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UN rights experts urge Bosnia not to release convicted war criminal
A group of independent UN human rights experts on Wednesday warned against the possible release of convicted war criminal Milorad Trbic following the reversal of his sentence by the Bosnian Constitutional Court . Trbic was convicted in 2009 of com (More) |
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Bosnia police arrest 12 suspected of war crimes
Bosnian police on Monday arrested 12 men suspected of war crimes during the 1992-95 Bosnian Civil War . The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina stated that these individuals allegedly violated Article 172 of the Criminal Code , committin (More) |
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Serb nationalist released from ICTY custody for health reasons
Vojislav Seselj [official website, in Serbian; JURIST news archive] returned home to Serbia on Wednesday, following his temporary release from prison. The Serbian far-right ultranationalist leader has been in custody at The Hague since 2003, after h (More) |
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Karadzic ICTY genocide trial ends
Judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday retired to consider their verdicts in the trial of Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. Prosecutors delivered t (More) |
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Karadzic denies link to Bosnian war atrocities
Former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday insisted upon his innocence during closing remarks at his genocide trial at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (More) |
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ICTY prosecutors deliver closing arguments at Karadzic genocide trial
Prosecutors called former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic a liar on Monday during closing remarks at his genocide trial at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Karadzic is charged [ICTY case summa (More) |
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Former Yugoslav spy chief charged with 1983 murder of dissident
German federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged Zdravko Musac, former head of the Yugoslavia secret service, with complicity in the 1983 murder of expatriate Yugoslav political dissident Stjepan Durekovic near Munich. Musac, now 72 years old, was ext (More) |
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UN criminal tribunals for Rwanda and former Yugoslavia praised at Security Council meeting
Officials from the UN Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia addressed [press release; video] the UN Security Council Thursday to discuss the work that has been achieved as the tribunals mark 20 years of existence in 2014 and begin (More) |
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Europe rights court upholds conviction of Croatia war criminal
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) upheld the conviction of former Croatian army commander Fred Margus on Wednesday. Margus challenged his 2007 conviction [Jutarnjilist report] for war crimes against civilians during the 1990s Yugoslav wars (More) |
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Ratko Mladic opens defense at UN genocide trial
Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] began his defense case before the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday with testimony of Mile Sladoje, a former Serb army officer w (More) |
Sherman Antitrust Act passed by Congress
On July 2, 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act became the first anti-monopoly legislation passed by Congress.
Learn more about the Sherman Act.
