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Former Croat generals to face Hague war crimes trial in May
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] announced Wednesday that three former Croatian generals will begin their war crimes trial at The Hague in May. Ante Gotovina , Ivan Cermak (More) |
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Bosnia Serb paramilitary leader changing plea to guilty in war crimes case
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [official website; JURIST news archive] said Tuesday that Dragan Zelenovic will plead guilty to rape and murder charges stemming from the Bosnian Serb's time as a poli (More) |
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War crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb general begins at ICTY
The trial of Dragomir Milosevic began Thursday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia . Milosevic, a former Bosnian Serb general not related to former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, has been indicted on crimes a (More) |
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Mass hunger strike halts Bosnian war crimes court
A coordinated hunger strike has halted proceedings before Bosnia's national war crimes after multiple defendants boycotted the court Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, demanding to be tried under the criminal code in place at the time of their alleg (More) |
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US war crimes envoy says Bosnian Serb fugitives must not be tried in Belgrade
US ambassador-at-large for war crimes Clint Williamson told a Sarajevo newspaper in an interview published Tuesday that the United States would consider it "absolutely unacceptable" for fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY (More) |
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The Haditha Double Standard
JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Hansen of New England School of Law says the disparate charges brought against US Marine Corps officers and enlisted men in connection with the killings of Iraqi civilians at Haditha manifest a double standard of crimina (More) |
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Bosnian Serb sentenced to 20 years by war crimes court
The war crimes Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina convicted its third defendant in one week on Friday when it sentenced Dragan Damjanovic to twenty years in prison. Damjanovic was found guilty on six of the seven counts of crimes against humanity li (More) |
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Rwanda businessman pleads guilty to crimes against humanity charge
Joseph Nzabirinda , a Rwandan businessman charged in connection with the 1994 Rwandan genocide, pleaded guilty to murder as a crime against humanity Thursday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda . Nzabirinda was initially charged wit (More) |
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Serbia high court orders retrial in Vukovar war crimes case
The Serbian Supreme Court ordered a retrial Thursday in the case of 14 former members of Serb militias who were convicted of war crimes for killing some 200 Croatian POWs at a pig farm near Vukovar in 1991 at the end of a three-month siege there. (More) |
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Milosevic trial study recommends changes to war crimes process
A Human Rights Watch study of the five-year trial of late Yugoslav ex-president Slobodan Milosevic released Wednesday has proposed [press release; HRW recorded audio] making changes in future national and international war crimes trial procedures (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
