The subject arose: By filing an Indictment
Indictment: charges the accused Adem Kostjerevac with the criminal offense of War Crimes against Civilians.
Prosecutor's number: T20 0 KTRZŽ 0004193 09
Number of parties: 1
Prosecutor: Milanko Kajganić
Preliminary Hearing Judge: Željka Marenić
Acting Judicial Council / single judge in first instance proceedings: Gluhajić, Jusufović, Begić
Confirmation date: 14.04.2015.
Department: Section I
Case in progress
| Defendant: | Adem Kostjerevac |
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| Judgment / Decision |
1.
| Defendant: | Adem Kostjerevac |
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| Offense: | War Crimes against Civilians. |
| Place of committment: | Zvornik |
| Number of injured / victims: | 1 |
| Defendant: | Adem Kostjerevac | |
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| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: |
| Mjere osiguranja | Prohibition of leaving the place of residence | Period: 19.10.2020.- |
| Mjere osiguranja | Travel ban | Period: 19.10.2020.- |
| Mjere osiguranja | Mandatory reporting to a specific state body | Period: 19.10.2020.- |
Judgment / Decision:
Judgment / Decision:
The Indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, No. T20 0 KTRZ 0004193 09 of 8 April 2015, confirmed on 14 April 2015, charged the accused Adem Kosterjevac with the commission of the criminal offense of War Crimes against Civilian Population under Article 142 of the Criminal Code of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (CC SFRY).
At a plea hearing held on 26 June 2020 in Case no. S1 1 K 018560 15 Kro, the accused Adem Kostjerevac pleaded not guilty to the criminal offense of War Crime against Civilian Population under Article 142 of the Criminal Code of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (CC SFRY).
The main trial was initiated on 8 July 2020. The presentation of closing arguments has been completed.
Panel of Judges composed of: Smajlović Mira, Božić Zoran, Pašić Mediha
Following a trial, on 21 December 2021 the Appellate Division Panel of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina publicly announced an appeals judgment in the Adem Kostjerevac case, finding the accused Adem Kostjerevac guilty of the criminal offense of War Crimes against Civilians under Article 142(1) of the Criminal Code of SFRY. The Appellate Division Panel of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced him to 7 (seven) years of imprisonment. The Trial Judgment of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina of 12 March 2021 had dismissed the charges that the accused Adem Kostjerevac committed the criminal offense of War Crime against Civilians under Article 142(1) of the Criminal Code of SFRY.
The Appellate proceeding is in progres.
The Appellate Division Panel of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 29 April 2022 delivered and on 29 June 2022 sent out a Third-Instance Judgment in the case of Adem Kostjerevac, dismissing as ill-founded the appeals from the Judgment of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, filed by both the Prosecution and defense counsel, while upholding the Second-Instance Judgment of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina No. S1 1 K 018560 21 Kžk of 21 December 2022, which, on completion of the trial, found the accused Adem Kostjerevac guilty of the criminal offense of War Crimes against Civilians under Article 142(1) CC SFRY. The Appellate Division Panel sentenced him to seven (7) years of imprisonment.