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ICTY enters not guilty plea for accused Bosnian Serb war criminal
Judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] entered pleas of not guilty on behalf of Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Zdravko Tolimir Tuesday, after Tolimir refused to ente (More) |
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UN Hariri investigator expected to become next ICTY chief prosecutor
Serge Brammertz , the former Belgian federal prosecutor who currently heads the UN investigation into the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, is expected to replace Carla Del Ponte as the next chief prosecut (More) |
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Western powers push draft resolution to delay Kosovo independence
The US, France, and the UK circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution Wednesday seeking to postpone plans for Kosovo's independence for 120 days to facilitate further discussions with Serbia and Russia, which oppose independence. Kosovar (More) |
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UN war crimes tribunals call for cooperation in catching fugitives
Senior UN officials from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Monday urged countries to cooperate in the capture of numerous fugitives who remain at large. C (More) |
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Montenegro arrests UN-indicted war crimes suspect
Montenegro authorities Sunday arrested Vlastimir Djordjevic , a former Serbian police general, for the murder and persecution of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in 1999. According to Djordjevic's indictment, he and six other high-ranking Serb offici (More) |
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ICTY chief prosecutor urges Serbia to arrest top war crimes fugitive
Carla Del Ponte , top prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) praised last week's arrest and extradition of war crimes suspect Zdravko Tolimir Wednesday, but reiterated that Serbia must arrest and e (More) |
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Srebrenica massacre survivors sue UN, Netherlands
Thousands of survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] filed a class action lawsuit against the United Nations and the Netherlands Monday, alleging that both are liable for their failure to protect civilians, (More) |
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Arrested aide to Mladic transferred to Hague war crimes court
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Friday confirmed the transfer to The Hague of newly arrested Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Zdravko Tolimir . Tolimir, a former Assistant Commander for Intelligence and Securi (More) |
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Serbia war crimes prosecutor hints at progress in Mladic search
Vladimir Vukcevic , war crimes prosecutor of Serbia, told reporters Tuesday that the search for former Bosnian Serb military chief and UN-indicted war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive] "has not stopped f (More) |
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Human rights groups oppose Serbia Council of Europe presidency
With Serbia poised to assume the rotating presidency of the Council of Europe this week, several human rights groups have spoken out against the country's new role, asserting that a country in violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention should n (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.
