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Croatia signs treaty to join EU
The Croatian government signed a treaty Friday to finalize its accession into the European Union . Croatia will now officially become the twenty-eighth member of the EU in 2013. The signing ceremony consisted of speeches by leaders of the EU and Cr (More) |
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ICTY convicts former Yugoslav intelligence officer of contempt for failure to testify
Former Yugoslav intelligence officer Dragomir Pecanac was convicted [judgment, PDF; press release] Friday on a charge of contempt for failing to testify before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . The charges were (More) |
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Mladic pleads not guilty, trial set for March
Former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic [ICTY backgrounder, PDF; JURIST news archive], after previously refusing to enter a plea in any of the charges against him, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges linked to the executio (More) |
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UN war crimes tribunals report progress to Security Council
Top officials of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] told the UN Security Coun (More) |
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ICTY judges allow reduced indictment against Mladic
A three-judge panel for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) accepted a request by prosecutors on Friday to reduce the number of crimes they intend to prove against former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ra (More) |
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ICTY prosecutors seek to speed up Mladic trial, reduce evidence
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday proposed a reduction in the amount of evidence they planned to present against former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic [ICTY backgrou (More) |
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Prosecutors appeal decision to release Khmer Rouge leader
Prosecutors in the UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) [official website; JURIST news archive] filed an immediate appeal on Friday of the court's decision to release Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Thirith after finding her (More) |
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ICTY issues arrest warrant for former spokesperson
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Wednesday issued an arrest warrant [order, PDF; press release] for former spokesperson Florence Hartmann [BBC profile; ICTY materials, PDF] for nonpayment o (More) |
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ICTY orders Mladic medical exam
A panel of judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday ordered [text, PDF; ICTY press release] the appointment of a medical expert to conduct a medical examination and issue a report on the physical (More) |
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Staff shortages burdening UN war crimes tribunals
The presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Friday told the UN General Assembly that the tribunals are in need of experienced staff to complete (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.
