ICTY appeals court overturns conviction of Bosnian Muslim Srebrenica commander
July 3, 2008
[JURIST] The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] Thursday struck down [judgment summary, text; ICTY press release] the war crime conviction of former senior Bosnian Muslim military commander Naser Oric [ICTY case backgrounder;.... [more] 
Council of Europe to investigate Kosovo organ trafficking allegations
June 26, 2008
[JURIST] The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) [official website] announced Wednesday that it will prepare a report [press release] on allegations of organ trafficking in Kosovo. Former prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Carla.... [more]
Serbia not cooperating with Tribunal: ICTY president
June 23, 2008
[JURIST] The president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] wrote in a letter [text, PDF; press release] to the UN Monday that the Serbian government had failed to cooperate with Tribunal investigations and cases in.... [more]
Ex-Bosnian Serb police chief transferred to ICTY for war crimes trial
June 21, 2008
[JURIST] Serbian officials transferred former Bosnian Serb police commander Stojan Zupljanin [Trial Watch profile] to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] Saturday after the War Crimes Chamber of the Belgrade District Court.... [more]
Serbia high court sentences Milosevic ex-security chief for assassination plot
June 19, 2008
[JURIST] Former Serbian chief of state security Radomir Markovic was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday for his role in a 1999 assassination attempt on then-Yugoslav opposition leader Vuk Draskovic [BBC profile]. The Supreme Court of Serbia also sentenced ten other individuals, including.... [more]
Serbia prosecutor threatened over Hague extradition of war crimes suspect
June 18, 2008
[JURIST] A telephone caller threatened the life of the Serbian prosecutor responsible for the arrest and extradition of war crimes suspect Stojan Zupljanin [ICTY indictment] to the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website], the Serbian Prosecutor's Office said.... [more]
Kosovo constitution goes into force despite Serbia protest
June 16, 2008
[JURIST] Kosovo's new constitution [text] went into effect Sunday despite a declaration by Serbian President Boris Tadic that the charter of the breakaway Serbian province was legally void. The constitution was adopted [JURIST report] by the Assembly of Kosovo [official website] in April and later.... [more]
Serbia police arrest Bosnia war crimes fugitive wanted by ICTY
June 11, 2008
[JURIST] Serbian police Wednesday arrested one of four remaining war crimes fugitives wanted by the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website]. Former Bosnian Serb police commander Stojan Zupljanin [ICTY indictment] is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity,.... [more]
Kosovo bus bomber sentenced to 40 years
June 6, 2008
[JURIST] A judge in the Mitrovica [municipality website, in Albanian] district court sentenced an ethnic Albanian man Friday to 40 years in prison for a 2001 bus bombing [UNMIK press release; CNN report] that killed 11 Serbs on a religious trip. Florim Ejupi was indicted [UNMIK press release, PDF].... [more]
New ICTY prosecutor vows to try all war crimes suspects before mandate expires
June 4, 2008
[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] will complete its caseload before its mandate expires in 2010, Serge Brammertz [UN profile] promised in his first address [transcript; press release] before the UN Security Council.... [more]
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