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BREAKING NEWS ~ Milosevic found dead in prison cell
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic , on trial at The Hague for genocide and war crimes , has died suddenly, according to the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia . The cause of death is not yet known. The Tribunal has issued th (More) |
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Haradinaj provisional release political activity ruling [ICTY]
The Prosecutor v. Ramush Haradinaj, Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, March 10, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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ICTY approves return to politics of ex-Kosovo PM on tighter conditions
An appeals panel of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ruled Friday that former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] can return to politics in Kosovo during his provisional release pen (More) |
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Contempt finding for revealing protected witness [ICTY]
The Prosecutor v. Ivica Marijacic and Markica Rebic, Trial Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, March 10, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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War crimes court finds Croats who leaked witness name in contempt
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague Friday convicted two Croatians - a journalist and a former security official - for contempt in disclosing the name of a protected witnesses in the 1997 war crimes trial of (More) |
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Serbia slams ICTY for Babic suicide, calls for thorough investigation
Serbian officials have criticized prison officials from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for failing to prevent the suicide of Milan Babic [ICTY case backgrounder, JURIST news archive], former wartime leader of Croatia (More) |
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ICTY cuts Srebrenica massacre sentence of Bosnian Serb commander
Appellate judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Wednesday reduced the sentence of former Bosnian Serb army commander Momir Nikolic to 20 years, saying the lower chamber erred by failing to recognize Nikolic (More) |
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Serb war criminal commits suicide serving ICTY sentence
Milan Babic , former wartime leader of Croatia's rebel Serbs during the Balkan wars, was found dead in his cell at a UN detention facility Sunday after he committed suicide. Babic was sentenced by the International Criminal Tribunal for the fo (More) |
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Milosevic subpoenas Clinton for ICTY trial
Two British court-appointed lawyers assisting former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] have submitted a motion to subpoena former US president Bill Clinton to testify at Milosevic's trial before the Intern (More) |
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EU threatens to suspend membership talks with Serbia over Mladic
EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said Monday that the European Union will suspend membership negotiations with Serbia and Montenegro if it did not fully cooperate in apprehending war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; BBC (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.
