Prosecutor's number: T20 0 KTRZ 0011699 16
Number of parties: 1
Prosecutor: Edin Muratbegović
Preliminary Hearing Judge: Darko Samardžić
Acting Judicial Council / single judge in first instance proceedings: Mediha Pašić, Zoran Božić, Mira Smajlović
Acting Judicial Council / single judge in second instance proceedings: Hilmo Vučinić, Senadin Begtašević, Miloš Babić
Confirmation date: 19.12.2017.
Final decision rendered on: 24.12.2018.
Department: Section I
| Defendant: | Vuk Ratković |
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| Defender: | Radmila Radosavljević |
| Judgment / Decision | Condemning |
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| Place of committment: | Višegrad |
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| Number of injured / victims: | The exact number has not been determined |
Judgment / Decision: Condemning
Judgment / Decision:
On 19 December 2017 the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confrmed the Indictment charging the accused Vuk Ratković with the criminal offense of Crimes against Civilians under Article 142 of the Criminal Code of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia.
On 15 January 2018, the accused Vuk Ratković pleaded not guilty at a plea hearing in the case of Vuk Ratković.
The main trial was initiated on 19 February 2018.
Panel of Judges composed of: Pašić Mediha, Božić Zoran, Smajlović Mira
In the criminal case against the accused Vuk Ratković, having completed the trial, on 19 September 2018 the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina delivered a judgment finding the accused Vuk Ratković guilty of the criminal offense of War Crimes Against Civilian Population under Article 142(1) of the Criminal Code of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (CC SFRY).
The Court sentenced the accused Vuk Ratković to 8 (eight) years of imprisonment.
The session of the Appellate Panel was held on 24 December 2018.
The Appellate Division Panel of Section I for War Crimes at the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the criminal case against the accused Vuk Ratković, having held an open session, delivered a judgment dismissing defense counsel’s appeal as ill-founded, and upholding the judgment delivered by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, No. S1 1 K 024032 18 Kri of 19 September 2018.