ICTY

UN tribunal sentences two Bosnian Croats for war crimes

31 March 2003
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today sentenced two Bosnian Croats to 18 and 20 years in jail for crimes against humanity against Muslims, including prisoners, during the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995.

Kosovo Albanian wanted for war crimes transferred to UN tribunal

4 March 2003
A former commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) indicted for war crimes was transferred from Slovenia to the detention centre of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today.

Kosovo Albanian on UN war crimes tribunal list arrested

19 February 2003
A Kosovo Albanian sought by the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague on charges of torturing and murdering Serb and Albanian civilians has been arrested in Slovenia four days after he left Kosovo on a regular airlines flight.

Prosecutor decries Belgrade's 'unsatisfactory' cooperation with UN tribunal

20 December 2002
The chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today decried the continuing "unsatisfactory" cooperation by Belgrade with the work of the UN court.

Reporter does not have to testify, UN war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia rules

12 December 2002
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has granted special legal protection for reporters working in conflict zones, requiring them to testify only in cases where it finds that the evidence sought by the party seeking the journalist’s testimony is “direct and important” to the core issues of the case.

UN war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia urges States to help arrest suspects

24 October 2002
With several accused war criminals from the former Yugoslavia still at large, including a number of high-ranking military and political officials, the United Nations court charged with prosecuting them is calling on all States to fully cooperate in its work.

UN tribunal President urges Security Council to force Belgrade to act on wanted suspects

23 October 2002
Calling attention to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’s failure to cooperate with the United Nations war crimes tribunal, the head of the UN court today asked the Security Council to take “all the measures necessary” to force the country to fully assume its international obligations.

UN tribunal unseals indictment against 3 former Bosnian Serb military officers

21 October 2002
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today unsealed an indictment against three former members of the Bosnian Serb military, charging them with participating in the mass execution and forcible transfer of thousands of Muslims after the take-over of the Srebrenica enclave in 1995.

UN tribunal unseals indictment against Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic

14 October 2002
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has unsealed its indictment against Radovan Karadzic, charging the former Bosnian Serb leader with only the most serious counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Former Bosnian Serb President strikes plea agreement with UN tribunal

2 October 2002
Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic has struck a plea agreement with the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), pleading guilty to some charges of crimes against humanity, the UN court announced today.