Having revoked the Trial Judgment and having completed a trial on appeal, on 28 April 2022 the Appellate Division Panel of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will deliver an appeals judgment in the Sakib Mahmuljin case. Judgment announcement has been scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in Courtroom 6.

The Trial Judgment of 22 January 2021 found the accused Sakib Mahmuljin guilty that by the acts listed in Sections 1.a), b), c) and d) of the Convicting Part of the Judgment he committed the criminal offense of War Crimes against the Sick and Wounded – inhuman treatment, under Article 143 of the Criminal Code of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, which was adopted based on the Law on the Application of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Criminal Code of SFRY (CC SFRY), by the acts listed in Sections 1.b) and 2.a) of the Convicting Part of the Judgment the criminal offense of War Crimes against Prisoners of War – murder under Article 144 CC SFRY, by the acts listed in Sections 1.a), b), c), d), 2.b), c), d), e), f), g), h), i) and j) the criminal offense of War Crimes against Prisoners of War – inhuman treatment under Article 144 of the CC SFRY, and by the acts listed in Section 2.k) of the Convicting Part of the Judgment the criminal offense of War Crimes against Civilians – inhuman treatment under Article 142(1), all in conjunction with Article 30(2), of the CC SFRY.

The Panel imposed on the accused a compound sentence of 10 (ten) years of imprisonment.

Pursuant to Article 284c) CPC BiH, the accused is acquitted of the charges that by the acts listed in Sections 1. c) and d) of the Acquitting Part of the Judgment he committed the criminal offense of War Crimes against the Sick and Wounded under Article 143 CC SFRY, and by the acts listed in Sections 1. a), b), c) and d) of the Acquitting Part of the Judgment the criminal offense of War Crimes against Prisoners of War under Article 144, all in conjunction with Article 30(2), of the CC SFRY.

Pursuant to Article 283b) CPC BiH, the charges that by the acts listed in Count 2.k) of the confirmed Indictment of 23 December 2015 the accused committed the criminal offense of War Crimes against Prisoners of War under Article 144, as read with Article 30(2), of the CC SFRY, were dismissed.