Trial Judgment to be delivered in Milan Trišić case

12.12.2023, 12:37

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will Wednesday, 13 December 2023, at 11:30 a.m., in Courtroom 4, deliver a Trial Judgment in the case of Milan Trišić.

The confirmed Indictment charges the accused Milan Trišić with the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to the Indictment, between April and October 1992, in the territory of Bratunac municipality, during an armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the framework of a widespread and systematic attack launched by the military and police of the Serb Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, subsequently Republika Srpska, targeting the Bosniak civilian population of Bratunac municipality, knowing of the attack and that his acts form a part of that attack, as a member of the Territorial Defense (TO) Bratunac, and later on of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), Bratunac Brigade VP 7042, together with other members of the TO, VRS, Bratunac Public Security Station (SJB Bratunac) and members of paramilitary units, with a discriminatory intent, the accused Milan Trišić persecuted the Bosniak civilian population on national, ethnic and religious grounds in the village of Hranča and town of Bratunac, by way of killing, detention and other serious forms of deprivation of liberty, by taking people to camps in violation of the rules of international law, by killings, enforced disappearance, torture and other inhumane acts of similar nature, committed with the intent to inflict heavy pain or serious physical or mental injuries or deterioration of health.