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The Yugoslav war in the 1990s saw ethnic cleansing, genocide and other serious war crimes and crimes against humanity. In 1993 the UN established the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) to try those responsible for violations of international law. The tribunal seeks to bring justice to the victims and deter future leaders from committing similar atrocities. The ICTY closes in 2010. (more)

 

Karadzic promised immunity, says lawyer

The lawyer for former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic' says he has evidence that Karadzic was promised immunity from prosecution by a top US official.

 

Yugoslav tribunal appoints new registrar

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has appointed John Hocking as the new registrar of the war crimes court.

 

Charges Against Karadzic Questioned

Judge asks prosecution to explain how all counts in indictment fit into single, “overarching” criminal plan.

 

Powerful Croat MP gets 10 years for war crimes

A Croatian court sentenced Branimir Glavas to 10 years imprisonment for torturing and killing Serb civilians during Croatia's 1991-95 war of independence.

 

Srebrenica evidence destroyed

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has destroyed material recovered at mass graves in Srebrenica. The Mothers of Srebrenica and Zepa are enraged at the destruction of items once belonging to the deceased.

 

Yugoslav tribunal increases sentence in Vukovar case

The Yugoslav war crimes court has ruled that former Yugoslav army officer Veselin Sljivancanin should serve an additional 12 years in prison for his role in the 1991 Vukovar killings.

 

UN war crimes trial of Milosevic’ henchmen resumes

Milosevic's strongmen, Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović - accused of widespread persecutions and deportations - will face trial in the end. The Yugoslav tribunal ordered them to return to The Hague.

 

Serbia war crimes court convicts ex-police of Suva Reka Massacre

Four former Serbian policemen were convicted for the killing of 48 Albanian civilians in Suva Reka during the 1999 Kosovo war. Three were acquitted.

 

Karadzic’s poems published in Slovakian magazine

A Slovakian literary magazine has published poems by Radovan Karadic, despite the fact the former Bosnian-Serb wartime leader is awaiting trial before Yugoslavia tribunal for genocide and crimes against humanity.

 

Karadzic wants Trial cancelled

Radovan Karadzic says international prosecutors are obstructing due process in his war crimes trial, and is calling for his trial to be cancelled.

 

What Karadzic Prosecutors Learnt From Krajisnik Trial

Tribunal watchers disagree on lessons Karadzic prosecution may have drawn from Krajisnik appeal ruling.

 

Karadzic to Dispute Everything but the Weather

Radovan Karadzic says that the only thing he would leave unchallenged was whether it was "sunny outside or raining" at the time of the alleged events in his war crimes trial. He also say his trial is far greater than any other before the ICTY.

 

Richard Goldstone comes to The Hague as Peace Philosopher

The former war crimes prosecutor, Richard Goldstone, will spend three months in The Hague and Wassenaar as the first ‘Hague Peace Philosopher'.

 

Yugoslav war crimes court disqualifies two judges

For the first time, the UN Yugoslav war crimes court disqualified two judges in the upcoming trial against Florence Hartmann for their "active involvement" in directing the case against her.

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