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UN war crimes tribunal sentences Bosnian Serb to eight years in jail

28 October 2003
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today sentenced a Bosnian Serb man to eight years in jail for killing and torturing inmates at a detention camp.

Accused war criminal ‘Rambo’ transferred into custody of UN tribunal

23 October 2003
Long-time fugitive Vladimir Kovacevic, also known as “Rambo,” indicted for leading attacks on Dubrovnik, Croatia, that killed 43 people and devastated the historical district, was put in the custody of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today, in preparation for his first court appearance on Monday.

Four Serbian officers indicted by UN war crimes tribunal

21 October 2003
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has indicted four senior Serbian army and police officers for their alleged role in the forced expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Kosovo Albanians during the conflict in Kosovo in 1998-1999.

Three officials in former Yugoslavia sentenced by UN tribunal to 6-17 years

17 October 2003
Three senior officials in the former Yugoslavia received sentences today ranging from six to 17 years for crimes against humanity - persecution and unlawful deportation of non-Serb civilians - from the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Theodor Meron

Trials of Balkans atrocities could go beyond 2008 deadline, Security Council told

9 October 2003
Citing new indictments, despite restricted cooperation from the governments involved, the President of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the chief prosecutor told the Security Council today that the trials of key suspects were unlikely to be completed by the target date of 2008.

Bosnian Serb agrees to guilty plea at UN war crimes tribunal

30 September 2003
A Bosnian Serb accused of burning down a Muslim village in 1992 has pleaded guilty to crimes against humanity today at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague.

French judge appointed to UN war crimes court for former Yugoslavia

22 September 2003
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed a French appellate judge to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), replacing the current President of the court who resigned to take up duties with the world's first permanent war crimes court.

UN war crimes court doubles sentence of Bosnian Serb prison warden to 15 years

17 September 2003
Ruling on appeals filed by both the defence and prosecution, the United Nations war crimes court in The Hague today doubled to 15 years the jail term imposed on the Bosnian Serb warden of a notorious prison in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina on charges including the murder and torture of non-Serbs.

Suspected war criminal Mitar Rasevic detained by UN court

16 August 2003
Mitar Rasevic, a suspected war criminal facing charges of murder and torture, has been transferred to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague.

UN tribunal sentences Bosnian Serb to life imprisonment

31 July 2003
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today convicted a Bosnian Serb doctor of extermination and persecution of Bosnian Muslims, but acquitted him of genocide, and sentenced him to life in prison.