CASE INFORMATION
The Indictment inter alia alleges that the Accused Franc Kos, as the Commander of the 1st Bijeljina
Platoon of the 10th Sabotage Detachment of the Main Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska, and the
other three accused as members of the 10th Sabotage Detachment of the Main Staff of the Army of
Republika Srpska, took part in the execution of more than 800 Bosniak men and boys from the UN
Safe Area of Srebrenica, who had been transported to the execution site at the Branjevo farm.
The aforementioned accused are charged that as co-perpetrators they participated in the killing of
Bosniak men and inflicted on them severe physical and mental injuries, all with the aim of destroying,
in whole or in part, the national, ethnic and religious group of Bosniaks.
Franc Kos, Stanko Kojić, Vlastimir Golijan and Zoran Goronja are charged with Genocide pursuant to
Article 171(a)(b) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CC BiH) in conjunction with
Article 29 and 180(1) of CC BiH.
At the plea hearing held on 8 September 2010 before Section I for War Crimes of the Court of Bosnia
and Herzegovina (BiH) in the Franc Kos et al. case, the accused Vlastimir Golijan pleaded guilty while
the accused Kos, Kojić and Goronja pleaded not guilty.
The accused Franc Kos, Stanko Kojić, Vlastimir Golijan and Zoran Goronja are charged with the
criminal offence of Genocide.
The Indictment inter alia alleges that the accused Franc Kos, as the Commander of the 1st Bijeljina
Platoon of the 10th Sabotage Detachment of the Main Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska, and the
other three accused as members of the 10th Sabotage Detachment of the Main Staff of the Army of
Republika Srpska, took part in the execution of more than 800 Bosniak men and boys from the UN
Safe Area of Srebrenica, who were transported to the execution site at the Branjevo farm. The
aforementioned accused are charged that as co-perpetrators they participated in the killing of Bosniak
men and inflicted on them severe physical and mental injuries, all with the aim of destroying, in whole
or in part, the national, ethnic and religious group of Bosniaks.