ICTY

14 elected to UN war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia

22 November 2004
After seven rounds of voting, the General Assembly has elected 14 judges to serve on the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia through 2009.

Miloševic can defend himself but must accept court lawyers, UN tribunal rules

1 November 2004
Slobodan Miloševic can go back to representing himself in his ongoing genocide trial but must let his court-appointed lawyers assist him if his health threatens to interfere with the case, a United Nations tribunal ruled today.

Miloševic lawyers ask to be removed from his trial at UN war crimes tribunal

28 October 2004
The lawyers appointed by a United Nations war crimes tribunal to represent former Yugoslav President Slobodan Miloševic against genocide charges have asked to withdraw from the case because the defendant is uncooperative.

UN war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia adds two judges to ease workload

21 September 2004
Two judges from Denmark and Germany were today sworn in to serve temporarily on the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia as part of the court’s bid to complete its work by 2010.

UN war crimes tribunal delays Miloševic trial by nearly a month

15 September 2004
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today adjourned the already long-running genocide trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Miloševic again, this time for almost a month, to allow his recently appointed defence lawyers more time to prepare their case.

UN tribunal judges weigh transferring trial of two accused generals to Croatia

8 September 2004
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today asked three judges to decide whether the trial of two Croatian generals over their role in a 1993 military operation against a Serbian enclave should be transferred to a court in Croatia in the interests of efficiency.

British lawyers formally appointed to defend Miloševic at UN war crimes tribunal

3 September 2004
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today formally appointed British lawyers Steven Kay and Gillian Higgins as counsel for former Yugoslav President Slobodan Miloševic, who is facing trial for genocide and other war crimes.

UN war crimes tribunal imposes defence lawyers on Miloševic to reduce delays

2 September 2004
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today imposed defence counsel on Slobodan Miloševic, the former Yugoslav president facing genocide charges, to ease his workload and reduce the chance of further delays to his already long-running trial.

UN tribunal sentences former leading Bosnian Serb politician to 32 years' jail

1 September 2004
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today sentenced the former prominent Bosnian Serb political leader Radoslav Brdjanin to 32 years in prison for torture, wilful killing and other war crimes.

Miloševic denies deliberately delaying genocide trial at UN tribunal

1 September 2004
The former Yugoslav President Slobodan Miloševic today denied deliberately altering his medicine intake to delay proceedings during his trial on charges of genocide and other war crimes at the United Nations-run International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.