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ICTY transfers Kosovo war criminal to France prison
May 16, 2008
[JURIST] Convicted Kosovo Albanian war criminal Haradin Bala has been transferred [ICTY press release] to a prison in France to serve out the rest of his 13-year sentence [JURIST news report], the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive].... [more] 
Australia weighing ICJ genocide incitement lawsuit against Iran president
May 14, 2008
[JURIST] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd [official profile] told Australian news service Sky News Wednesday that his government is considering bringing a lawsuit against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [official profile; BBC profile] in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [court.... [more]
ICTY transfers Bosnian Croat war criminal to Italy prison
May 13, 2008
[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] said Tuesday that it has transferred [press release] a former Bosnian Croat military commander who was convicted of war crimes related to the forced relocation and detention of.... [more]
Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal seeks new trial claiming right to defense violated
May 9, 2008
[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] announced Thursday that Vidoje Blagojevic [ICTY case backgrounder, PDF] has requested a new trial. Blagojevic, former commander of the Bratunac Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army, claims that he had.... [more]
Kenya prosecutor urges court to freeze assets of Rwandan war crimes suspect
May 7, 2008
[JURIST] Kenyan Chief Prosecutor Keriako Tobiko Tuesday asked the country's high court to freeze the assets of wealthy Hutu businessman and Rwandan war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga [Trial Watch profile; ICTR materials]. Kabuga is accused of funding Rwandan militias that killed more than 800,000.... [more]
Former Bosnian Serb PM boycotts BiH war crimes trial
May 6, 2008
[JURIST] Former Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Gojko Klickovic [case materials] Tuesday refused to appear before the War Crimes Chamber [HRW backgrounder] of the Court of Bosnia and Herzogovina [official website] to face charges of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the 1992-1995.... [more]
ICTR begins genocide trial of former Rwanda government minister
May 6, 2008
[JURIST] Former Rwandan Minister of the Interior Callixte Kalimanzira [case materials; press release] went to trial Monday before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website]. Kalimanzira, who served as interior minister during the 1994 genocide [BBC backgrounder], is.... [more]
ICTY prosecutor appeals war crimes acquittal of former Kosovo PM
May 2, 2008
[JURIST] International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz filed an appeal Friday against the court's acquittal of former Kosovo Prime Minister and Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander Ramush Haradinaj.... [more]
ICC unseals arrest warrant for Congo militia leader suspected of enlisting child soldiers
April 29, 2008
[JURIST] The International Criminal Court [official website] on Tuesday made public an arrest warrant [PDF text, in French] for Bosco Ntaganda, who is accused of committing war crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [ICC materials]. The arrest warrant was issued in August 2006, but an ICC.... [more]
Former Serb paramilitary commanders go on trial at ICTY
April 29, 2008
[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] began the war crimes trial of two former Serb paramilitary commanders Monday. Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic [indictment, PDF] are charged with murder, persecution, forced.... [more]
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