ICTY

UN war crimes court denies Milosevic request for more time to argue his case

13 December 2005
Seeking to expedite the judicial process, the United Nations International Criminal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague today decided to deny former President Slobodan Milosevic’s request for more time to argue his case.

Former Croatian General Ante Gotovina pleads not guilty at UN war crimes court

12 December 2005
Former Croatian General Ante Gotovina today pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and inhumane acts brought by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague.

Former Croatian General Ante Gotovina transferred to UN war crimes court

10 December 2005
Former Croatian General Ante Gotovina was transferred today to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague, where he faces charges of murder and inhumane acts committed against the Serb population during the conflict that engulfed the Balkans in the 1990s.

UN war crimes court for former Yugoslavia sentences Bosnian Croat to 20 years

7 December 2005
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today sentenced Bosnian Croat Miroslav Bralo to 20 years’ imprisonment for his role in the multiple murder, rape, torture, unlawful confinement and inhumane treatment of Bosnian Muslim civilians in 1993.

UN Tribunal releases two Kosovo fighters found not guilty of war crimes

1 December 2005
Two former members of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) were released today from the detention unit of the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague, after having been cleared of war crimes during the deadly ethnic fighting in 1998-99 that led the United Nations to take over the administration of the Serbian province.

UN war crimes court says Kosovo’s ex-Prime Minister can return to politics

13 October 2005
Following a two-to-one decision, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has chosen to allow former Kosovo Prime Minister and war crimes suspect Ramush Haradinaj to engage in politics and travel throughout Kosovo during his provisional release.

War crimes judge for former Yugoslavia urges full cooperation to seize fugitives

11 October 2005
The historic achievements of the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia will be tarnished if seven senior-level accused still at large are not brought to justice, the court’s president has told the General Assembly.
Carla Del Ponte

UN prosecutor for former Yugoslavia says investing in justice brings best dividends

7 October 2005
Investing in justice for victims of the Balkans wars will bring dividends by discouraging revenge, obliging the region's countries to improve their governance and replacing myths with facts in the collective memory, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) says.

UN Tribunal for former Yugoslavia calls on Serbia to give up Mladic

14 September 2005
The Chief Prosecutor for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has called on Serbia to arrest and turn over one of the major figures indicted for genocide by early next month and has noted that two of the three lesser accused who had been hiding in Russia would be transferred soon.

Former Bosnian Croat soldier pleads guilty to war crimes at UN Tribunal

19 July 2005
A former Bosnian Croat special forces soldier being tried by the United Nations tribunal set up to prosecute suspects of war crimes committed by all sides in the Balkan wars of the 1990s today pleaded guilty to charges including murder, rape and torture during the 1993 Muslim-Croat war in central Bosnia.