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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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Bosnian Muslim woman pleads guilty to war crimes committed in Sarajevo
Rasema Handanovic, a woman accused of killing Bosnian Croat civilians during the 1992-1995 Bosnian Civil War , pleaded guilty Friday before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina . This makes her the first woman convicted of war crimes by the local Bo (More) |
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Bosnian Muslims on trial for war crimes against Serbs
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday began the trial of eight Bosnian Muslims charged with abuse and torture of Serbian prisoners during the Bosnian Civil War . The prosecution claims that Serbian civilians were unlawfully detained and (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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International Accountability and the Alien Tort Statute
JURIST Guest Columnists Jennifer Green and Sahadev Gowda of the University of Minnesota Law School, say that corporations must be held accountable for international law violations through use of the Alien Tort Statute... (More) |
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HRW cites lessons from Bosnia war crimes prosecution
Lessons can be learned from the successes and failures of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and its prosecution of war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report [text; press release] published Monday. Spotlighting the (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) |
US House voted to impeach President Clinton
On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.
Read the Articles of Impeachment.
