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Former Serb paramilitary commanders go on trial at ICTY
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] began the war crimes trial of two former Serb paramilitary commanders Monday. Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic are charged with murder, (More) |
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The DOJ and the Geneva Conventions: Getting Rights Wrong
JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that recently disclosed US Department of Justice letters to US Senate Intelligence Committee member Ron Wyden (D-OR) on detainee interrogations reflect a misleading (More) |
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ICTY transfers Bosnian Croat leader to serve war crimes sentence in Italy
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] said Friday that it has transferred a former Bosnian Croat leader who was convicted of war crimes related to the torture and persecutions o (More) |
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ICTY partially overturns war crimes convictions of Bosnian Muslims
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday partially overturned [judgment summary; ICTY press release] the convictions of former Bosnian Muslim General Enve (More) |
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Serbia must do more to arrest war crimes fugitives: ICTY chief prosecutor
Serbia is not doing enough to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , ICTY Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz said Thursday. Brammertz said he was especially concerned with Serbia's inability to find a (More) |
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EU urged to ensure Croat war criminals brought to justice
The European Union (EU) must do more to ensure that those responsible for war crimes committed during the 1991-1995 Croatian War of Independence are brought to justice, Amnesty International said Tuesday. Amnesty called on the EU to use Croatia&# (More) |
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Serbia asking ICTY to reopen probe into Kosovo organ trafficking allegations
Serbia plans to officially request that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resume a probe into allegations that separatist Kosovo Liberation Army leaders were involved in trafficking organs taken from Serb prisoner (More) |
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Bosnia war crimes court issues custody order for Srebrenica massacre suspect
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday issued a custody order for a former Bosnian Serb special police officer suspected of involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC timeline, JURIST news archive]. Vaso Tod (More) |
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Switzerland government bars Del Ponte from promoting war crimes book
The Switzerland Foreign Ministry has barred former ICTY chief prosecutor and current Swiss ambassador to Argentina Carla Del Ponte [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] from publicly promoting her new book "The Hunt: Me and War Criminals," a (More) |
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ICTY Haradinaj acquittal extraordinary
Aleksandar Momirov [lecturer, Erasmus University]: "In what has been perceived as an astonishing judgment by many, the Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) acquitted Ramush Haradinaj and Idriz Bal (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.
