CCPR/C/113/D/2028/2011 number of international institutions have noted that the establishment of the Fund is not enough to guarantee the provision of an integral reparation to relatives of missing persons.19 State party’s additional observations on admissibility and merits 6.1 On 21 June, 17 August and 12 September 2011, the State party submitted additional information and reiterated its observations, highlighting the efforts made to determine the fate and whereabouts of all missing persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including in the Municipality of Prijedor. According to the Missing Persons Institute, there are indications of more mass graves supposedly containing the mortal remains of victims from the Omarska detention camp. Its capacities, however, are still inadequate to dispose of all pending cases in a short period of time. The State party stated that no relevant developments had occurred in the case of Mr. Ičić. 6.2 The Ministry of Defence found no documentation either concerning the Omarska detention camp in the archive of the Army of the Republika Srpska, or relating to the detention of the author’s son by members of the Army of the Republika Srpska. 6.3 The State party informs the Committee that the author can apply for legal aid to the Legal Aid Centre of the Ministry of Justice of the Republika Srpska. 6.4 On 26 April 2011, the Office of the Prosecutor of Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered the State Investigation and Protection Agency (field office in Banja Luka) to undertake all the necessary steps to find out the fate and whereabouts of the author’s son and to identify those responsible for his deprivation of liberty and enforced disappearance. This order was reiterated on 23 August 2011, but no reply has been received from the Agency yet. The State party maintains that the Office of the Prosecutor has been taking all the necessary efforts to determine the circumstances of Mr. Ičić’s disappearance; that, on the basis of his complexity, his case has been categorized in the group of cases that can last up to 15 years before being solved; and that the Office will regularly inform the author about the progress and result of the measures undertaken within the investigation. 6.5 The State party informs the Committee that the Law on Establishing and the Manner of Settling of Internal Debt of the Republika Srpska 20 establishes courts’ and other authorities’ competence and regulates the proceedings for granting compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages in cases of disappeared persons. In addition, the Government of the Republika Srpska has undertaken measures to accelerate the process of tracing missing persons. 6.6 The Missing Persons Institute stated that it was making efforts to trace missing persons in the territory of Bosanska Krajina and that two investigators of the regional office of Bihać and the field office of Sanski Most were in charge of tracing 1500 missing persons in this territory. In this connection, the Missing Persons Institute noted that it would contact Mr. Ičić’s relatives in the future in order to provide further information on his case. Additional information submitted by the author 7.1 On 24 August and 3 October 2011, the author provided additional information to the Committee. The author considers that the State party’s further observations do not provide any substantive information concerning the admissibility and merits of her communication. As to the statement of the Ministry of Defence that no information has been found concerning the Omarska detention camp, she points out that there is publicly accessible 19 20 See CAT/C/BIH/CO/2-5, para.18, and A/HRC/16/48/Add.1, paras. 39-48. Name of the Act as provided by the State party. 11