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Slovakia signs agreement to offer prisons to ICTY convicts
Slovakia has signed an enforcement of sentences agreement with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] to allow ICTY convicts to be held in Slovakian prisons, the ICTY announced (More) |
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Former Bosnian Serb police chief pleads not guilty to crimes against humanity
War crimes suspect Vinko Kondic pleaded not guilty Monday in the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to crimes against humanity and incitement to genocide charges allegedly committed during the Bosnian war. A former police d (More) |
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Serbia officials denounce acquittal of former Kosovo PM on war crimes charges
Serbian officials Friday condemned the Thursday war crimes acquittal [judgment summary; JURIST report] of former Kosovo Prime Minister and Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander Ramush Haradinaj by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former (More) |
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Haradinaj war crimes acquittal [ICTY]
Prosecutor v. Ramush Haradinaj et al., International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Trial Chamber, April 3, 2008 . Read the full text of the judgment file format . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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ICTY acquits former Kosovo PM of war crimes charges
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] Thursday acquitted [judgment summary; press release] former Kosovo prime minister and Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander Ramush Haradina (More) |
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EU, NATO forces raid homes of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect's family
EU and NATO forces on Thursday raided the homes of family members of wanted Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic [BBC profile; ICTY indictment], looking for information on Karadzic's location. In a sunrise raid, the forces entered th (More) |
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Serbia war crimes prosecutor investigating alleged organ trafficking
The Office of Serbia's War Crimes Prosecutor said Friday that it is investigating "informal statements" it has received from investigators at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) that dozens of impriso (More) |
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Bosnia war crimes court indicts former soldier for crimes against humanity
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Tuesday indicted [press release; case materials] a Bosnian Serb ex-soldier for crimes against humanity allegedly committed against Muslims in the Bosnian war of the early 1990s. Miodra (More) |
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Former Croatian generals go on trial at ICTY
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] began the trial of Croatian general Ante Gotovina [ICTY case backgrounder, PDF; BBC profile] and two other militant commanders Tuesday. Got (More) |
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Bosnian Serb ex-police officers plead not guilty in Bosnia war crimes court
Two former Bosnian Serb police officers pleaded not guilty [press release; case summary] Friday to war crime charges before the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina . Krsto Savic is accused of involvement in the arrest and kill (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.
