Prosecutors at the UN court in The Hague asked for the appeal against the verdict convicting former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic to be rescheduled quickly after it was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Ratko Mladic’s defence called for the former Bosnian Serb Army commander to be transferred urgently from the United Nations Detention Unit to a hospital in The Hague because his health has continued to deteriorate.
Eleven-year-old Marko Zizic was one of a dozen people killed when a football match in a parking lot was shelled in Sarajevo on June 1, 1993 - and none of the direct perpetrators has ever been prosecuted.
Because of coronavirus travel restrictions, the UN court has again postponed former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s appeal against the verdict sentencing him to lifetime imprisonment for genocide and other wartime crimes.
Two convicted war criminals hope to be elected as MPs at next month’s polls in Serbia, while several other people who are wanted by the UN court or have been accused of wartime violations are standing for parliament.
Questioning the number of victims of the 1995 massacres, complaining of an international anti-Serb conspiracy and glorifying Bosnian Serb wartime leaders are just some of the tactics used by Srebrenica genocide deniers, says a new report.
The UN court in The Hague has rescheduled appeals against the verdict convicting Ratko Mladic of genocide and other wartime crimes for June 16-17, after they were postponed for the former Bosnian Serb military chief to undergo surgery.
Men who were raped or sexually assaulted during the 1992-95 Bosnian war have long been reluctant to speak out for fear of stigmatisation, but now attempts are being made to ensure they get the same welfare benefits as other war victims.
A lawyer representing Ratko Mladic, who is appealing against his conviction for genocide and other crimes, said the former Bosnian Serb military chief has left hospital after having a colon operation. Miodrag Stojanovic, one of the lawyers representing Ratko Mladic at his trial in The Hague, told BIRN that the former Bosnian Serb military commander […]
An association of lawyers working at international courts urged the UN tribunal in The Hague to grant early or provisional release to elderly war crime convicts to protect them from the coronavirus. The Association of Defence Counsel Practising Before the International Courts and Tribunals urged the UN’s Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague […]