On May 25, 1992, members of the MUP of BiH and the Territorial Defense of BiH from Konjic, as well as members of the HOS and HVO armed formations, attacked the village of Bradina and committed a crime against the Serb civilians of that village. From May 25 to 27 of the same year, at least 48 civilians were killed, and around 240 villagers were detained in the “Čelebići” camp. The proceedings against Esad Ramić and 10 other persons who are accused of crimes against the Serbian population in the Konjic area, which also includes the crime in Bradina, are still ongoing before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. Camp commander Zdravko Mucić, deputy commander Hazim Delić and Esad Landžo were convicted of crimes against camp inmates in “Čelebići” before the ICTY.
By the judgment of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2009, Novak Đukić, former commander of the Tactical Group on Mount Ozren of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the crime at the Tuzla Gate where 71 civilians were killed by a grenade and about 150 were wounded. After the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina annulled that verdict, in June 2014 the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina reduced Đukić’s sentence to 20 years. In the period between the two verdicts, Novak Đukić fled to Serbia, stating that he had gone for treatment. A warrant was issued for Đukić in 2014, after which Serbia was asked to recognize the verdict. For more than 10 years, the procedure for the recognition and enforcement of the final judgment of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been going on for more than 10 years before the Court of Appeal in Belgrade, which has been the subject of criticism in the reports of the European Commission and the Council of Europe for Serbia.
The “One Step Closer to Peace” program is jointly implemented by the Youth Initiative for Human Rights from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Serbia with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
