In the first case of a transfer from a UN tribunal to a Balkan country, Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Stankovic has been moved from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former...
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The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia announced Friday that it had taken Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Sredoje Lukic into custody almost seven years after he was originally indicted....
Milosevic war crimes trial resumes, Kosovo witnesses testify
The trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic resumed Wednesday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia after a summer recess, with Milosevic calling ethnic Albanian witnesses from Kosovo...
Croatia on Friday arrested 10 people suspected of committing war crimes against Bosnian Muslims in the 1990s. The arrests were made in eastern Croatia, an area with a large ethnic Serb population and where several former members of the...
Meltdown at the Milosevic Trial: A Much Delayed Rush to Judgment
JURIST Guest Columnist William Schabas says that the seemingly-interminable trial of Slobodan Milosevic at The Hague is a poor model for international justice, and in the long run may not serve the purpose for which it was undertaken... The trial...
Balkans war crimes treaty on the ropes after Croatian objection to extraditions
A treaty designed to encourage regional cooperation among Balkan states in war crimes trials appeared unlikely to materialize after Croatia on Tuesday ruled out allowing extraditions of suspects. The treaty, drafted by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Tuesday referred a war crimes case to a Bosnian national court, the War Crimes Chamber of the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina , the first time...
War crimes court releases ex-Kosovo PM for funeral of shot brother
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Saturday granted ex-Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj provisional release for a short time to enable him to attend his brothers funeral and post-funeral ceremonies. Enver Haradinaj, a student as...
ICTY presses Milosevic on calling world leaders as witnesses
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia warned former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic Thursday that he must speed up his attempt to call world leaders, including former President Bill Clinton,...
International brief ~ UN refugee chief facing sexual harassment scandal
In Friday's international brief, multiple allegations of sexual harassment have arisen against UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers . Lubbers, a former Dutch prime minister, allegedly harassed five different female employees under his supervision according to an...