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Serbia asks UN tribunal to hand over evidence against freed Croatian generals
November 26, 2012 by Daniel Mullen
The Serbian Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor sent a letter to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday requesting materials and evidence from the case files of two Croatian generals, whose convictions were overturned by the ICTY last week. The 3-2 decision.... [more]
Former Croatia PM sentenced to 10 years for corruption
November 20, 2012 by Sarah Posner
A Croatian court sentenced former prime minister Ivo Sanader to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for corruption and war profiteering. Judge Ivan Turudic found Sanader guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and also ordered the former PM to pay a fine of ?611,000 to Croatia. Sanader was charged with tak....... [more]
Australia approves extradition of alleged Serbian war criminal
November 19, 2012 by Daniel Mullen
A spokesperson for the Australian Minister for Justice said Saturday that he has approved the extradition of Serbian war crimes suspect, Dragan Vasiljkovic, to Croatia. Vasiljkovic is accused of torturing and killing captured members of the Croatian army and police during the 1991-1995 Croatian.... [more]
Croatia court sentences former policemen for torture during war of independence
October 31, 2012 by Keith Herting
A Croatian court on Wednesday sentenced five former policemen to between one and three years in prison for their roles in torturing ethnic Serb prisoners during Croatia's 1991-95 war for independence. Judge Marijan Garac of the Zagreb County Court handed down the sentences for the policemen who.... [more]
Ex-Yugoslav army chief begins appeal to ICTY
October 31, 2012 by Julia Zebley
Ex-Yugoslav army chief Momcilo Perisic began his appeal before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday in an attempt to overturn his conviction on crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during the wars in Bosnia and Croatia. Perisic, the only.... [more]
Croatia ex-prime minister indicted on fifth corruption charge
September 2, 2012 by Dan Taglioli
Croatian prosecutors announced Saturday that they have charged former prime minister Ivo Sanader with embezzlement relating to a real estate deal that took place during his time in office. Sanader is accused of using government funds to purchase a building in the capital city of Zagreb at an.... [more]
Former Croatia PM indicted for corruption [this day at law]
August 31, 2012 by Cody Harding
On August 31, 2011, former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader was indicted on corruption charges by the Croatian Bureau for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK). Sanader is accused of accepting a 3.6 million kuna (nearly USD $695,000) pay-off from Austria's Hypo-Alpe-Adria-Bank. Led.... [more]
Austria extradited Croatia ex-PM to face corruption charges [this day at law]
July 11, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On July 11, 2011, an Austrian court approved the extradition of former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader, sending him back to Croatia to face corruption charges. Charges against Sanader included abuse of power, corruption and fraud, for which he was arrested in December 2010. Sanader continued.... [more]
Croatian Accession to the EU: Political Battles and Legal Challenges
May 16, 2012 by Elizabeth Imbarlina
JURIST Guest Columnist Dora Rotar, an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of the seventh entry in a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Rotar examines the political and legal challenges Croatia will face as.... [more]
Is EU Membership the Best Option for Croatia?
April 29, 2012 by Elizabeth Imbarlina
JURIST Guest Columnist Ann Eisenberg, Cornell University Law School Class of 2012, is an Articles and Symposium Editor for the Cornell International Law Journal. She questions whether EU membership is the best decision for Croatia given the current debt crisis...By the time Croatia joins the EU on.... [more]
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