An exhibition in Sarajevo with the names of more than 7,000 Bosnians who are still missing. Photo: BIRN.

‘Where are Our Loved Ones?’ Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo Mark Missing Persons Day

Families of the thousands of missing people from the wars in the former Yugoslavia marked the International Day of the Disappeared by laying flowers and displaying the names of people whose bodies have yet to be found.

Kosovo Must Learn from Croatia’s Mistakes in War Crimes Trials in Absentia

As Kosovo gets closer to Council of Europe membership, bringing access to the ECHR, experts tell BIRN that it must take notes from Croatia’s mistakes in conducting war crime trials without the presence of defendants.