Friday, 29 august 2025.
Bosnian War Victims Praise Hague Tribunal’s Successes
Despite some shortcomings, the Hague Tribunal, which closes this month, has identified and prosecuted those responsible for grave crimes and brought some justice to people who suffered, said members of...
COMMENT: After Mladic’s Conviction, Can Serbia Face Its Past?
The conviction of Ratko Mladic was overdue justice, but the full reckoning with the Serbian political project that he took to its genocidal extreme is still nowhere to be found.
Ratko Mladic Convicted of Genocide, Jailed for Life
The UN court in The Hague convicted former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic of the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and sentenced him...
Ratko Mladic: Genocidal Criminal or Innocent Protector?
During a four-year trial, the Hague Tribunal has heard powerful and strongly-contested arguments about whether Ratko Mladic is guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity or whether he simply defended...
Serbia Declares Mladic Aides’ Indictment a State Secret
Serbia’s prosecution told BIRN that the indictment of 11 people who allegedly helped Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic hide in Belgrade while he was a fugitive has been declared...
Mladic Demands Urgent Hearing About His Poor Health
Ratko Mladic’s defence has asked the Hague Tribunal to hold an urgent session to discuss the former Bosnian Serb military chief’s poor state of health ahead of his trial verdict...
UN Court Screens Video of Serbian Unit Shooting Bosniaks
At the trial of former Serbian State Security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic in The Hague, prosecutors played a video of paramilitaries from the Scorpions unit murdering men from...
Hague Prosecution Opposes Mladic Verdict Postponement
The Hague Tribunal prosecution called on the judges to reject a request from former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic’s defence to postpone the verdict in his trial because of...
Serbian Court Lets Landmark Srebrenica Trial Continue
The first trial in Serbia for the mass killings of Bosniaks from Srebrenica will continue, after an appeals court overturned a previous ruling that required the prosecutor to file new...
Hague Court Exhibit Shows Children’s Wartime Suffering
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals launched an online multimedia exhibition giving insights into the suffering of children during the former Yugoslav wars and the Rwanda genocide.