ICTY

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) building in The Hague

UN war crimes tribunal donates legal texts to university in Kosovo

9 August 2010
The United Nations tribunal dealing with the worst war crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s is moving to enhance legal scholarship in the region by donating a collection of journals and books to a university in Kosovo.
Rasim Delić, former Commander of the Main Staff of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina

UN war crimes tribunal ends case involving late Bosnian Muslim army chief

30 June 2010
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia terminated appellate proceedings today against the former head of Bosnian Muslim forces during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, who had died in April.
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz

Head of UN tribunal for Rwandan genocide welcomes release of detained lawyer

18 June 2010
The head of the United Nations war crimes tribunal trying the ringleaders of the 1994 Rwandan genocide today welcomed Rwanda’s decision to free a defence lawyer who was arrested and detained in the African country last month.
Seven senior Bosnian Serb officials convicted of Srebrenica crimes

UN tribunal jails two Bosnian Serbs for life over Srebrenica massacre

10 June 2010
A United Nations war crimes tribunal today handed out life terms in jail to two former top Bosnian Serb military officers after convicting them of genocide for their role in the 1995 massacre of nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the UN safe haven of Srebrenica, the most notorious episode of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s.
Vojislav Šešelj

UN war crimes tribunal upholds Serb party leader’s conviction for contempt

19 May 2010
The United Nations tribunal that is trying the leader of the Serb Radical Party for crimes against humanity and war crimes today upheld his conviction for contempt of court and 15-month jail sentence for disclosing information on 11 protected witnesses.
Ljube Boškoski (left) and Johan Tarčulovski

UN war crimes tribunal for the Balkans affirms police officer’s conviction

19 May 2010
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the Balkan conflicts today affirmed the conviction of a former police officer and the acquittal of an ex-government minister in a case related to acts committed during a police operation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) in August 2001.
Radovan Karadžic

Genocide trial of Karadzic resumes at UN war crimes tribunal

13 April 2010
The genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžic resumed today at a United Nations war crimes tribunal with the start of the prosecution’s case after judges rejected the defendant’s appeal for another delay to the hearing.
ICTY courtroom

UN war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia needs more time, says Ban

16 March 2010
The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts in the 1990s will need more time to complete its work after originally being scheduled to wind down at the end of this year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Šešelj

Serbian nationalist leader faces fresh contempt of court charges at UN tribunal

5 February 2010
The leader of the Serb Radical Party was today charged with contempt of court by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the Balkans over allegedly revealing details about protected witnesses in his own trial.