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UN war crimes tribunals call for cooperation in catching fugitives
Senior UN officials from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Monday urged countries to cooperate in the capture of numerous fugitives who remain at large. C (More) |
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Accused generals plead not guilty at Croatia war crimes trial
Two generals pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that include torturing prisoners of war and destruction of their property during the Croatian War of Independence . Mirko Norac and Rahim Ademi [case information, PDF; trial documents] had originally (More) |
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Montenegro arrests UN-indicted war crimes suspect
Montenegro authorities Sunday arrested Vlastimir Djordjevic , a former Serbian police general, for the murder and persecution of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in 1999. According to Djordjevic's indictment, he and six other high-ranking Serb offici (More) |
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Martic crimes against humanity judgment [ICTY]
The Prosecutor v. Milan Martic, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, June 12, 2007 . Read the full text of the judgment . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Former Serb republic leader convicted of crimes against humanity at ICTY
Milan Martic [ICTY case backgrounder, PDF; BBC profile] was convicted Tuesday by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of 16 counts of crimes against humanity and violations of laws and customs of war, for crimes inc (More) |
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ICTY chief prosecutor urges Serbia to arrest top war crimes fugitive
Carla Del Ponte , top prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) praised last week's arrest and extradition of war crimes suspect Zdravko Tolimir Wednesday, but reiterated that Serbia must arrest and e (More) |
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Srebrenica massacre survivors sue UN, Netherlands
Thousands of survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] filed a class action lawsuit against the United Nations and the Netherlands Monday, alleging that both are liable for their failure to protect civilians, (More) |
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Arrested aide to Mladic transferred to Hague war crimes court
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Friday confirmed the transfer to The Hague of newly arrested Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Zdravko Tolimir . Tolimir, a former Assistant Commander for Intelligence and Securi (More) |
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Top aide to Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Mladic arrested: reports
Zdravko Tolimir , a former Bosnian Serb general and a UN-indicted war crimes suspect, has been arrested, according to Thursday media reports. Tolimir, a close aide to war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive], i (More) |
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Serbia war crimes prosecutor investigating 12 for 1991 mass murders of Croats
Serbia's Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor Tuesday confirmed an ongoing investigation conducted in cooperation with Croatian authorities against 12 former Serb paramilitary members for their alleged role in the "torture, inhuman treatmen (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.
