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A standard cell at the UN Detention Unit in The Hague

UN tribunal charges former Serb official with contempt for refusal to testify

15 December 2011
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today charged a former Serb municipal official with contempt of court for failing to comply with orders to testify in the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžic who faces multiple genocide charges.
Dragomir Pecanac

UN tribunal jails Bosnian Serb for refusing to testify in genocide trial

9 December 2011
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today sentenced a former security and intelligence officer in the Bosnian Serb armed forces to three months in prison for refusing to testify in the genocide trial of his commander.
Ratko Mladic

UN war crimes tribunal trims back indictment to speed up Mladic trial

2 December 2011
The United Nations tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today reduced the indictment against former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic, who faces genocide charges, to ensure a fair and expeditious trial.
Florence Hartmann

UN tribunal directs France to arrest former spokesperson

16 November 2011
The United Nations tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today ordered France to arrest a former tribunal spokesperson who has failed to pay a €7,000 fine imposed for contempt of court.
Ratko Mladic

UN tribunal orders medical examination of former Bosnian Serb military chief

16 November 2011
The United Nations tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today ordered a medical examination of Ratko Mladic, the former head of the Bosnian Serb armed forces who is being tried on genocide charges, to assess whether he is fit for trial.
A standard cell at the UN Detention Unit in The Hague

UN tribunal transfers convicted Bosnian Serb to Denmark to serve rest of jail term

11 November 2011
A former senior Bosnian Serb police officer convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity by a United Nations tribunal has been transferred to Denmark to serve the remainder of his 17-year prison sentence.
Vojislav Šešelj

UN war crimes tribunal jails Serb leader again over contempt of court

31 October 2011
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today sentenced the leader of the Serb Radical Party – already facing trial on charges of crimes against humanity – to 18 months in jail after finding him guilty of contempt of court for a second time.
Judge Theodor Meron.
UN Photo/Sophia Paris

Veteran war crimes jurist elected President of UN tribunal for Balkans conflicts

19 October 2011
Judge Theodor Meron of the United States, a veteran jurist with long experience in dealing with war crimes and international law, was today elected to his second term as President of the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Dragomir Pecanac

Bosnian Serb refuses to testify at genocide trial before UN war crimes tribunal

10 October 2011
A former security and intelligence officer in the Bosnian Serb army refused to testify today in the genocide trial of his commander at the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s.
Vojislav Šešelj

Jailed Serb leader loses bid to have UN war crimes court end case against him

30 September 2011
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has rejected a request by the leader of the Serb Radical Party to discontinue proceedings against him, finding he had failed to prove that his right to trial within a reasonable period had been violated.