Republic center for war crime research started with work form 23.12.2008 as republic working department which belongs to the Ministry of Justice of Republika Srpska. On the start of the Law on republic's management , " Official gazette of Republika Srpska no. 118/08 ) on the 23.12 2008 Republic Secretariat for Relations with International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague and Research War Crimes and its duties were taken over by Republic Center for war crime research This Center will provide proffesional and other duties such as :
gathering, editing, classification and archiving documents on war crimes, crimes committed against humanity and values protected by international law as well as other events which took place on the are of Bosnia and Hercegovina from 1991 until 1995,investigation crimes from historical, social, military, law and other aspects valuable for objective evaluation of these events , analysis of committed crimes and other relevant events, their processing, verification and evaluation, forming of database on events and their consequences and on crime cases of war crimes, preparation of statistical and other data of research results, cooperation with similar organizations, such as legal organization, government and non-government organizations as well as individuals, publication of investigation results, deciding on individual requests for insight in our documentation, processing and usage of single documents, coordination of activities of Republica Srpska departments and International court in Hague in accordance with article II point 8. BIH Constitution and Tribunal Statute, advising Government concerning war crime research and cooperation with International court in Hague, bringing help to the defense of the persons accused for committing war crimes and other jobs in accordance with the law and other regulations
Republic center for war crime research works and acts as part of Ministry of Justice
Jobs and activities of Republic center for investigation of war crimes will be done by lawyer mr. Jovan Spaic. (Biography of Jovan Spaic)
