The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentenced Haradin Bala to 13 years in prison Wednesday for torture, cruel treatment and murder at a prison camp run by the Kosovo Liberation Army [BBC...
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Milosevic, prosecutors oppose ICTY plan to split up war crimes trial
War crimes prosecutors and former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic were in rare agreement Tuesday in their opposition to a proposal by judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ...
Following the latest delay in the Slobodan Milosevic war crimes trial, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ) said Tuesday that it has ordered a hearing on November 29 to...
ICTY to rule again on Kosovo ex-PM's political activities pending trial
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague is this week expected to make a final ruling on a bid by accused former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to return to...
Serbia has arrested nine policemen in the 1999 murder of 48 Kosovo Albanians, a Serbian court official announced Wednesday. The arrests are the first to be linked to a mass grave discovered in 2001 outside of...
The UN Security Council announced Monday that it would implement UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's recommendations and organize international discussions on whether Kosovo should be independent or remain a province of Serbia. Annan...
JURIST Guest Columnist Lawrence Douglas, Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College, says that the trial of Saddam Hussein must not only do justice, but show that justice is done, and wonders whether the relatively-inexperienced jurists of...
UN tribunal allows indicted ex-Kosovo PM to resume political activities
The UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has said that it will allow former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to participate in politics during his provisional release pending his war crimes trial....
Serb war crimes trial of Kosovo Albanian adjourned after opening
A Kosovo Albanian rebel indicted on war crimes charges was put on trial Wednesday before a special Serbian court, but the trial adjourned immediately after opening. Anton Lekaj, a former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army , is...
China warns of abuse of UN agreement on genocide intervention
China has warned the UN against abusing a new international right to intervene to protect those threatened by genocide or war crimes agreed to last week at a UN summit. Chinese Foreign Minister Li...