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Bosnia court begins war crimes trial of ex-justice minister

November 6, 2006 01:41:00 PM

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...

October 10, 2006 01:11:00 PM

In a plenary session of the UN General Assembly Monday, judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [official website; JURIST news...

October 2, 2006 07:25:00 PM

Eight former Serbian police officers went on trial Monday in Belgrade's special war crimes court charged with the slaying of 48 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in 1999. Their commander pleaded not guilty; the remaining defendants will enter...

September 30, 2006 02:48:00 PM

Chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Carla Del Ponte challenged the European Union Friday to fund the war crimes court if UN monies runs dry before the...

August 31, 2006 04:15:00 PM

Prosecutors in the war crimes case against Momcilo Krajisnik , a former Bosnian Serb speaker of parliament and the right hand man to former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic , have called for...

August 21, 2006 08:52:00 AM

Carla Del Ponte , chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , on Monday called Serbia's continued failure to arrest war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic "inexcusable," saying...

July 14, 2006 11:56:00 AM

Chief UN war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte was unceremoniously cut off at a Friday hearing for seven Bosnian Serbs indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in connection with the...

May 9, 2006 12:54:00 PM

The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina began hearing its first genocide case Tuesday with the opening of the trial of 11 Bosnian Serbs charged for their role in...

March 22, 2006 01:21:00 PM

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday reduced the life sentence of former Bosnian Serb mayor Milomir Stakic to 40 years in...

March 11, 2006 04:10:00 PM

ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte marked the sudden death of Slobodan Milosevic Saturday by reiterating her call for the remaining fugitives from the Hague war crimes tribunal to be brought to justice and tried....

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