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Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bosna i Hercegovina

On 1 July 2005, the Memorandum of Agreement on the Realization and Enhancement of Cooperation in Fighting all Forms of Grave Crime was concluded between the Offices of the Serbian Republic's Public Prosecutor and War Crimes Prosecutor on one side, and the Office of the BH Prosecutor on the other.

On 31 January 2013, the Offices of the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor and BH Prosecutor concluded the Protocol on Cooperation in Prosecuting Perpetrators of War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide.

The Protocol defines instruments for effective prosecution of war crimes suspects. Operating on a voluntary basis, this documents makes it possible for the two Prosecutor’s Offices to mutually refer evidence and information related war crimes cases.

The Protocol was signed at the seat of the European Commission in Brussels, in the presence of a number of international figures, including the following: Mr. Stefano Sannino, Director General for EU Enlargement; Mr. Pierre Mirel, EU Director for the Western Balkans; representatives of the OSCE Mission to Serbia; Mr. Stephen Rapp, U.S. Ambassador for War Crimes Issues; and representatives of the U.S.A. Embassy in Belgrade.