Changes to the rules on exempting judges have been made solely – experts say – to ensure one judge in particular does not allow a reconsideration of Radovan Karadzic’s life sentence.
The UN court in The Hague rejected former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic’s attempt to get judges he accuses of being biased against him disqualified from ruling on his attempts to appeal against his sentence.
The UN court in The Hague has rejected a request from former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic to reconsider a decision refusing him an appeal against the final sentence convicting him of genocide and other wartime crimes.
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague has not yet decided in which country Radovan Karadzic will serve his life sentence after his conviction in March for genocide and other wartime crimes.
Former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic appealed against a decision by the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals to end a pilot project that allowed Hague detainees to use online video-telephone technology.
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals has ended a pilot project that allowed Hague detainees like Radovan Karadzic to use online video-telephone technology, citing security risks.
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals will eavesdrop on calls made from detention by former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic after he phoned into a debate in Montenegro without permission.
Radovan Karadzic’s lawyer said the UN court has not yet taken any action against the former Bosnian Serb leader and genocide convict after he addressed a public debate in Montenegro by phone from prison.
The UN court in The Hague rejected former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic’s request to be allowed to file an appeal against the length of his prison sentence for genocide and other wartime crimes.