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Amnesty International publishes annual human rights report
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday published its annual report entitled State of the World's Human Rights , which details the human rights landscape across the world in 2011. Much of the report focuses on the pro-democracy protests and civil u (More) |
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Mladic war crimes trial postponed over evidence disclosures
The trial of former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic [ICTY case materials; JURIST news archive] began Wednesday in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) but was postponed indefinitely on Thursday due to allega (More) |
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Mladic fit to stand trial: ICTY prosecutor
Chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz told reporters Wednesday that he believes former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army Ratko Mladic [ICTY case materials; JURIST news archive] i (More) |
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Netherlands high court rules UN immune from suit
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled Friday that the relatives of Bosnian men murdered by Serbian forces in 1995 cannot sue the UN for failing to protect them during the massacres. The ruling essentially held that the UN is immune from prose (More) |
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Mladic pleads not guilty to all charges of war crimes
Former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army Ratko Mladic [ICTY case materials; JURIST news archive] pleaded not guilty to all charges in a pre-trial brief released Wednesday by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Ml (More) |
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Serbia military chief files libel suit against rights activist
Serbian General Ljubisa Dikovic on Monday brought a libel suit against the head of a Serbian human rights group that accused him of failing to prevent war crimes in 1998 and 1999 during the war in Kosovo . Natasa Kandic, director of the Humanitaria (More) |
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Former Yugoslavia municipal officer sentenced to 2 months for refusing to testify
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] on Friday sentenced former president of the municipality of Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milan Tupajic , to two months in prison on two (More) |
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Accused war criminal calls Yugoslavia tribunal 'biased'
Former Commander of the Bosnian Serb Army, Ratko Mladic [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], accused the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of being "biased" against Serbs and a "puppet" of the North Atlantic Treaty Orga (More) |
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ICTY delays Mladic trial
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday delayed the trial of former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic [ICTY backgrounder, PDF; JURIST news archive], setting a new start date of May 14. T (More) |
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UN tribunal accepts war crimes lawyer's contempt plea
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] accepted a plea agreement on Tuesday in which Jelena Rasic, the case manager for Bosnian war criminal Milan Lukic, pleaded guilty to five (More) |
Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.
Learn more about Belva Lockwood.
