International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Archives

As Radovan Karadzic’s final verdict approaches next week, many of the 12 years he spent evading arrest remain shrouded in secrets that the Serbian and Bosnian authorities seem reluctant to probe, and people who helped him remain unprosecuted.

Twenty-seven years since the siege of Sarajevo began, a handful of commanders have been tried, but Bosnian prosecutors have not yet filed any indictments against direct perpetrators of sniping and shelling attacks on civilians.

Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic, who is appealing against his first-instance conviction for genocide and other crimes, has again complained to the UN court in The Hague that his health is deteriorating.

The president of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals rejected a request from Serbian Radical Party leader Seselj to allow him to appeal against a second-instance verdict convicting him of persecuting Croats in Serbia in 1992. The president of the Hague-based Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, Carmel Agius, has rejected a request from Serbian nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj to be allowed to file an appeal against the second-instance verdict convicting him of persecuting Croats in the Serbian village of Hrtkovci in 1992.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals dismissed the Hague prosecutor’s challenge to its decision to hand over the contempt-of-court case against two Serbian Radical Party members to Belgrade.

Former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic asked the UN court in The Hague to grant him a provisional release until the final verdict in his trial next year.

The chief prosecutor at the Hague war crimes, Serge Brammertz, told the UN Security Council that the Zagreb government is effectively blocking cases against former Croatian Army and Croatian Defence Council fighters.

Former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic’s defence asked the US government to provide any transcripts it has of intercepted conversations about the violence in Srebrenica in July 1995. Karadzic’s defence lawyer Peter Robinson asked the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague on Wednesday to order the US government to hand over any […]

As Theodor Meron nears the end of his term as president of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, he told BIRN that the UN war crimes court “fundamentally changed how we think about accountability” for the gravest crimes.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals said it is investigating claims about the alleged inhumane treatment of Serb war crimes convicts who are serving their sentences in Estonia. The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, MICT told BIRN that it has asked for answers from the Estonian authorities after receiving complaints about the alleged mistreatment of […]

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

Mystery Persists Over Fugitive Karadzic’s Years in Hiding

Sarajevo Siege: How Perpetrators of Deadly Attacks Remain Unprosecuted

Ratko Mladic: ‘My Health Continues to Fail’

Vojislav Seselj’s Plea to Appeal Conviction Rejected Again

Hague Court Dismisses Appeal Against Radicals’ Trial in Serbia

Radovan Karadzic Asks for Release Before Final Verdict

Hague Prosecutor: Croatian Govt ‘Blocking’ War Crime Cases

Karadzic Asks US for Srebrenica Wiretap Transcripts

Theodor Meron: Hague Court’s Achievements ‘Extraordinary’

UN Court Probes Estonian Jails’ Treatment of Serb War Criminals

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