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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 25 November 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Former Bosnian Serb Army Commander Ratko Mladić was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for crimes (More) |
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War criminal Mladić handed life sentence for genocide, crimes against humanity
Former Bosnian Serb Army Commander Ratko Mladić was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for crimes committed during the Bosnian conflict from 1992-1996. M (More) |
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Dutch court rules Netherlands partially responsible for deaths of 300 Muslim men during Bosnian War
The Hague Appeals Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision that Dutch peacekeepers were 30 percent responsible for the deaths of 300 Muslim males who were turned away from a Dutch UN base in 1995 when the area surrounding the base was overr (More) |
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Ratko Mladić appeals denial of provisional leave
Ratko Mladić , a former Bosnian Serb commander, has filed a challenge to a UN court's rejection of his request to be sent to Russia, according to court documents released Tuesday. Mladić is seeking medical attention, as he has alleged that the care (More) |
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France court refuses to extradite former Kosovo prime minister
A French court on Thursday refused an extradition request for former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj , who is facing war crime charges in Serbia. The court released Haradinaj shortly thereafter giving the parties five days to appeal. The Se (More) |
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Former Bosnian prison guard sentenced for fraudulently obtaining US citizenship
Former Bosnian prison guard Slobo Maric was stripped of his US citizenship and sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday after failing to disclose his membership in the Bosnian Army and war crimes he committed during the Bosnia-Herzegovina Conflic (More) |
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War crimes appeal begins for former Bosnia president
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday began hearing an appeal [text, PDF; BIRN report] by Jadranko Prlic, Prime Minister of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, an unrecognized entity within Bosnia and He (More) |
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Bosnian Serb woman indicted for war crimes
A Bosnian Serb woman was indicted Monday for taking part in the killing of 37 Muslim Bosniak prisoners of war during the 1992-95 war . Visnja Acimovic is accused of war crimes and acting against international humanitarian law by violating provision (More) |
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France appeals court releases former Kosovo PM with orders to remain in France
A French court of appeals on Thursday ordered the release of Ramush Haradinaj, former prime minister of Kosovo, but the court also issued a condition that Haradinaj remain in France until an extradition review from Serbia is reviewed. The extradition (More) |
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Former Kosovo PM arrested in France for war crimes
Former prime minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj was arrested in France on Wednesday on charges of war crimes filed by Serbia. Serbia claims that Haradinaj's unit, the Black Eagles, tortured and killed Serbian civilians. Kosovo's current president, H (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
