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Investigating French Officials' Role In Rwanda Genocide
JURIST Guest Columnist Jean-Marie Kamatali of Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law discusses the benefits of investigating French officials' role in the Rwanda Genocide...On November 29th the Prosecutor General of Rwanda released a statemen (More) |
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UN prosecutors urge life sentence for Ratko Mladic
Prosecutors in the war crimes trial of Ratko Mladić on Wednesday urged the judges to impose a life sentence. The trial commenced on May 16, 2012, before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and is now in its final st (More) |
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Prosecutors begin closing arguments in Ratko Mladic war crimes trial
Prosecutors before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday began closing arguments in the trial of former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic . It is expected that the closing arguments will last over one week (More) |
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Bosnia prosecutor charges officials with war crimes
The prosecutor for the Special Department for War Crimes on Friday indicted six former officials in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War. The men were members of a so-called "Crisis Staff," which (More) |
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Croatia war crimes suspect extradited from US to Bosnia
Azra Basic, a Croatian woman wanted for war crimes she allegedly committed against Serbs during the 1992-95 war, was extradited from the US to Bosnia Herzegovina on Tuesday. A report from the Prosecutor's Office of BiH stated that Basic, 58, was tr (More) |
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Croatia prosecutor charges ex-Yugoslav military officers with war crimes
A Croatian prosecutor on Tuesday charged eight ex-Yugoslav military officers, including commander Borislav Djukic, with war crimes perpetrated during the Croatian War of Independence . Croatia split from the former Yugoslavia in 1991, and the natio (More) |
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Bosnian Serbs vote to maintain January 9 as holiday despite court ruling
Bosnian Serbs voted in a referendum Sunday to maintain January 9 as a national holiday in defiance of a court ruling. The date remembers January 9, 1992, when ethnic Serbians declared their own state within Bosnia and triggered a deadly conflict in (More) |
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Bosnian Serbs to hold holiday referendum despite court ruling
Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik stated to the press on Monday that there will be referendum for Bosnian Serbs regarding a disputed holiday in their autonomous region. The referendum will take place [RFE/FL report] on September 25 and will as (More) |
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Republic of Srpska assembly sets date for referendum on Statehood Day
The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska voted on Friday to hold a referendum within its territory on September 25 to decide whether to set its Statehood Day on January 9. The date coincides with an Orthodox Christian holiday and is therefor (More) |
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ICTY war crimes defendant Goran Hadzic dies
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) war crimes defendant Goran Hadzic [ICTY backgrounder; JURIST news archive], the former president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina during the Croatian War of Independence , died Tuesd (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.
