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Russian lawmaker calls on UN to shut down ICTY - report

Alexei Zhuravlyov, a State Duma lawmaker with the Rodina party, suggested that the Russian parliament make a proposal to the UN General Assembly to shut down the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

11:21 15.12.2014

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

Lukić sentenced to life by ICTY, taken to Estonia

The press service of the Estonian Ministry of Justice reported Monday that a prison convoy delivered Milan Lukić to Estonia. Lukić was sentenced to life by the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for military crimes.

11:32 11.02.2014

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

Dutch Supreme Court holds state responsible for three Srebrenica Massacre deaths

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands held Friday that the Dutch State bears responsibility for the deaths of three men who lost their lives during 1995’s Srebrenica Massacre, according to a statement released by the court.

16:48 06.09.2013

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

The US State Department’s War Crimes Rewards Program takes on a new life

US President Barrack Obama signed off on a law last January offering millions of dollars in rewards for information leading to the arrest, capture, or transfer of certain fugitives, such as those sought for certain horrendous large-scale crimes by international, mixed, and hybrid tribunals, including “new mixed courts that may be established in places such as the Democratic Republic of Congo or for Syria.”

16:28 10.05.2013

Mladic ejected from ICTY courtroom for lashing out on Srebrenica witness

Former Colonel General of the Bosnian Serb Army (VRS) Ratko Mladic was ejected from his trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) Thursday morning after lashing out on a protected witness during testimony on the 1995 Srebrenica Massacre.

18:55 11.04.2013

High-ranking Bosnian Serb officials convicted, sentenced by ICTY

Former high-ranking Bosnian Serb officials Mico Stanisic and Stojan Zuljanin, who were active during the hostilities surrounding the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, were both convicted of a host of war crimes and crimes against humanity Wednesday and sentenced to 22 years in prison by a trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

01:20 28.03.2013

Former Yugoslav military chief acquitted of war crimes in Srebrenica, Sarajevo

An appeals chamber in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) acquitted General Momčilo Perišić Thursday of an array of crimes against humanity and violations of the laws and customs of war relating to his work as Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army (VJ) during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s.

10:29 01.03.2013

ICTY sentences Bosnian Serb general to life imprisonment

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has convicted a former senior commander of the Bosnian Serb Army, Zdravko Tolimir, of genocide and sentenced him to life imprisonment for his involvement in the killing of thousands of prisoners near the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in July 1995.

10:26 13.12.2012

Warsaw court allows transfer of former Serbian general to Polish prison

The Warsaw District Court has allowed Radislav Krstic, who was convicted in the Hague, to serve his prison term in Poland.

18:10 06.12.2012

ICTY hands down final verdict to Lukic brothers

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has confirmed the life imprisonment sentence issued to Bosnian Serb Milan Lukic and reduced the imprisonment term for his cousin Sredoje Lukic from 30 to 27 years for the military crimes the two committed against Muslims during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

10:35 05.12.2012

Kosovo, Albania call for probe of ex ICTY prosecutor Carla Del Ponte

Kosovo and Albania called on international authorities to launch a special investigation into alleged abuses associated with former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte’s decision to indict recently acquitted former Kosovar prime minister Ramush Haradinaj.

15:19 03.12.2012

Russian Foreign Ministry rages over ICTY's Haradinaj acquittal

Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) sees the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia's (ICTY) decision to acquit former Kosovar prime minister and rebel commander Ramush Haradinaj of all war crimes charges as further evidence of the tribunal's selective justice problem.

16:50 30.11.2012

Former Kosovo prime minister and rebel commander Haradinaj acquitted by ICTY

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) acquitted former Kosovar prime minister and rebel leader Ramush Haradinaj of all charges of war crimes Thursday, ordering his immediate release from the UN detention center.

16:31 29.11.2012

ICTY upholds Serbian nationalist leader's contempt of court sentence

The Appeals Chamber has upheld the sentence handed down to the leader of the Serbian Radical Party, Vojislav Seselj, by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in October 2011.

11:56 29.11.2012