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Ex-Serb soldier admits to executing 200 Croatian POWs in Vukovar massacre
A former Serbian soldier admitted in a special high-security court in Belgrade on Tuesday that he participated in the November 1991 execution of about 200 Croatian prisoners of war at a pig farm. The testimony by Ivan Atansijevic was the first ad (More) |
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Milosevic requests health-related delay in war crimes trial
Former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic requested a recess in his war crimes trial Tuesday, to allow him time to recover from the strain of defending himself. Milosevic submitted a report from his doctors to the UN-backed International Cri (More) |
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Milosevic lawyers urge trial postponement for health reasons
Lawyers for former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic are urging another postponement in his trial for war crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , which has now spanned four years. After complaining rec (More) |
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Hague to Serbia: deliver war criminal Mladic before year-end or risk EU bid
Serbian Defense Minister Zoran Stankovic said Friday on Serbian state television that Theodor Meron, president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive], had threatened Serbia wit (More) |
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ICTY chief judge scolds Serbia for delays in handing over wanted war criminals
Theodor Meron, president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , said Friday during a visit to Belgrade that the tribunal is becoming impatient with Serbia's "endless delays" in handing over war crime (More) |
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ICTY transfers first case to Croatia
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on Tuesday transferred its case against Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac to Croatia, marking the first time a case involving persons already indicted by the ICTY has been transferred to the (More) |
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The Reckoning: Trying Saddam Hussein
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Greg Kehoe, US Department of Justice Regime Crimes Liaison to the Iraqi Special Tribunal in Baghdad from March 2004 until March 2005, says that while the current Ad Dujayl case against Saddam Hussein is not about the bi (More) |
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ICTY to rule again on Kosovo ex-PM's political activities pending trial
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague is this week expected to make a final ruling on a bid by accused former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to return to political life in Kosovo pending his scheduled t (More) |
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European Commission agrees to hold membership talks with Bosnia
The European Commission agreed Friday to negotiate with Bosnia to form a cooperation agreement that may result in the country's full membership to the European Union. The commission said that in order for talks to move forward, Bosnia should i (More) |
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Milosevic denied more time to question witnesses
Judges at The Hague Thursday refused a request by Slobodan Milosevic , on trial for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , for more time to question witnesses fo (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.
