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Srebrenica suspects in court as Bosnia war crimes chamber begins first genocide trial
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina began hearing its first genocide case Tuesday with the opening of the trial of 11 Bosnian Serbs charged for their role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news ar (More) |
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Bosnia immigrant tells US court he lied about Srebrenica massacre involvement
A Bosnian immigrant admitted in a US district court Wednesday that he lied to US immigration officers about his participation in ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian War when he allegedly participated in the 1995 killings of 1,200 Muslim men and boy (More) |
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Serbia to freeze assets of ICTY war crimes fugitives
Members of the Serbia-Montenegro parliament have passed a law to authorize the freezing of assets of fugitives accused of war crimes in an effort to comply with requirements of the European Union and International Criminal Tribunal for the former Y (More) |
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Serbia promises to deliver Mladic by end of April: ICTY
Serbia has promised to deliver fugitive Bosnian war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; BBC profile] to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia by the end of April, according to a court spokesman. A spokesman (More) |
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EU extends deadline for Serbia to deliver Mladic to Hague war crimes court
The EU on Friday extended its deadline for Serbia to hand over wanted war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; BBC profile] to April 30 after chief ICTY prosecutor Carla del Ponte [BBC News profile, JURIST news archive] confirmed th (More) |
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ICTY cuts Srebrenica massacre sentence of Bosnian Serb commander
Appellate judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Wednesday reduced the sentence of former Bosnian Serb army commander Momir Nikolic to 20 years, saying the lower chamber erred by failing to recognize Nikolic (More) |
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EU threatens to suspend membership talks with Serbia over Mladic
EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said Monday that the European Union will suspend membership negotiations with Serbia and Montenegro if it did not fully cooperate in apprehending war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; BBC (More) |
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ICJ begins hearing landmark genocide case against Serbia
Public hearings on the merits of a case alleging state-sponsored genocide by Serbia and Montenegro opened Monday at the Hague-based International Court of Justice . Proceedings technically began in March 1993, when Bosnia filed a claim [application (More) |
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Aide to war crimes fugitive Mladic arrested in Serbia
Former Serbian army officer Sasa Badnjar, a suspected accomplice of fugitive war criminal Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; BBC profile] has been arrested for aiding Mladic's evasion of arrest, Serbian authorities said Thursday. Mladic has s (More) |
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Bosnia police raid fails to find genocide suspects
Five hundred Bosnian police officers launched an ultimately unsuccessful operation on Wednesday near the town of Han Pijesak in an failed attempt to find and arrest either Radovan Karadzic or Ratko Mladic , both of whom are accused of genocide . (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.
