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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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US charges Bosnian Serb immigrants with lying about military past
Federal prosecutors have charged sixteen Bosnian Serb immigrants with immigration fraud for allegedly lying about their military experiences during the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia, the US Department of Justice announced Friday. One of tho (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) |
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Bosnian immigrant sentenced to 5 years for lying about Srebrenica role
A US judge sentenced Bosnian immigrant Marko Boskic to 63 months in prison Monday for failing to reveal his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [PBS backgrounder; JURIST news archive] while trying to enter the US as a refugee. Boskic was charged i (More) |
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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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ICTY prosecutor says Serbian war crimes fugitive Mladic in Belgrade
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] prosecutor Carla del Ponte said Saturday that she believes that Bosnian war fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY backgrounder; JURIST news archive] &quo (More) |
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ICTY prosecutor demeans Serbian efforts to arrest Mladic, discourages EU talks
Carla Del Ponte , chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , once again on Monday strongly criticized Serbia's lack of progress in the capture and arrest of war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY case b (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) |
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.
