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Balkan 1990s war crimes trials

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In July 2026 saw continued legal actions over the pursuit of accountability for 1990s Balkan war crimes. crimes continued on two fronts. A Bosnian court reinstated an indictment for concerning the Sanski Most and Manjača detention camps, keeping investigations alive. In the same month, investigation active. Meanwhile, the Split County Court sentenced in Croatia delivered a landmark judgment on 29 July, sentencing former JNA General Borislav Đukić and six other Serbian officers to a combined 94 years for indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas in the Šibenik region during the 1991‑1995 conflict. Đukić received a 16‑year term; three other commanders each received 16 years and two officers each received ten years, totalling 94 years of imprisonment. The judgment, issued on 29 July, confirmed responsibility for indiscriminate shelling court found that the defendants ordered artillery and grenade strikes that killed 118 civilians, caused hundreds of injuries, involved rapes of injured hundreds, raped five women and women, attempted rapes of on seven, destroyed roughly 3,500 3 500 structures—including 20 Catholic churches—and displaced about 14,000 14 000 non‑Serb residents. The verdict is non‑final pending appeal, and a separate trial of Dragan Harambašić was halted after his death. Đukić remains Đukić, the only defendant in custody; custody, received a 16‑year term; the others were tried in absentia. The case rested on testimonies from over 450 witnesses verdict remains non‑final pending appeal, and extensive documentary evidence. Đukić also faces a separate proceeding over the 1993 Peruča dam sabotage case.

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