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ICTY prosecutor warns of substantial delay in Milosevic trial
Geoffrey Nice, the lawyer prosecuting former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , on Tuesday voiced his concern that the trial against the deposed leader will take anoth (More) |
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Croatian journalist to surrender to UN tribunal on contempt charges
Josip Jovic will surrender to the UN tribunal in The Hague Friday to face contempt charges in connection with publishing the name and testimony of a protected witness in 2000. Jovic and colleague Marijan Krizic were each charged with one count of co (More) |
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UN tribunal allows indicted ex-Kosovo PM to resume political activities
The UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has said that it will allow former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to participate in politics during his provisional release pending his war crimes trial. The tr (More) |
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Vukovar massacre trial opens at UN war crimes tribunal
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) opened their case Tuesday in the trial against three former officers of the Yugoslavian army who allegedly permitted the massacre of more than 200 hospital patient (More) |
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Five charged for Srebrenica killings by Serbian court
Serbia charged five members of a paramilitary group, the Scorpions, Friday for their roles in the Srebrenica massacre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in 1995. They and several others were arrested in June after a video showing them executi (More) |
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19,000 Serbs participated in Srebrenica massacre, government report finds
A Bosnian government panel said Tuesday that over 19,000 Bosnian Serbs, including policemen, army officials and civilians, participated in the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The report is based on information gained from the Serb Republic's In (More) |
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Lawyer: wanted Croatian general will surrender if tried at home
A defense lawyer for fugitive Gen. Ante Gotovina said in an interview Tuesday that his client would surrender to authorities if he is allowed to face trial in his home country of Croatia. Currently, Gotovina would face trial for alleged crimes duri (More) |
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ICTY says Croatia now cooperating on war crimes prosecutions
UN chief war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte said Monday that Croatia is now fully cooperating with war crimes investigations by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , a key turnaround expected to help restart stalled EU (More) |
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UN tribunal transfers war crimes suspect to Bosnian court
In the first case of a transfer from a UN tribunal to a Balkan country, Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Stankovic has been moved from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague to be tried in a Bosnian stat (More) |
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Croatian journalist pleads not guilty in ICTY contempt case
Croatian journalist Marijan Krizic pleaded not guilty Monday before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to charges that he revealed the identity of a protected witness in the Tihomir Blaskic case earlier this year. Krizic (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.
