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ICTY orders former Croatian general to stay in The Hague until trial
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] ruled Wednesday that former Croatian general Ante Gotovina [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] must remain in detention in The Hague until hi (More) |
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UN Security Council approves Brammertz as ICTY chief prosecutor
The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously approved the appointment of Serge Brammertz [ICC profile; JURIST news archive] as the new chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Secretary Genera (More) |
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ICTY witnesses in former Kosovo leader trial too fearful to testify
The last two witnesses for the prosecution in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia case against former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj [ICTY backgrounder, PDF; BBC profile] and two other members of the Kosovo Liberati (More) |
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Dutch court allows Srebrenica lawsuit against UN, Netherlands to proceed
A court in the Netherlands ruled Tuesday that the families of approximately 8,000 Bosnian Muslims who were killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC timeline; JURIST news archive] can proceed with their class action lawsuit [JURIST report; case ba (More) |
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UN SG nominating Brammertz as next ICTY prosecutor
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told the UN Security Council that he is nominating Serge Brammertz to replace Carla Del Ponte as the next chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Brammertz is c (More) |
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Former Canada prosecutor tapped to head UN Hariri investigation
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has nominated former Canadian Deputy Attorney General Daniel Bellemare [Ya Libnan profile] to serve as the commissioner of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) [authorizing resolution; UN (More) |
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Former Bosnian Croat soldier transferred to Sweden to finish ICTY sentence
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has transferred former Bosnian Croat soldier Miroslav Bralo to Sweden to serve the remainder of his 20-year prison sentence, DPA reported Monday. Christer Isaksson, head of secur (More) |
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Serb nationalist leader slams ICTY in opening statement of war crimes trial
Serb nationalist leader and war crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder, PDF] used his opening statement at his trial Thursday to call the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) "illegal a (More) |
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ICTY orders interrogation of Croatian journalists on contempt suspicions
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [official website; JURIST news archive] Wednesday ordered eight Croatian journalists to be questioned about possible contempt of court violations for revealing confidential information. T (More) |
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Retired Serb general arrested by Bosnia police for 1995 war crimes
Bosnian police Wednesday arrested retired Serbian General Novack Djukic for alleged involvement in a 1995 war crime in which the Republika Srpska Army fired a single artillery shell into the central square of the town of Tuzla. Seventy-one people (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.
