International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Archives

The UN court in The Hague turned down a request from Ratko Mladic’s defence to introduce new evidence before the former Bosnian Serb military leader’s appeal against his conviction is heard. The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague said on Thursday that it has rejected a request to introduce new evidence about the […]

Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s defence said he has serious health problems including a potential stroke and asked for his appeal against his conviction for genocide and other wartime crimes to be postponed. Ratko Mladic’s defence lawyers said on Monday that they have asked the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague […]

The UN court in The Hague refused to grant early release to Radoslav Brdjanin, wartime leader of the self-proclaimed, Serb-run Autonomous Region of Krajina because of the seriousness of his crimes and lack of rehabilitation. The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague said on Monday that it has decided not to grant early […]

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague turned down Serbia’s request for two ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party politicians charged with contempt of the UN court to be tried in Belgrade. The appeals chamber of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by Serbia against its decision not to […]

Serbian Radical Party members threw anti-war activists out of a building in Belgrade where a book by convicted war criminal Vojislav Seselj denying the Srebrenica genocide was being launched. Ultranationalist politician and war criminal Vojislav Seselj and members of his Serbian Radical Party on Wednesday evening physically forced anti-war activists out of a building in […]

Lawmakers in the upper house of the Bosnian parliament voted to reject a proposed legal change intended to make the denial of genocide and war crimes punishable by jail sentences. The House of Peoples, the upper house of the Bosnian parliament, voted on Thursday against changing the criminal code of Bosnia and Herzegovina to criminalise […]

A former Yugoslav People’s Army officer told the retrial of Serbian State Security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that Serb volunteer fighters were brought to Bosnia in 1992 by political parties, not the security service.

Miroslav Bralo, a wartime Croatian Defence Council fighter sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 1993 killings of Bosniak civilians, including children, has been denied early release by the Hague court.

Over the past four years, more than two million euros have been dedicated to building memorials honouring military and civilian casualties of the Bosnian war - but most only commemorate victims from the dominant ethnic group in each area.

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.

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

Ratko Mladic’s Plea for New Trial Evidence Rejected

Ratko Mladic Seeks Appeal Delay Over Health Problems

Bosnian Serb War Criminal Denied Early Release from Jail

UN Court Rejects Serbia’s Demand to Try Radicals in Belgrade

Serbian Nationalists Clash with Activists over Srebrenica Book

Bosnian MPs Reject Legislation to Criminalise Genocide Denial

Serbian State Security ‘Didn’t Take Volunteer Fighters to Bosnia’

Bosnian Croat War Criminal’s Plea for Early Release Rejected

Bosnia Spends €2 Million on ‘Divisive’ War Memorials

Hague Court Revised Rulebook ‘Over Karadzic Case Concerns’

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