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Mladic war crimes trial to resume next month
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on Friday that the genocide trial for Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic will resume on July 9 after being suspended earlier this month due to evidence disclosure issues. (More) |
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Serbia prosecutors investigating network that aided war criminals
The Serbian war crimes prosecutor announced on Friday that his office is investigating suspects accused of helping former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic [ICTY case materials; JURIST news archive] and former security official Stojan Zupljan (More) |
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Serbia court sentences police officers for war crimes
The War Crimes Chamber of the Belgrade District Court on Tuesday sentenced four former police officers for crimes committed during the Serbo-Croatian War in which around 20,000 people lost their lives. The four paramilitaries have been accused of k (More) |
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Mladic war crimes trial postponed indefinitely over evidence disclosures
Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday suspended the trial of former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic [ICTY case materials; JURIST news archive] due to an error in disclosing docum (More) |
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ICTY closes third contempt trial against Seselj
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday closed its third contempt trial against former Serb nationalist politician and war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [official website, in Serbian; JURIST news archive]. Se (More) |
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UN Security Council demands Libya release ICC envoys
The UN Security Council on Sunday demanded the immediate release of a group of four staff members from the International Criminal Court (ICC) detained in Libya earlier this month. The Security Council noted that Libya has a legal obligation under (More) |
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UN-backed courts call for release of ICC detainees in Libya
The presidents of two UN-backed courts this week joined the International Criminal Court (ICC) in calling for the immediate release of four staff members who were detained in Libya earlier this month. The Presidents of the International Criminal Tr (More) |
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Karadzic asks war crimes court to dismiss charges
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case summary, PDF; JURIST news archive] on Monday asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to dismiss the charges against him for lack of evidence. The prosecution (More) |
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ICTY prosecutor updates Security Council on progress
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 updated the Council on the progress of p (More) |
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Karadzic judges visit Srebrenica massacre site
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 news archive] (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.
