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ICTY denies former Serb parliament speaker's request for early release
The International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday rejected a third request for early release for former Bosnian Serb parliament speaker Momcilo Krajisnik [ICTY materials; JURIST news archive]. Krajisnik was convicted i (More) |
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Ex-Yugoslav army chief begins appeal to ICTY
Ex-Yugoslav army chief Momcilo Perisic [ICTY profile, PDF; JURIST news archive] 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 hum (More) |
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Karadzic opens defense before ICTY
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case summary, PDF; JURIST news archive] began his defense Tuesday in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) by denying all charges against him. Karadzic opened by descr (More) |
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ICTY opens final war crimes trial
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday opened the trial of Goran Hadzic [ICTY backgrounder; JURIST news archive], the last suspect to be tried by the court. Hadzic, one 161 people tried by the ICTY, is accus (More) |
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Bosnia court acquits two former policemen in Srebrenica massacre case
The war crimes court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Wednesday acquitted two Serbian defendants of involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Dragan Neskovic and Zoran Ilic were charged with crimes agai (More) |
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UN rights expert calls for greater integration of Bosnia and Herzgovina minorities
Independent UN human rights Rita Izsak called Wednesday for Bosnia and Herzgovina (BIH) to do more to promote minority rights and unity. Izsak emphasized the need to encourage integration among the minority groups at all levels of society, specifi (More) |
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ICTY grants Karadzic 300 hours to present his defense
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday granted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case summary, PDF; JURIST news archive] 300 hours to present evidence in his defense. Karadzic had requeste (More) |
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Outside Intervention in Nonviolent Revolutions
JURIST Guest Columnists Jane Mansbridge of the Harvard Kennedy School and Chibli Mallat of the S.J. Quinney College of Law say that the international community ought to develop a system to trigger intervention when governments violently suppress nonv (More) |
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ICTY denies Karadzic request for new trial
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 [ICTY case summary, PDF; JURIST news archive]. Karadzic accused prosecutors of failin (More) |
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Rights group urges Balkan authorities to investigate disappearances
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 comes as the mandate for th (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
