The High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko, made a decision on amendments to the state's Criminal Code, which prohibits and punishes the denial of genocide.
Anyone who publicly denies, grossly minimizes or tries to justify the crime of genocide as well as other war crimes established by final judgments will be punished with a prison sentence of six months to five years. BiH Presidency member Milorad Dodik initiated and was the first to sign a petition on non-acceptance of the law imposed by the high representative and called for the dissolution of the state.
Merisa Karović-Babić, genocide researcher and research associate of the Institute for War Crimes and International Law Research, was a guest on Al Jazeera's Kontekst Balkans show. Watch her guest appearance with Sonja Biserko and Velma Šarić here.