BiH House of Representatives Adopts War Crimes Legislation

24/09/2004

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- The House of Representatives adopted a package of judicial changes Thursday (23 September) related to the prosecution of war crimes. Among them are amendments to the bill on the BiH court, the law on the prosecutor's office, the law on protecting threatened and endangered witnesses, and the bill on transferring cases from The Hague tribunal to the BiH prosecutor's office.

In other news Thursday, international community High Representative Paddy Ashdown met with Republika Srpska (RS) President Dragan Cavic and newly-appointed RS Interior Minister Darko Matijasevic. The RS leaders said they want to assure the international community that RS is fully committed to improving relations with The Hague tribunal. (FENA - 23/09/04)