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UN tribunal Prosecutor to visit Yugoslavia to promote better cooperation

17 October 2001
The Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Carla Del Ponte, will visit the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia next week in an effort to obtain better cooperation from authorities there, the Hague-based UN court said today.

UN tribunal unseals indictment against Yugoslav army officers for Dubrovnik attack

2 October 2001
Citing a lack of cooperation by Belgrade, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has unsealed its indictment against four Yugoslav Army officers charged with war crimes during the 1991 siege on the Croatian coastal city of Dubrovnik.

Rwanda: former finance minister transferred to UN criminal tribunal for trial

26 September 2001
A former Minister of Finance in the 1994 Interim Government of Rwanda has been transferred from Belgium to the United Nations detention facility in Arusha, Tanzania, after being arrested at the request of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

UN tribunals for Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia sign cooperation statement

20 September 2001
The United Nations tribunals for Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia - which already share the same Appeals Chamber and Prosecutor - today agreed to cooperate on court management, legal advice and other issues.

Charged with genocide, father and son go on trial at UN tribunal for Rwanda

18 September 2001
The joint trial of a Rwandan pastor and his son opened today in Tanzania at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which has charged the two men with committing genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes during the tragic events in Rwanda in 1994.

Yugoslavia Tribunal begins work simultaneously on three trials

10 September 2001
In The Hague today, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for the first time in its history, began work simultaneously on three trials.

Accused Bosnian Muslims plead not guilty at UN war crimes tribunal

9 August 2001
Three Bosnian Muslims charged with war crimes today pleaded not guilty during their first appearance before the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Bosnian authorities arrest three war crimes suspects indicted by UN tribunal

3 August 2001
The authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina have arrested three former military men indicted by the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for crimes committed in central Bosnia between January 1993 and January 1994, the United Nations war crimes court announced today.

UN tribunal for former Yugoslavia hands down first genocide conviction

2 August 2001
Handing down its first verdict of this kind, the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today convicted former army General Radislav Kristic of genocide and sentenced him to 46 years in prison.

UN tribunal sentences former Bosnian police chief to 10 years in prison

31 July 2001
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today sentenced a former police chief to ten years' imprisonment for crimes against humanity committed in 1992 and 1993 during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.