Bosnia court rejects request to re-arrest Serbs convicted of war crimes

[JURIST] On Thursday the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) [official website] rejected [press release] a request by prosecutors to re-arrest nine individuals convicted of war crimes. The court ruled that since Bosnian law does not contain provisions for the re-arrest of someone already convicted of a crime, the European Convention on Human Rights [text, PDF] requires [AP report] the issue to be resolved in favor of the Bosnian Serb suspects. Six of the nine men were convicted of genocide...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/12/bosnia-court-rejects-request-to-re-arrest-serbs-convicted-of-war-crimes.php

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