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ICTY appeals chamber reduces sentence of former Bosnian Serb mayor
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Tuesday reduced [judgment summary, press release] the sentence of local Bosnian Serb politician Blagoje Simic from 17 to 15 years, after reversing one of his convictions. Simic w (More) |
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Serb nationalist war crimes defendant refuses to appear for trial
Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder] failed to appear in court Monday as his trial began at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . The court subsequently stripped Seselj of (More) |
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Serb nationalist war crimes defendant skips pre-trial hearing due to hunger strike
Hunger-striking Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder] refused to attend a preliminary hearing Wednesday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , saying his voice was too weak to be (More) |
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ICTY transfers first war crimes case to Serbia
The Referral Bench of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website, JURIST news archive] ruled Friday that the case of former Serbian commander Vladimir Kovacevic should be transferred to Serbia within 30 (More) |
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Bosnia war crimes court sentences first suspect transferred from ICTY
Bosnia's national war crimes court sentenced a former Bosnian Serb soldier to 16 years in prison Tuesday in the first judgment handed down against a defendant transferred to Bosnia from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugosl (More) |
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Serb nationalist war crimes defendant on hunger strike over court-appointed counsel
Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder] has started a hunger strike ahead of his trial, scheduled for November 27 at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), demanding that the I (More) |
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ICTY drops 5 of 14 charges against Serb nationalist war crimes defendant
A panel of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ordered prosecutors Wednesday to drop five of the 14 charges against Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder], ruling that the dropped "crimes against (More) |
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Jordanian lawyers decry Saddam death sentence
Lawyers in Jordan held a one-hour strike Tuesday to protest the death sentences [JURIST report; BBC Q/A] imposed over the weekend against Saddam Hussein and two co-defendants in the Dujail crimes against humanity case [JURIST news archive; BBC trial (More) |
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Bosnia court begins war crimes trial of ex-justice minister
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Monday began the trial of Momcilo Mandic , a former interior minister and then justice minister in the Bosnian Serb government of Radovan Karadzic from 1992-95. Mandic pleaded not gui (More) |
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Bosnia war crimes court sentences Serb commander to 26 years
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina [official website; HRW backgrounder] Friday convicted former Bosnian Serb military commander Marko Samardzija [press release; case backgrounder] of crimes against humanity for ordering th (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.
