The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will Wednesday, 18 October 2023, at 10 a.m., in Courtroom 4, pronounce a Trial Judgment in the case of Rade Macura.
The confirmed Indictment charges the accused Rade Macura with the criminal offense of War Crimes against Civilians under Article 173(1)c) of the Criminal Code of BiH, as read with Article 180(2) of the Code.
According to the Indictment, during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the armed conflict between the Army of Republika Srpska and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a member of the Army of Republika Srpska – Commander of the 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Light Gradiška Brigade, the accused Rade Macura acted in violation of the rules of international humanitarian law – the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, and Protocols I and II Additional to the Geneva Conventions, by failing to take the necessary and reasonable measures, in his capacity as the supervising officer, to have the persons subordinated to him punished for the crimes they committed.
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