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US war crimes envoy says Bosnian Serb fugitives must not be tried in Belgrade
US ambassador-at-large for war crimes Clint Williamson told a Sarajevo newspaper in an interview published Tuesday that the United States would consider it "absolutely unacceptable" for fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY (More) |
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A Gallows in Baghdad: International Justice in 2006
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, former Chief Prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, says that the execution of Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity brought to a close a watershed year (More) |
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Annan urges greater efforts to protect human rights worldwide
Outgoing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for greater efforts to protect human rights worldwide in a speech [text; recorded video] marking International Human Rights Day . Annan on Friday acknowledged that the UN has often failed to live (More) |
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US urges Serbia to increase efforts to capture war crimes fugitives
Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina must arrest former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case backgrounder; BBC profile] and his military commander Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive], both wanted on war crimes charges, in (More) |
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Bosnia court begins war crimes trial of ex-justice minister
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Monday began the trial of Momcilo Mandic , a former interior minister and then justice minister in the Bosnian Serb government of Radovan Karadzic from 1992-95. Mandic pleaded not gui (More) |
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UN war crimes courts call for aid in arresting fugitives
In a plenary session of the UN General Assembly Monday, judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [official website; J (More) |
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Serbs put police on trial for Kosovo war crimes as Mladic controversy swirls
Eight former Serbian police officers went on trial Monday in Belgrade's special war crimes court charged with the slaying of 48 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in 1999. Their commander pleaded not guilty; the remaining defendants will enter their pl (More) |
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ICTY chief prosecutor suggests EU should finance war crimes court
Chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [official website; JURIST news archive] Carla Del Ponte challenged the European Union Friday to fund the war crimes court if UN monies runs dry before the ICTY is ab (More) |
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Former Bosnian Serb parliament leader sentenced to 27 years for war crimes
Former Bosnian Serb parliamentary leader Momcilo Krajisnik was sentenced [press release; judgment, PDF] to 27 years' imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday for various war crimes relat (More) |
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ICTY prosecutors seek life sentence for former Bosnian Serb parliament speaker
Prosecutors in the war crimes case against Momcilo Krajisnik , a former Bosnian Serb speaker of parliament and the right hand man to former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case backgrounder; BBC profile], have called for a life sentence f (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
