Having held a session on 24 April 2024, the Appellate Division Panel of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has sent out an Appeals Judgment in the case of Predrag Markočević et al. (S1 1 K 026829 24 Krž 3), dismissing as ill-founded the appeal filed by the Prosecutor's Office, and upheld the Judgment of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina of 27 November 2023.
The Trial Judgment of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina of 27 November 2023 acquitted the accused Predrag Markočević and Marinko Đukić of the charges that by the acts described in the operative part of the Judgment they committed the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172(1)h), as read with Subparagraphs a), e), f) and k) CC BiH, all in conjunction with Article 180(1) and Articles 21 and 29 of the Code.
The accused were charged that, between April and late December 1992, during an armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the framework of a widespread and systematic attack launched by military and police forces of the Serb Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, subsequently Republika Srpska, targeting the Muslim and Croat civilian population from the territory of Teslić municipality, knowing of the attack and that their actions form a part thereof, Predrag Markočević, in his capacity as commander of the Teslić Public Security Station, and Marinko Đukić, in his capacity as Head of the Criminal Department at the Teslić Public Security Station, both being members of the Teslić Public Security Station management, together with a detachment of a military-police formation also known as “Miće”, proceeding with a discriminatory intent, knowingly took part in planning, preparing and carrying out the persecution of Muslim and Croat civilians of the Teslić municipality on national, ethnic and religious grounds, by way of killing, incarceration and other serious forms of deprivation of physical liberty, in violation of the fundamental rules of international law, by torture and other inhumane acts of similar nature, committed with the intent to inflict considerable suffering or serious physical pain or mental anguish or deterioration of health.
No appeal lies from this Judgment.