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Bosnia war crimes suspect appealing extradition from Israel
The Supreme Court of Israel is expected to hear an appeal Monday by a suspected Bosnian war criminal who was ordered to be extradited to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to stand trial for crimes committed during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC back (More) |
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Bosnia war crimes court sentences Muslim brothers for murder of Serbian civilians
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday sentenced two Bosnian Muslim brothers each to six years in prison for the murder of two Serbian civilians during the 1992-1995 Bosnian Civil War . The brothers, Saban and Elvir Djelibasic, were members (More) |
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Bosnia police arrest Srebrenica massacre suspects
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] police on Thursday arrested two former Bosnian Serb soldiers accused of involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Ostoja Stanisic and Mar (More) |
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Bosnia court sentences former soldiers for Srebrenica massacre
The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) war crimes court on Friday sentenced four former Bosnian Serb soldiers for their involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Franc Kos, Stanko Kojic, Vlastimir Golijan and (More) |
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Karadzic asks war crimes court to dismiss charges
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case summary, PDF; JURIST news archive] on Monday asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to dismiss the charges against him for lack of evidence. The prosecution (More) |
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ICTY prosecutor updates Security Council on progress
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Thursday reported the court's Completion Strategy to the UN Security Council . In his address , Brammertz updated the Council on the progress of p (More) |
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Karadzic judges visit Srebrenica massacre site
Judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday began a five-day visit to locations relevant to the indictment of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case summary, PDF; JURIST news archive] (More) |
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Serbia president: Srebrenica massacre was not genocide
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic told a Montenegrin state television station Friday that he does not think that the 1995 Srebrenica Masscre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] was genocide. The Srebrenica massacre took place during the Bosnian (More) |
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US resident deported to Bosnia to face war crimes charges
US resident Dejan Radojkovic was deported to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Thursday in order to face charges related to his actions as a police commander in Srebrenica during the Bosnian Civil War in 1995. Radojkovic is accused of rounding up mor (More) |
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Two Bosnian Serbs sentenced to prison for roles in Srebenica massacre
The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) war crimes court ruled on Thursday that two former Bosnian Serb police officers were guilty of aiding and abetting genocide. The court convicted Dusko Jevic and Mendeljev Djuric for taking part in the killing of 1, (More) |
Supreme Court upheld wartime detention of Japanese-Americans
On December 18, 1944, the US Supreme Court decided Korematsu v. United States, upholding the wartime relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps.
Read Executive Order 9066, issued by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, under which the internments were authorized. View photos from the Japanese American internment camps, collected by the University of Utah Library.
