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Serbia plan for Mladic capture prompts calls for details from ICTY, EU
ICTY chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and EU diplomats have criticized a new Serbian plan to arrest war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive] as too vague, although they acknowledged "positive elements." (More) |
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Ten Serbs charged with hiding war crimes suspect Mladic: report
Belgrade prosecutors filed criminal charges against ten Serbs on Friday, accusing them of hiding indicted war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive] from authorities, according to Belgrade radio station B92 . The (More) |
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Chief ICTY prosecutor cut off at outset of courtroom speech on Srebrenica
Chief UN war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte was unceremoniously cut off at a Friday hearing for seven Bosnian Serbs indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in connection with the 1995 Srebrenica massacre (More) |
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EU could resume Serbia membership talks without Mladic arrest
The European Union may resume talks with Serbia over the country's possible accession into the EU this fall, even if indicted war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive] has not been arrested and handed over t (More) |
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Serbia president calls for equal treatment of war criminals on Srebrenica anniversary
Serbian President Boris Tadic [official website; BBC profile] said Tuesday on the 11th anniversary of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [PBS backgrounder; JURIST news archive] of some 8000 Muslim men and boys that all war criminals should be punished, re (More) |
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ICTY begins contempt trial of Croatian journalist
Defense lawyers argued that Croatian journalist Josip Jovic should not have been prosecuted for contempt as his trial began Tuesday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] in Th (More) |
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ICTY begins Kosovo war crimes trial for former Serbian leaders
The trial of six men accused of war crimes in Kosovo in 1999, including former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic , began at the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Monday. Milutinovic and his five co-defendants - former Serbia (More) |
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US and British agents assisting Mladic manhunt
Serbian Defense Minister Zoran Stankovic said Saturday that US and British intelligence agents are helping with the search for indicted UN war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic [ICTY backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The Serbian government holds that i (More) |
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ICTY convicts former Bosnian commander on Srebrenica charges
The International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday convicted Naser Oric [ICTY case backgrounder; Wikipedia profile], a former senior commander of Bosnian Muslim forces in Srebrenica, for failing to prevent the murder and inhuman (More) |
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Serbia high court finds Milosevic ordered political killings
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic ordered the 2000 killing of communist-era Serbian President Ivan Stambolic [Guardian obituary], his former mentor, to consolidate his hold on power in the former Yugoslavia, Serbia's Supreme Court sa (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.
