Sud BiH

What Sud BiH does

Sud BiH — legally the Sud Bosne i Hercegovine (Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina) — is a state judicial institution established on 25 June 2002 by the Law on the Court of BiH, headquartered at Kraljice Jelene 88, Sarajevo. It exercises exclusive state-level jurisdiction over the most serious criminal matters (war crimes, organized crime, economic crime and corruption, terrorism), administrative disputes involving state institutions, civil matters, election disputes, and appellate review, operating through three divisions: Criminal, Administrative, and Appellate. The Court currently has 48 judges appointed under the authority of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) and approximately 300 national employees, and was a first-of-region recipient of ICTY Rule 11 bis case transfers, marking international recognition of its capacity.

The Court's core technology stack is a conventional ICT infrastructure serving the entire BiH Judicial Institutions Complex — Court of BiH, BiH Prosecutor's Office, Service for Common Affairs, Ministry of Justice, BiH Detention Unit, and HJPC — including an integrated Case Management System (CMS) with automatic case allocation, an Information and Communication System (ICS) providing data safety and inter-institutional cooperative work, and an Audio-Video Recording System with witness identity protection via image and sound distortion. Supporting services include a Witness Support Office (with expert psychologists and SIPA coordination), a Public Information and Outreach Section (PIOS), and a specialized legal library of approximately 2,000 titles.

The Court is funded through the BiH state budget (budget execution reports published annually for 2015-2025) with marginal non-budget income from court fees and administrative charges regulated by the Law on Court Fees. It is not a commercial enterprise: there is no equity, no funding rounds, no parent or subsidiaries, and no traditional customer base. Its principal segments are parties to legal proceedings (primary), media and journalists, students and educational institutions, and international judicial institutions engaged in cooperation and case transfer.

Name

Sud BiH

Legal name

Sud Bosne i Hercegovine

Website

https://sudbih.gov.ba

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sud BiH is the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a state judicial institution headquartered in Sarajevo that adjudicates war crimes, organized crime, corruption, administrative disputes, and appellate matters under exclusive state-level jurisdiction, serving parties to legal proceedings in BiH.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Judicial Services

NAICS

Courts (92211), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAFAA

Judicial Courts & Court Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Justice System (Courts, Prosecution & Corrections)

SECONDARYBPAIABAE

State/Provincial Courts & Judicial Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/State/Provincial & Regional Government Administration

SECONDARYBPAIAFAH

Court Services & Operations (Clerks, Records, Jury, Interpreters)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Justice System (Courts, Prosecution & Corrections)

SECONDARYBPADAGAB

Rule of Law & Justice Sector Reform

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Human Rights, Democracy & Governance

Keywords

• Judicial services
• Criminal proceedings
• War crimes trials
• Administrative disputes
• Appellate review

Headquarters

HQ city

Sarajevo

HQ country

Bosnia & Herzegovina

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. State Budget Funding: Government-funded judicial institution financed through the state budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Budget execution reports are published annually for 2015-2025.
2. Court Fees and Administrative Charges: Fees charged for court proceedings, including instructions for payment of court fees, administrative fees for certificates, and forensic expertise advance payments

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sud BiH) is the state-level judicial institution that adjudicates criminal, administrative, civil, and appellate matters under exclusive state jurisdiction in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its core judicial services include war crimes trials, organized crime/economic crime/corruption cases, general criminal proceedings, administrative dispute resolution, and appellate review, supported by witness support, ICT/case management infrastructure, audio-video recording of hearings, and public information services.

Product overview

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a judicial institution that does not offer commercial products or services in the traditional sense. Its core offerings consist of public judicial services delivered through its organizational divisions: the Criminal Division (handling War Crimes, Organized Crime/Economic Crime/Corruption, and General Crime cases), the Administrative Division (handling administrative disputes, civil cases, and enforcement procedures), and the Appellate Division. Supporting services include Witness Support, ICT/Case Management System, Public Information and Outreach, Audio-Video Recording, and a Legal Library. The Court operates from its headquarters in Sarajevo and serves the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Court Case Management Services Judicial case management services delivered through three divisions: Criminal Division (War Crimes, Organized Crime/Economic Crime/Corruption, and General Crime), Administrative Division (administrative disputes, civil cases, and enforcement procedures), and Appellate Division (appellate review). Served to parties to legal proceedings in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Witness Support Services Practical and psychological support to witnesses testifying before the Court, particularly in War Crimes and Organized Crime cases, delivered by specialized psychologists and coordinated with the Witness Protection Unit of SIPA. Served to protected and vulnerable witnesses.
• Public Information and Outreach Services Court communications including press releases, trial-monitoring access for accredited journalists, weekly activity summaries, organized visits, and maintenance of the official court website containing case information, judgments, statistical data, and audio recordings. Served to media, the general public, students, and international visitors.
• Audio-Video Recording Services Production of audio and video recordings of hearings, including electronic presentation of evidence and witness identity protection by image and sound distortion, with archive maintenance and processing of requests for trial recordings. Served to parties, legal representatives, media, and the public.
• Court Library Services Specialized legal library containing approximately 2,000 titles in English and BiH official languages, including significant materials on war and international humanitarian law, with electronic catalog records. Served to judges, legal professionals, researchers, and students.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019The AIRE Centre implemented the 'Strengthening judiciary capacities in the application of the European Convention for Human Rights and its standards in Bosnia and Herzegovina' project (2019-2022) which funded improvements to the Court of BiH website. The project was funded by the Government of the United Kingdom.
• High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (VSTV BiH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe HJPC is the governing body that appoints the President of the Court and makes decisions on the number of judges. The Court cooperates with HJPC on case-law harmonization panels and judicial education.
• International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICTY transferred 6 cases with 10 suspects to the Court of BiH pursuant to Rule 11 bis. These were the first such transfer decisions to any court in the region, representing significant recognition of the Court of BiH's capabilities.
• BiH Prosecutor's OfficecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Court cooperates closely with the BiH Prosecutor's Office on criminal cases. Both institutions share the ICT infrastructure within the BiH Judicial Institutions Complex.
• State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) - Witness Protection UnitminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Court's Witness Support Section coordinates activities with SIPA's Witness Protection Unit regarding protected witnesses.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• International Criminal Court (ICC): Permanent international court prosecuting war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Comparable in mandate around serious international crimes, though operating at global rather than state level.
• European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR): Strasbourg-based court enforcing the European Convention on Human Rights. Comparable as a regional human-rights judicial body whose standards the Court of BiH is being trained to apply (per the UK/AIRE Centre project).
• High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HJPC/VSTV): Governing body that appoints the Court of BiH's President and sets the number of judges. Operates within the same BiH Judicial Institutions Complex and shares ICT infrastructure, with a broader mandate over the entire BiH judiciary.

Direct peers

• Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL): Hybrid tribunal established to prosecute serious violations of international humanitarian law during the Sierra Leone civil war. Closely analogous transitional-justice model to the Court of BiH's war-crimes mandate.
• International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT): UN mechanism that succeeded ICTY and which transferred cases to the Court of BiH under Rule 11 bis. Comparable as an international/transitional criminal justice institution handling war crimes and serious crimes, with overlapping subject-matter jurisdiction.
• Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Highest court within the Federation entity, handling appellate and significant civil/criminal matters. Comparable as a domestic appellate court operating in parallel with the Court of BiH within BiH's two-tier court system.
• Kosovo Specialist Chambers: Kosovo-based court with international judges handling war crimes and organized crime arising from the Kosovo conflict. Highly comparable as a post-conflict, internationally-supported state-level criminal court in the Western Balkans.
• Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC): Hybrid international/national tribunal prosecuting senior Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide and crimes against humanity. Comparable as a transitional-justice court handling historical serious crimes with international and national judicial components.
• Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Domestic state-level judicial institution operating in Sarajevo alongside the Court of BiH. It adjudicates constitutional matters at state level and shares the same political and funding environment, making it the closest jurisdictional peer.

Others

• BiH Prosecutor's Office: Public prosecutor's office co-located within the BiH Judicial Institutions Complex and sharing ICT infrastructure. Operationally inseparable from the Court of BiH's criminal docket — the Court cannot function without prosecutorial counterpart.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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