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Milosevic ‘Didn’t Command’ Serbs in Bosnia, Croatia
Former Serbian State Security chief Jovica Stanisic’s defence lawyer told the Hague war crimes court that Slobodan Milosevic had influence but not command over Serb leaders in Bosnia and Croatia.
Belgrade-Backed Paramilitaries Blamed for Ethnic Cleansing
At the retrial of former Serbian security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, a witness said Serb paramilitary groups like Arkan’s Tigers and the Red Berets carried out ethnic cleansing...
Hague Tribunal Mulls Lessons of War Crime Probes
Prosecutors from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia told a panel discussion in Sarajevo about how to begin and develop investigations into the perpetrators of war crimes and...
Croatia Seeks Role in Bosnian Croats’ Hague Trial
Croatia has filed an appeal to the Hague war crimes tribunal, asking to be allowed to participate in the trial of six former Bosnian Croat officials, but prosecutors have objected.
Serbian Official Blames Yugoslav Army for Croatia Crimes
Former Serbian security chief Jovica Stanisic’s lawyer told the Hague Tribunal that the Yugoslav People’s Army was responsible for crimes in the Serb-led Republic of Serbian Krajina wartime statelet in...
Bosnian Politics ‘Impedes Justice’, Says Hague Prosecutor
The politicisation of war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina has created obstacles to securing justice for victims, chief Hague Tribunal prosecutor Serge Brammertz said in Sarajevo.
Wartime Sexual Crimes: A Challenge for Balkan Prosecutors
Prosecutors in the former Yugoslavia must develop comprehensive policies for dealing with sexual and gender-based crimes to ensure justice for vicims, Hague Tribunal deputy prosecutor Michelle Jarvis told BIRN.
Serbian Security Chiefs ‘Seen in Croatia Conflict Zone’
A former Yugoslav People’s Army colonel told the UN court in The Hague that he saw Serbian security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic in 1991 in the Knin area,...
Stanisic and Simatovic ‘Controlled Ethnic Cleansing Units’
At the retrial of former Serbian security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic in The Hague, prosecutors said they were superior officers to units that committed grave crimes in Bosnia...
Serbian Security Chiefs ‘Implemented Milosevic’s Criminal Plan’
As the retrial of former security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic began in The Hague, prosecutors said they were “key participants” in a joint criminal enterprise to dominate parts...