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UN Hariri tribunal appoints officials, adopts procedural rules
The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) has named several key officials and finalized procedural and evidentiary rules in order to begin investigating and trying those involved in the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister (More) |
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ICTY reduces former Serb leader's sentence
The appellate chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday partially reversed the conviction and reduced the sentence [judgment summary, PDF; press release] of former Bosnian Serb parliamentary leader M (More) |
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Serbia war crimes court convicts 13 in Vukovar killings retrial
A Serbian war crimes court in Belgrade convicted 13 Serbs Thursday in connection with the 1991 killings of over 200 Croatian POWs at a pig farm outside the Croatian town of Vukovar . Eighteen Serbs were originally charged over the incident. Charges (More) |
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Karadzic refuses to enter pleas before ICTY on amended war crimes charges
Former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic [ICTY materials; JURIST news archive] refused to enter pleas on Tuesday to 11 amended charges including genocide and crimes against humanity in a hearing before the International Cr (More) |
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Former Serbia president acquitted of war crimes charges
Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic [TrialWatch profile; ICTY case backgrounder, PDF] on Thursday was acquitted [judgment summary, PDF; press release] of all charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tri (More) |
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Acquitted Yugoslavia ex-military officer sues Serbia over imprisonment
Former Yugoslav National Army officer Miroslav Radic on Wednesday sued Serbia for the four years and six months he was detained during his trial by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Radic was acquitted [dec (More) |
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ICTY rules prosecution may amend Karadzic indictment
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday granted in part [decision, PDF; press release] the prosecution's motion [text, PDF; JURIST report] to amend the indictment against former Bosnian Serb leader and war (More) |
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ICTY delays Seselj trial over witness intimidation concerns
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugolavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday indefinitely suspended [decision, PDF, in French; ICTY press release] the trial of Volislav Seselj [ICTY materials; JURIST news (More) |
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Australia court rejects accused Serb war criminal extradition appeal
The Australian Federal Court Tuesday dismissed the application of former Serbian paramilitary commander Dragan Vasiljkovic for review of a 2007 extradition order that he be handed over to Croatian authorities. Vasiljkovic, also known as Daniel S (More) |
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Karadzic requests shortened indictment to expedite war crimes trial
Former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic [ICTY materials; JURIST news archive] requested Thursday that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) shorten his indictment in order to expedite his (More) |
Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis
On April 7, 529 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe.
Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
