The Hague Tribunal has unprecedentedly removed a judge who criticised the court from Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seseljs trial, potentially putting other war crimes convictions at risk.
The Hague Tribunal reinstated a genocide charge against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on the day the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacres was commemorated.
Kovac was released by the Hague Tribunal and has returned to Bosnia after serving two-thirds of his 20-year sentence for wartime sex crimes in the town of Foca.
The Hague prosecution has asked the Tribunal to reject the proposed quashing of Bosnian Army general Rasim Delics sentence over alleged bias revealed by one of the courts judges.
In an exclusive interview for BIRN, the president of the Hague Tribunal, Theodor Meron, insisted that despite criticism of recent acquittals, the court upholds the highest standards of justice.
The Hague Tribunal is to grant early release to Momcilo Krajisnik, who was serving a 20-year sentence for forcing Bosniaks and Croats from their homes during wartime.
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals will take over the Hague Tribunals work after it court closes, dealing with any future appeals launched by convicted war criminals.
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals will take over the Hague Tribunals work after it court closes, dealing with any future appeals launched by convicted war criminals.
Attorney Vasvija Vidovic requests quashing of a first instance verdict against Rasim Delic following a recent letter sent by Frederik Harhoff, a judge with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, from Denmark.
The Hague Tribunal acquitted Yugoslav Army general Momcilo Perisic on appeal, quashing his 27-year prison sentence for war crimes during the 1990s conflict.