The Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) would have to be changed in order for the court to pay compensation to persons wrongly prosecuted or sentenced, its President said in a document released today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
As the United Nations oversight body reported progress in the efforts by two UN war crimes tribunals to put an end to abuse of the legal aid system, senior officials from the two courts today vowed to take additional measures to deal with the problem.
If the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was to complete its work as planned, it needed "unwavering" international cooperation in arresting the accused and turning over evidence, the president of the court told a visiting United States delegation today.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has welcomed the voluntary surrender today of a former Bosnian army leader charged with atrocities committed by forces under his command.
