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UN court dismisses Serbia, Croatia mutual genocide allegations

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague refused to sustain mutual claims by Serbia and Croatia accusing each other of genocide during the military conflict after the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1991-1995.

16:22 03.02.2015

Radovan Karadzic insists on his innocence in final ICTY statement

Former president of the Republika Srpska Radovan Karadzic began his final statement in The Hague hearing of his crimes against humanity.

15:53 01.10.2014

Radovan Karadzic trial reaches closing arguments

Next week the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, Netherlands, will hear the closing arguments in the case of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in connection with war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s, the tribunal said in a statement published on Tuesday.

17:21 23.09.2014

Mladić defense team requests postponement due to computer failure

Lawyers for General Ratko Mladić, former commander of the Bosnian Serb army, charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), have requested a postponement for three weeks due to the tribunal’s computer network failures, the Beta news agency reports.

12:18 30.04.2014

Serbian general sentenced to 18 years for crimes in Kosovo

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday adopted a final ruling in the case of Serbian general Vlastimir Djordjevic, sentencing him to 18 years in prison for crimes committed in Kosovo.

11:23 28.01.2014

Serbian radicalist Vojislav Šešelj requests 12 mln euros from ICTY

Serbian politician Vojislav Šešelj, who has been on trial by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague for ten years, is suing for 12 million euros in damages, according to the Serbian Radical Party.

16:37 22.11.2013

Bosnian court releases ten war crime convicts after ECHR ruling

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has ordered the release of ten people who were convicted of 1990s war crimes as their rights under the European Convention were violated.

14:24 20.11.2013

Six Bosnian Croat leaders convicted and sentenced by the ICTY

Six former Bosnian Croat leaders were convicted Wednesday by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of having committed various crimes against humanity, violations of the laws or customs of war, and grave breaches of the Geneva conventions between 1992 and 1994, during the Bosnian War.

19:03 29.05.2013

President of Bosniak-Croat Federation complains of rights abuse in custody

The defense of the president of Bosnia's autonomous Muslim-Croat federation has complained to the Constitutional Court that his human rights have been violated while in custody on corruption charges.

17:12 14.05.2013

Montenegrin police probes Russians suspected of money laundering

Since early 2012, the Montenegrin police have received 22 requests from the Moscow Interpol Office to check Russians suspected of money laundering, says head of Montenegro's Interpol Office Dejan Djurovic.

15:46 30.04.2013

Five convicted for Kosovo organ trafficking case

Five men have been convicted in Pristina of involvement in an organ trafficking case at a clinic called Medicus, the press service of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) announced on Monday.

11:16 30.04.2013

President of Bosniak-Croat Federation arrested for corruption

A Bosnian court on Sunday approved the detainment of President of the Muslim autonomous republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zivko Budimir and four other officials for 30 days on charges of corruption.

10:19 29.04.2013