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Bosnia court sentences Bosnian Muslim to 30 years for war crimes
The Bosnian war crimes tribunal Tuesday sentenced a Bosnian Muslim to 30 years in prison for war crimes committed against Serbs in the 1992 - 1995 civil war . Niset Ramic received the longest sentence yet handed down by the Bosnian War Crimes Chamb (More) |
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Croatia 1991 wartime murder suspect extradited from Australia
Antun Gudelj, a Croatian man convicted in 1994 of murdering three police officials who were trying to negotiate with Serb rebels opposed to Croatian independence in 1991, was extradited from Australia to Croatia on Sunday. Gudelj, who maintains he a (More) |
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UN Hariri investigation identifies suspects, evidence
UN International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) head Serge Brammertz said in a report to the UN Security Council Thursday that the probe into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has identified severa (More) |
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Serbia president pledges arrest of war crimes fugitive Mladic within year
Serbia will arrest wanted war crimes fugitive Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive] and transfer him to the UN war crimes tribunal at The Hague within the year, President Boris Tadic said Friday. (More) |
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ICTY denies prosecution request to move Bosnian war crimes trial out of The Hague
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has denied a prosecution motion which sought to move the trial of former Bosnian army commander Rasim Delic [ICTY case backgrounder, PDF; Trial Watch profile] out of the interna (More) |
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Prosecutors want Bosnian war crimes trial moved out of ICTY
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Thursday filed an urgent motion seeking to move the trial of former Bosnian army commander Rasim Delic [UN case backgrounder, PDF; Trial Watch profile] out of the (More) |
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ICTY enters not guilty plea for accused Bosnian Serb war criminal
Judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] entered pleas of not guilty on behalf of Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Zdravko Tolimir Tuesday, after Tolimir refused to ente (More) |
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UN Hariri investigator expected to become next ICTY chief prosecutor
Serge Brammertz , the former Belgian federal prosecutor who currently heads the UN investigation into the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, is expected to replace Carla Del Ponte as the next chief prosecut (More) |
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US detains Rwanda genocide suspect
Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande announced Friday the arrest of Rwandan genocide suspect Isaac Kamali by US authorities at the Philadelphia International Airport while Kamali was attempting to enter the United States earlier this week. M (More) |
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Western powers push draft resolution to delay Kosovo independence
The US, France, and the UK circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution Wednesday seeking to postpone plans for Kosovo's independence for 120 days to facilitate further discussions with Serbia and Russia, which oppose independence. Kosovar (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.
