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War crimes fugitive Mladic was hiding in Serbia until last year: Serb official
A Serbian government official has told AP that war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive] was hiding in Serbia until last year, but his current location remains unknown. Rasim Ljajic , Serbia's Minister of Hum (More) |
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EU lawmaker calls for Guantanamo to be replaced by international tribunal
A European Union lawmaker calling for the US to close its detention center at Guantanamo Bay suggested Thursday that it should be replaced with an international criminal tribunal to hear the cases of the approximately 450 alleged terror suspects no (More) |
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Serbia high court upholds prison terms for assassins of ex-president
The Serbian Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld 40-year prison sentences for four former members of a special police unit that took orders from then-Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic to kill ex-Serb President Ivan Stambolic [Guardian obituary] in (More) |
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ICTY not at fault for Serb war criminal suicide in custody: internal report
An internal report conducted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and released Friday has concluded that UN authorities were not at fault and there was no criminal conduct in the March 5 suicide of Croatian Serb leade (More) |
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Babic suicide internal report [ICTY]
Report to the President, Death of Milan Babic, Judge Kevin Parker, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, June 8, 2006 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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War crimes suspect going to ICTY after extradition from Russia
Russia has extradited Dragan Zelenovic , a Bosnian Serb wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to Bosnia, according to the Bosnian war crimes court on Friday. Bosnia plans to transfer Zelenovic to the ICTY & (More) |
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ICTY prosecutor to ask Security Council for power to arrest Karadzic, Mladic
Carla Del Ponte , chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has said that she will ask the UN Security Council to grant the ICTY power to apprehend former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case bac (More) |
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ICTY opens Milosevic health records
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday issued an order lifting the confidentiality of its health records for Slobodan Milosevic , the former Yugoslav leader accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity (More) |
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US cuts off aid to Serbia over failure to arrest Mladic
The United States has again suspended $7 million government-to-government aid to Serbia for failing to turn over Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. This is the fourth year in a row that the US suspended (More) |
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Milosevic death internal report [ICTY]
Report to the President, Death of Slobodan Milosevic, Judge Kevin Parker, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, May 31, 2006 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (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.
