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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) |
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ICTY prosecutor says Serbia failure to arrest Mladic 'inexcusable'
Carla Del Ponte , chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , on Monday called Serbia's continued failure to arrest war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive] "ine (More) |
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Ex-justice minister pleads not guilty to war crimes in Bosnia court
Momcilo Mandic, the former Bosnian Serb justice minister in the wartime government under Radovan Karadzic , pleaded not guilty at the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday to charges of war crimes, crimes against hu (More) |
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Bosnia court indicts ex-justice minister on war crimes charges
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday added war crimes to the charges against Momcilo Mandic, the former Bosnian Serb justice minister in the wartime government under Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIS (More) |
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Serbia plan for Mladic capture prompts calls for details from ICTY, EU
ICTY chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and EU diplomats have criticized a new Serbian plan to arrest war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive] as too vague, although they acknowledged "positive elements." (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.
