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ICTR to allow conjugal visits for detainees
Genocide suspects held at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) will now be able to receive conjugal visits, court officials said Saturday. Court spokesman Roland Amoussouga said that the new policy would bring the court's pract (More) |
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ICTY appeals court overturns conviction of Bosnian Muslim Srebrenica commander
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Thursday struck down [judgment summary, text; ICTY press release] the war crime conviction of former senior Bosnian Muslim military commander Naser Oric [IC (More) |
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Council of Europe to investigate Kosovo organ trafficking allegations
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) announced Wednesday that it will prepare a report on allegations of organ trafficking in Kosovo. Former prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (More) |
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Serbia not cooperating with Tribunal: ICTY president
The president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] wrote in a letter [text, PDF; press release] to the UN Monday that the Serbian government had failed to cooperate with Trib (More) |
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Ex-Bosnian Serb police chief transferred to ICTY for war crimes trial
Serbian officials transferred former Bosnian Serb police commander Stojan Zupljanin to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] Saturday after the War Crimes Chamber of the Belgrad (More) |
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Serbia prosecutor threatened over Hague extradition of war crimes suspect
A telephone caller threatened the life of the Serbian prosecutor responsible for the arrest and extradition of war crimes suspect Stojan Zupljanin to the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , the Serbian Prosecutor's Office (More) |
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Dutch court hears Srebrenica refugee lawsuit against Netherlands
The district court in The Hague Monday began hearing the first civil action against the Dutch State for the actions of its peacekeeping troops during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC timeline; JURIST news archive]. The plaintiffs - UN translator H (More) |
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Serbia police arrest Bosnia war crimes fugitive wanted by ICTY
Former Bosnian Serb police commander Stojan Zupljanin was arrested by Serbian authorities Wednesday. Zupljanin is wanted by the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and violation (More) |
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Rwanda genocide tribunal seeks more time to complete trials
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to extend the ICTR's mandate so that the court can complete all war crimes trials. Hassan Bubacar Jallow said in a report that (More) |
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New ICTY prosecutor vows to try all war crimes suspects before mandate expires
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] will complete its caseload before its mandate expires in 2010, Serge Brammertz promised in his first address [transcript; press release] be (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.
