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ICTY denies Karadzic request for new trial

September 3, 2012 10:18:50 AM

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday denied the request for a new trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic . Karadzic accused prosecutors...

August 31, 2012 07:32:55 AM

Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday urged authorities in the former Yugoslavia to investigate the enforced disappearances of 14,000 people who are still unaccounted for since the civil war in the 1990s. The report ...

August 13, 2012 10:07:07 AM

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Monday asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for a new trial, accusing prosecutors of delaying the disclosure of crucial...

July 6, 2012 11:20:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist Stuart Ford of the John Marshall Law School says that although the International Criminal Court has encountered numerous obstacles during the first ten years of its existence, its reputation will ultimately be decided over a longer period...

July 3, 2012 02:54:45 PM

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday appealed last week's decision acquitting former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on one of 11 charges for...

June 28, 2012 09:42:51 AM

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday denied a motion by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to dismiss 10 charges against him, while...

June 11, 2012 10:52:38 AM

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Monday asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to dismiss the charges against him for lack of evidence. The prosecution...

June 8, 2012 02:51:55 PM

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Thursday reported the court's Completion Strategy to the UN Security Council . In his address , Brammertz...

June 6, 2012 08:56:46 AM

Judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday began a five-day visit to locations relevant to the indictment of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case summary, PDF; JURIST...

June 1, 2012 02:40:49 PM

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic told a Montenegrin state television station Friday that he does not think that the 1995 Srebrenica Masscre was genocide. The Srebrenica massacre took place during the Bosnian Civil War [JURIST...

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