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 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.
Former Serbian security official Jovica Stanisic is said to be "in shock from happiness" after the Hague Tribunal acquitted him and Franko Simatovic of controlling combat units that fought in Bosnia and Croatia.
The Hague Tribunal has acquitted former Serbian security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic of controlling the most notorious combat units that fought in the Balkan wars.
During the cross-examination at Radovan Karadzics trial Milan Martic denies the prosecutors allegations about a joint criminal enterprise aimed at creating a unified Serbian state by persecuting the non-Serb population from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The judges that will be presiding in the trial against top war crimes suspect and former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, have been named.