# Authoritative sources — WCC-BiH

## Tier 1 — primary, authoritative

### sudbih.gov.ba — Court of BiH official website

The **principal source** for all WCC-BiH decisions, indictments, and procedural records. Available in **BCS (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian) and English**. Navigate to "Section I for War Crimes". Both first-instance and appellate judgments are posted. Hosts:
- All Section I judgments (first-instance and appellate)
- Indictments confirmed by the Court
- Procedural orders
- Press releases on each major case
- Statistics on caseload

URL pattern: `https://www.sudbih.gov.ba/predmet/[case-id]` for individual cases.

### tuzilastvobih.gov.ba — Prosecutor's Office of BiH official website

For **indictments** issued by the **Special Department for War Crimes (SDWC)**. Indictments are public after confirmation by the Court.

### IRMCT / ICTY archives

For **Rule 11 bis referral documents** and related ICTY decisions concerning WCC-BiH cases:
- `irmct.org` — current archive, includes legacy ICTY content
- `icty.org` — legacy ICTY site (preserved)

Key documents at these sites: Referral Bench decisions transferring cases to BiH, monitoring reports submitted by OSCE to ICTY under Rule 11 bis follow-up, decisions revoking referrals (notably Lukić and Lukić, 2007).

### legal-tools.org — ICC Legal Tools Database

Mirrors many WCC-BiH judgments and the foundational legal instruments (Law on the Court of BiH, Criminal Code of BiH 2003, Criminal Procedure Code of BiH 2003). Navigate via "Other International(ised) Criminal Jurisdictions" > "War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina".

### OHR archives — ohr.int

For the **WCC Project Implementation Plan** (2004) and other establishment documents from the Office of the High Representative. Important for institutional history (the OHR was the principal political driver of the WCC's establishment).

## Tier 2 — secondary (must be labelled)

### OSCE Mission to BiH — oscebih.org

**Tier 1-in-practice for procedural and structural observations.** The OSCE has monitored WCC-BiH proceedings since establishment under a formal mandate. Reports include:
- *Witness Protection and Support in BiH War Crimes Trials* (2010)
- *Delivering Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina* (2011)
- *Moving Towards a Harmonized Application of the Law Applicable in War Crimes Cases* (2008)
- *War Crimes Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Independent Assessment* (multiple editions)
- *Trial Monitoring Reports* (annual)

### ICTJ — International Center for Transitional Justice (ictj.org)

Major analytical reports:
- Bogdan Ivanišević, *The War Crimes Chamber in Bosnia and Herzegovina: From Hybrid to Domestic Court* (ICTJ, 2008) — the principal analytical treatment
- *War Crimes Prosecutions in Bosnia: Looking Back, Looking Forward* (2014)
- *Against the Current — Reform of Criminal Justice in BiH* (multiple editions)

### UNDP BiH

Implementation reports on the **National War Crimes Processing Strategy** (2008, revised 2018, 2020).

### Human Rights Watch

- *Looking for Justice: The War Crimes Chamber in Bosnia and Herzegovina* (2006) — early assessment
- *Justice for Atrocity Crimes: Lessons of International Support for Trials before the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina* (2012) — major assessment

### Hybrid Justice project — hybridjustice.com

Comparative analytical resource on the WCC-BiH alongside other hybrid mechanisms. Useful for institutional comparison.

### JusticeInfo.net

Ongoing analytical coverage of WCC-BiH proceedings and the broader BiH transitional justice landscape.

### Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN BiH) — balkaninsight.com

**Daily trial monitoring** with detailed court reports. The principal journalistic source on day-to-day WCC-BiH proceedings.

### Academic literature

- David Tolbert and Aleksandar Kontić, "The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Transfer of Cases and Materials to National Judicial Authorities"
- Olga Martin-Ortega, multiple articles in *International Criminal Law Review*
- Carsten Stahn and Larissa van den Herik (eds.), *Future Perspectives on International Criminal Justice* (TMC Asser, 2010)
- Iva Vukušić, *Serbian Paramilitaries and the Breakup of Yugoslavia* (Routledge 2022) — on the broader factual matrix
- Various contributions in *Journal of International Criminal Justice* and *International Criminal Law Review*

## Never authoritative

Wikipedia, Grokipedia, social media, AI summaries.

## A note on languages

WCC-BiH proceedings are conducted in **BCS (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian)**, with **English authorised for international judges and prosecutors** during the international phase. Both versions of judgments are typically available on sudbih.gov.ba. **The BCS version is authoritative**; the English version is an official translation but not authoritative for textual interpretation. For a quotation in a non-BCS work, cite the BCS original and identify the English translation as such.