ICTY reduces sentence of former Bosnian Serb leader by two years
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Tuesday slightly reduced the 32-year sentence of former Bosnian Serb leader Radislav Brdjanin , but upheld the...
ICJ: Serbia not guilty of Bosnia genocide but broke law by not preventing Srebrenica
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered its judgment Monday in the long-anticipated case of Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro , finding that although the Serbian government was not directly responsible for...
US wants ICTY kept open until most wanted war crimes suspects caught
US ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Douglas McElhaney has told the Nezavisne Novine daily that the US wants the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to stay open beyond the end of its scheduled trials...
ICTY prosecutor says tribunal a success despite fugitive war crimes suspects
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has achieved marked success in bringing international war criminals to justice, chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte told a conference on Thursday. Del Ponte,...
Carla Del Ponte said Tuesday that she will step down as chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at the end of her current term in September. Del Ponte, who...
US war crimes envoy says Bosnian Serb fugitives must not be tried in Belgrade
US ambassador-at-large for war crimes Clint Williamson told a Sarajevo newspaper in an interview published Tuesday that the United States would consider it "absolutely unacceptable" for fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and...
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, former Chief Prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, says that the execution of Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity brought to a close a watershed year...
Annan urges greater efforts to protect human rights worldwide
Outgoing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for greater efforts to protect human rights worldwide in a speech marking International Human Rights Day . Annan on Friday acknowledged that the UN has often...
US urges Serbia to increase efforts to capture war crimes fugitives
Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina must arrest former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and his military commander Ratko Mladic , both wanted on war crimes charges, in order to be further...
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Monday began the trial of Momcilo Mandic , a former interior minister and then justice minister in the Bosnian Serb government of...
