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ICTY prosecutor requests help in finding those responsible for hiding war criminals
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) prosecutor Serge Brammertz on Tuesday requested assistance from Serbian authorities to determine who helped certain war criminals remain undetected for many years. Specifically, Bram (More) |
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Croatia arrests former interior minister for WWII war crimes
The first Croatian Minister of Internal Affairs Josip Boljkovac was arrested Wednesday for war crimes committed from 1945-1946. Boljkovac, 89, was arrested near his home in Karlovac in connection with the deaths of fascist soldiers and sympathizers (More) |
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ICTY sentences Seselj to 18 months for contempt of court
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday convicted former Serb nationalist and war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [case materials; JURIST news archive] of contempt and sentenced him to 18 months in prison for (More) |
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Italy war crimes expert Cassese dies at 74
Antonio Cassese , a renowned Italian international war crimes expert and key figure in the establishment of two international criminal tribunals, died Saturday in Florence, Italy, at the age of 74. Cassese was the first president of the Internationa (More) |
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ICTY prosecutor not appealing refusal to split Mladic trial
The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said Wednesday that he will not appeal the court's decision to proceed with a single trial for former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic (More) |
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Accused war criminal on trial at ICTY admitted to hospital
Accused war criminal Ratko Mladic [ICTY backgrounder, PDF; JURIST news archive] has been hospitalized suffering from pneumonia, his lawyers said Tuesday. Mladic is awaiting trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY (More) |
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EU prosecutor to investigate alleged organ trafficking in Albania
Head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission to Kosovo (EULEX) , Xavier de Marnhac, announced on Wednesday that an EU prosecutor will visit Albania to investigate allegations of an organ trafficking scheme that took place in the country during the (More) |
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ICTY rules Seselj's rights to fair trial not violated
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ruled on Friday that former Serb nationalist politician and war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [case materials; JURIST news archive] has received all guarantees of due process an (More) |
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Serbia approves WWII property restitution law
The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia approved a restitution law that provides for compensation or the return of property confiscated by communist authorities following World War II. The bill, passed by an overwhelming majority , is part (More) |
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ICTY sentences uncooperative witness in retrial of former Kosovo PM
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday sentenced a man for contempt of court for refusing to testify. The man, Shefqet Kabashi, was sentenced to two months in jail for refusing on two occasions to answer qu (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.
