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Bosnia authorities detain former policemen for war crimes
Bosnian police arrested three former policemen, including previously-convicted Darko Mrdja, on new charges of war crimes against non-Serb detainees during the Bosnian War. The three suspects have been accused of killing at least 10 non-Serbs as par (More) |
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Federal judge orders Bosnian war crimes suspect to be deported
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Minnesota on Thursday ordered a Bosnian man to be deported after he pleaded guilty to lying on immigration forms about his criminal history during the Bosnian war. Zdenko Jekisa has resided in t (More) |
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Ohio man sentenced for lying about participation in ethnic cleansing
A federal court in Ohio on Tuesday sentenced Serbian refugee Slobodan Mutic to two years in prison for lying on immigration forms about his participation in ethnic cleansing and genocide in the former Yugoslavia. A spokesperson for the Cleveland Di (More) |
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Three men arrested in Bosnia for 1992 killings
Three former members of the Bosnian Muslim armed forces were arrested on Monday in Tulza, a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for allegedly killing as many as 10 Serb civilians in Srebrenica in July 1992. The victims were killed near a police station (More) |
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OSCE: Serbia war crimes prosecutions inadequate, incomplete
Serbia has yet to completely investigate and adequately prosecute war crimes that occurred in the 1990s conflict, according to a report released Tuesday by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) . The report, which details (More) |
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Former Bosnia general pleads not guilty of war crimes
Former Bosnian Army general Naser Oric pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of war crimes he allegedly committed against prisoners of war in 1992. Prosecutors charged Oric in August for his alleged involvement in the killing of three Bosnian Serb (More) |
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Serbia prosecutors bring charges against Srebrenica massacre suspects
Serbia's Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor on Thursday indicted eight former policemen suspected of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The suspects are charged with war crimes for participating i (More) |
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Serbia prosecutes former Bosnia general for war crimes
Serbian prosecutors on Thursday charged former Bosnian Army general Naser Oric with war crimes against prisoners of war in 1992. Oric is accused of involvment in the killing of three Bosnian Serb prisoners of war in the villages of Zalazje, Kunjerac (More) |
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Reports confirm Spain considering limits on universal jurisdiction
Spain is considering legislation to limit the the scope of universal jurisdiction applied by the country's National Court , according to Spanish media reports Sunday. If adopted, the Reform of the Judiciary Act would limit the court& (More) |
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Russia: ICTY should be closed due to bias
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday said the recent acquittal of Bosnian Muslim war crimes suspect Naser Oric [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive] by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) shows (More) |
Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia
On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.
