ICTY appeals chamber rules on interfering with Haradinaj witnesses
July 23, 2009
[JURIST] The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] on Thursday reversed the contempt conviction [press release; judgment summary, PDF] of Astrit Haraqija and affirmed the conviction of Bajrush Morina for interfering with a witness....... [more] 
Kosovo court retries parliamentary deputy on war crimes charges
July 9, 2009
[JURIST] A Kosovo court on Wednesday began trial of three former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) members accused of committing war crimes during the 1998-1999 Balkan ethnic conflicts [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The trial, being held in the Kosovo's District Court of Prishtina, involves a m....... [more]
Serbian officials charge 17 former Kosovo army members with war crimes
June 26, 2009
[JURIST] Serbian prosecutors charged 17 former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Friday for war crimes committed during the war in Kosovo [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The charges include [B92 report] rape, murder, mutilation, and torture resulting from the kidnapping of 159 Ser....... [more]
Kosovo ex-PM arrested on Serbian genocide charges
June 24, 2009
[JURIST] Former Kosovo prime minister Agim Ceku was arrested [press release] in Bulgaria Tuesday at the Macedonian border on Serbian war crimes charges. Ceku is specifically charged by the Serbian Nis District Court with genocide in relation to the murder of 669 Serbs and 18 others during the Kosovo....... [more]
Serbia court sentences ex-paramilitary officers for Kosovo killings
June 19, 2009
[JURIST] The War Crimes Chamber of the Belgrade District Court [official website, in Serbian] on Thursday convicted [judgment, DOC, in Serbian] four former members of a Serbian paramilitary group [case materials, in Serbian] for the killings of 14 Kosovo Albanians in 1999, handing down sentences ran....... [more]
Kosovo war crimes going unpunished 10 years later: rights group
June 12, 2009
[JURIST] Many human rights abuses that occurred during the war in Kosovo [USDOS backgrounder] have gone uninvestigated and unpunished, Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website], told [DW report] Deutsche Welle [media website] Wednesday, which was the 10-year anniversary of the conflict's end. An....... [more]
Serbia war crimes court convicts ex-police of killing civilians in Kosovo war
April 24, 2009
[JURIST] Four former Serbian policemen were convicted [BETA report] Thursday of the killing of 48 Albanian civilians in Suva Reka during the war in Kosovo [State Department backgrounder] in 1999. Their trial in a Serbian war crimes court began in October 2005 with eight men accused of rounding up an....... [more]
Serbia submits arguments against Kosovo independence to ICJ
April 19, 2009
[JURIST] The government of Serbia [JURIST news archive] on Friday submitted [press release] its arguments against the legality of Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence [JURIST news archive] to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [official website; JURIST news archive]. Serbian Minister of....... [more]
EU Kosovo court issues guilty verdict in first war crimes case
March 4, 2009
[JURIST] A court under the European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) [official website, JURIST news archive] reached its first verdict [EULEX report] Tuesday, sentencing Kosovo Albanian Gani Gashi to 17 years in jail for murder, attempted murder, and grievous bodily harm. A three-judge panel, c....... [more]
First EU Kosovo trial blocked by Serbian protesters
March 3, 2009
[JURIST] More than 100 Serbian judges, prosecutors, and legal professionals prevented the opening of the first EU-backed trial [EULEX press release, PDF] in Kosovo by protesting in front of the Mitrovica [OSCE profile, PDF; JURIST news archive] court house Monday. A panel of three judges had been se....... [more]
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