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Croatian ex-general convicted of war crimes against Serbs
A Croatian district court judged convicted a retired Croatian general of war crimes Friday for failing to prevent his soldiers from torturing and killing Serbs and destroying their property during the Croatian War of Independence. Retired Gen. Mirko (More) |
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ICTY temporarily releases reporter indicted for exposing witness identity
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Friday provisionally released a Kosovar journalist indicted [PDF text; JURIST report] on contempt of court charges for allegedly publishing the identity of a witness in the war c (More) |
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ICTY indicts journalist for exposing witness in ex-Kosovo PM war crimes trial
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Tuesday indicted a Kosovar journalist on contempt of court charges for allegedly revealing the identity of a witness in the war crimes trial of former Kosovar Prime Minister Ramu (More) |
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ICTY transfers Kosovo war criminal to France prison
Convicted Kosovo Albanian war criminal Haradin Bala has been transferred to a prison in France to serve out the rest of his 13-year sentence , the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] (More) |
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ICTY transfers Bosnian Croat war criminal to Italy prison
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] said Tuesday that it has transferred a former Bosnian Croat military commander who was convicted of war crimes related to the forced reloca (More) |
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Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal seeks new trial claiming right to defense violated
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Thursday that Vidoje Blagojevic has requested a new trial. Blagojevic, former commander of the Bratunac Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army, claims that he had little acce (More) |
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HRW urges probe of Kosovo organ trafficking claims
New information concerning charges that separatist Kosovo Liberation Army leaders were involved in trafficking organs taken from Serb prisoners during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo justifies a probe into the allegations, Human Rights Watch said Mond (More) |
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Ramush Haradinaj: War Hero or War Criminal?
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Abigail Salisbury says that the recent war crimes acquittal of former Kosovo prime minister and Kosovo Liberation Army leader Ramush Haradinaj before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - a rul (More) |
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ICTY prosecutor appeals war crimes acquittal of former Kosovo PM
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz filed an appeal Friday against the court's acquittal of former Kosovo Prime Minister and Kosovo Liberation (More) |
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ICTY appeals judgment in Hadzihasanovic & Kubura case striking
Aleksandar Momirov [Lecturer, Erasmus University of Rotterdam]: "If the recent acquittal of Ramush Haradinaj by the Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) had all the characteristics of a judicial e (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.
