A Croatian general has surrendered to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to face charges of crimes against humanity, a spokesman for the court announced today.
The wife of indicted suspect Slobodan Milosevic will visit him in detention at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, according to a spokesman for the court, who declined to give details of the trip, citing security concerns.
Making his initial appearance before a judge at the United Nations war crimes tribunal, the former mayor of a commune in Rwanda pleaded not guilty today to five counts charging him with genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 massacres in the country.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) confirmed today that the planned visit by Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte to Belgrade had been postponed, and no new date has been yet set.
The United Nations General Assembly has elected 27 judges to the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in response to a decision of the Security Council to create a pool of ad hoc judges on which the court could draw, on a case-by-case basis, to hasten completion of the trials.
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) today found a former mayor not guilty on seven counts of genocide and crimes against humanity, marking the first time the war crimes court has acquitted someone accused of participating in the 1994 massacres.
United Nations officials today paid tribute to Judge Laïty Kama of Senegal, the first President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), who died on Sunday in a Nairobi hospital following a short battle with illness.
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today signed a letter to the Belgrade authorities, inquiring whether they had served former President Slobodan Milosevic with the arrest warrant and indictment against him.
