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Protests continue over arrest of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic
Thousands of protesters gathered in cities throughout Bosnia and Serbia on Sunday to demonstrate their continued opposition to the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader and fugitive Radovan Karadzic [ICTY materials; JURIST news archive]. Serbian n (More) |
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Karadzic's Choice: Why War Criminals Defend Themselves
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, former Chief Prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, says that the declaration by recently-arrested Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic that he w (More) |
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ICTY convicts journalist for exposing witness in war crimes trial
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday convicted [judgment summary; press release] a Kosovar journalist on contempt of court charges and fined him 7,000 euros for revealing the identity of a witness in the (More) |
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Genocide suspect Karadzic threatens lawsuit based on kidnapping claim
A lawyer for Bosnian Serb leader and former fugitive Radovan Karadzic [ICTY materials; JURIST news archive] on Thursday threatened to sue several unknown persons whom he alleges kidnapped Karadzic last week. Serbian officials have said that Karadzi (More) |
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Serbia plans to extradite Karadzic to face trial for war crimes
A Serbian prosecutor said on Tuesday that the government plans to extradite Bosnian Serb leader and former fugitive Radovan Karadzic [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to the Hague to face an International Criminal Tribunal for the fo (More) |
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War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic captured after 13 years
Serbian President Boris Tadic announced Monday evening that Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] had been captured earlier Monday by Serbian security forces. Karadzic is accused of war crimes stemming from his alle (More) |
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ICTY convicts former Yugoslavia general on additional Dubrovnik siege charges
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Thursday convicted [judgment summary; press release] former Yugoslav general Pavle Strugar on additional charges related to his role in the 1991 shelling of Dubrovnik , the historic Cro (More) |
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ICTY acquits Macedonia ex-interior minister of war crimes charges
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] Thursday acquitted [press release; judgment summary] Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski of charges related to the deaths o (More) |
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Russia: ICTY should be closed due to bias
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday said the recent acquittal of Bosnian Muslim war crimes suspect Naser Oric [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive] by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) shows (More) |
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ICTY begins joint war crimes trial of Bosnian Serb cousins
A pair of Bosnian Serb cousins went to trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; press briefing] Wednesday on charges of murder, extermination and torture. Milan Lukic and Sredoje Lukic [in (More) |
Continental Congress adopted Declaration of Independence
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence separating the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
Learn more about Independence Day from the Library of Congress.
