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ICTY: Belgrade not cooperating in arresting suspects
Judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday accused Belgrade of not cooperating in their efforts to arrest three suspects charged with witness tampering. The UN tribunal issued arrest warrants for the (More) |
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Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide dies in custody
Bosnian Serb General Zdravko Tolimir died on Monday in custody in The Hague. Tolimir was convicted of genocide and given a life sentence by UN judges in 2012. Last year the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) upheld th (More) |
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The Genocide Rhetoric in Burundi
JURIST Guest Columnist Pacifique Manirakiza of the University of Ottawa Law School discusses the debate surrounding what is going on in Burundi and proposes a different view... Burundi is undergoing a political and constitutional crisis. Following t (More) |
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Kosovo war crimes court to be established in The Hague
The Dutch government on Friday announced the establishment of a special court being set up in The Hague to investigate and try alleged war crimes committed by ethnic Albanian rebels during and after Kosovo's 1998-99 guerilla war. According to the gov (More) |
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Ohio man sentenced for lying about participation in ethnic cleansing
A federal court in Ohio on Tuesday sentenced Serbian refugee Slobodan Mutic to two years in prison for lying on immigration forms about his participation in ethnic cleansing and genocide in the former Yugoslavia. A spokesperson for the Cleveland Di (More) |
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Three men arrested in Bosnia for 1992 killings
Three former members of the Bosnian Muslim armed forces were arrested on Monday in Tulza, a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for allegedly killing as many as 10 Serb civilians in Srebrenica in July 1992. The victims were killed near a police station (More) |
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ICTY orders retrial for 2 Serbs acquitted of war crimes
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday ordered a retrial [judgment summary, PDF; press release] for two senior Serbian officials acquitted of war crimes during the 1990s Balkans conflict. (More) |
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ICTY unveils arrest warrants for three involved in Seselj trial
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslav (ICTY) publicly announced on Tuesday confidential charges and arrest warrants for contempt of court against three people involved in the Vojislav Šešelj trial . Petar Jojić, Jovo Ostojić (More) |
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Bosnia police arrest 3 accused of war crimes
Bosnian police on Tuesday arrested three men suspected of committing war crimes during the 1990s. Sarajevo lawyer Ibro Merkez and Gorazde police commissioner Esef Huric are alleged to have illegally detained and imprisoned 100 Serbs in the city of (More) |
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OSCE: Serbia war crimes prosecutions inadequate, incomplete
Serbia has yet to completely investigate and adequately prosecute war crimes that occurred in the 1990s conflict, according to a report released Tuesday by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) . The report, which details (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.
