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Serbia paramilitary members shown in taped Srebrenica executions found guilty
Serbia's war crimes court found four members of the Scorpions paramilitary group guilty of murder Tuesday for their role in the 1995 slaughter of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica . The charges were based on video footage [JURIST video; JURIST report (More) |
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ICJ did not review full ICTY archive in holding Serbia not guilty of genocide: NYT
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) did not consider the full archives from the war crimes tribunal at The Hague in making its finding that Serbia did not commit genocide during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war and was not liable for damages, inste (More) |
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ICTY reduces sentence of former Bosnian Serb leader by two years
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Tuesday slightly reduced the 32-year sentence [opinion, PDF; ICTY press release] of former Bosnian Serb leader Radislav Brdjanin , but upheld the majority o (More) |
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ICJ: Serbia not guilty of Bosnia genocide but broke law by not preventing Srebrenica
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered its judgment [text; summary] Monday in the long-anticipated case of Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro , finding that although the Serbian government was not directly responsible for ge (More) |
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US wants ICTY kept open until most wanted war crimes suspects caught
US ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Douglas McElhaney has told the Nezavisne Novine daily that the US wants the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to stay open beyond the end of its scheduled trials in 2008 and appeal (More) |
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ICTY prosecutor says tribunal a success despite fugitive war crimes suspects
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] has achieved marked success in bringing international war criminals to justice, chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte told a conference on Thurs (More) |
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ICTY chief prosecutor to leave post in September
Carla Del Ponte said Tuesday that she will step down as chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at the end of her current term in September. Del Ponte, who has served for 8 years as chief prosecuto (More) |
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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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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) |
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.
