiguranja | Prohibition of leaving the place of residence | Period: |
| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: |
| Defendant: | Miroslav Kapetanović | |
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| Mjere osiguranja | Prohibition of leaving the place of residence | Period: |
| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: |
| Defendant: | Milenko Babić | |
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| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: |
| Defendant: | Ranko Balaban | |
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| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: |
| Defendant: | Rajko Karlica | |
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| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: |
| Defendant: | Milenko Brčin | |
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| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: |
| Defendant: | Mirko Odžić | |
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| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: |
| Defendant: | Ranko Grab |
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| Defendant: | Ratko Garonja | |
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| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: od 31.05.2022. - |
| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: od 31.05.2022- |
Judgment / Decision:
Judgment / Decision: Condemning
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed on 6 September 2016 the Indictment under which the Accused Ljuban Babić, Ranko Balaban, Rajko Karlica, Milenko Brčin, Mirko Odžić, Milenko Babić, Ostoja Balaban, Ratko Goronja, Nikola Reljić, Dragan Baltić, Ranko Baltić, Miroslav Kapetanović and Ranko Grab are charged with the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity in violation of Article 172(1)(h) as read with sub-paragraphs a), d), f) and k) as read with Article 29 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina all in conjunction with Article 180(1) of the CC of BIH.
At the plea hearing before Section I for War Crimes of the Court held on 13 October 2016, in the Ljuban Babić et al. case, the Accused Ljuban Babić, Ranko Balaban, Rajko Karlica, Milenko Brčin, Mirko Odžić, Milenko Babić, Ostoja Balaban, Ratko Goronja, Nikola Reljić, Dragan Baltić, Ranko Baltić, Miroslav Kapetanović and Ranko Grab pleaded not guilty of the criminal offence of Crimes against Humanity.
The main trial was initiated on 15 November 2016. The defense is currently presenting its evidence.
On 22 November 2023 the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina delivered and pronounced a Trial Judgment in the case of Ranko Balaban et al., by which the accused Ranko Balaban, Rajko Karlica, Milenko Brčin, Mirko Odžić, Milenko Babić, Ratko Goronja, Nikola Reljić, Dragan Baltić, Ranko Baltić and Miroslav Kapetanović were found guilty of the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172(1)h) in conjunction with sub-paragraphs a), d) and k), as read with Article 29 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CC BiH), all as read with Article 180(1) of the CC BiH.
The Court imposed the following sentences on the accused:
- Ranko Balaban, Mirko Odžić, Ratko Goronja, Nikola Reljić, Dragan Baltić and Ranko Baltić – 18 (eighteen) years of imprisonment;
- Rajko Karlica, Milenko Brčina and Milenko Babić – 15 (fifteen) years of imprisonment;
- Miroslav Kapetanović – 9 (nine) years of imprisonment.
The time the accused spent in pre-trial custody shall be credited towards their respective prison sentences.
The accused have been found guilty that, during the period between early May 1992 and at least September 1992, within a widespread and systematic attack of the Serb forces of the Serb Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, subsequently the Army of Republika Srpska, launched against the non-Serb civilian population in the territory of the Bosanski Novi municipality, as members of the Serb armed forces, being aware of such attack and knowing that their acts formed a part of that attack, they participated in the persecution of the non-Serb civilian population of the Bosanski Novi municipality on ethnic and religious grounds, specifically by: murder, forcible relocation of the population, torture, and other inhuman acts of similar nature committed with the intent to inflict serious suffering.
An appeal from the Judgment may be filed with the Appellate Division Panel of the Court of BiH within 15 days of the day when a written copy of the Judgment was served.