The presidents of United Nations war crimes tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda today pointed to the quickening pace of their work and progress in the number of indictments and judgements handed down in the past year as the UN General Assembly met in plenary to consider reports by the two courts.
A former Bosnian Croat military police commander charged with murder and other crimes against humanity turned himself in today to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and was transferred to the court's detention unit in The Hague.
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) today confirmed the conviction of the former director of a tea factory for genocide and crimes against humanity, and upheld his sentence of life imprisonment.
Three Bosnian Serbs were sentenced to between three and 15 years by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today for crimes against humanity committed at a detention camp in 1992.
Prosecutors for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today confirmed that they had filed a new indictment against former President Slobodan Milosevic charging him with genocide and other crimes allegedly committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Twin brothers were transferred today to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague to face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for acts committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the mid-1990s.
Applauding the role played by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in advance of the election in Kosovo, the Security Council this morning called upon all women and men of the province to take part in the vote on 17 November.
Five Bosnian Serbs were convicted today by a United Nations war crimes tribunal for their roles in what the court described as a "hellish orgy of persecution" in three detention camps.
