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Former top Yugoslav army officer transferred from Serbia to UN war crimes tribunal

25 April 2002
A former top officer in the Yugoslav army, wanted for allegedly leading a campaign of "terror and violence" in 1999 in Kosovo, was transferred today from Serbia to the detention unit of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague.

Kosovo: UN war crimes prosecutor confirms probes into three KLA suspects

19 April 2002
The chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today confirmed that her office had opened three investigations dealing with suspects from the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and that she hoped to issue the first indictment in those cases this year.

At UN tribunal former Rwandan college rector pleads not guilty to genocide charges

16 April 2002
Making his first appearance before the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) today, a priest accused of participating in the country's 1994 genocide pleaded not guilty to all four charges against him.

Man convicted by UN tribunal for Balkan war crimes to serve rest of term in Spain

12 April 2002
A former member of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has been transferred to Spain to serve the remainder of his 18-year sentence, the court announced today.

Citing lack of evidence, UN tribunal releases Bosnian Serb charged with war crimes

11 April 2002
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today released a Bosnian Serb charged with multiple counts of crimes against humanity after the prosecution said it lacked evidence to go to trial.

Accused Rwandan hate singer appears before UN tribunal, pleads not guilty

4 April 2002
A well-known Rwandan composer and singer accused of performing songs that incited the Hutu militia to kill Tutsis during the country’s 1994 genocide appeared before the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) today and pleaded not guilty to five counts of war crimes.

Trial of accused mastermind of Rwanda genocide adjourned until September

3 April 2002
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for Rwanda today adjourned until September the trial of the alleged mastermind behind the country's 1994 genocide one day after it began to give the prosecution and defence teams more time to ensure the case would proceed smoothly.

Alleged mastermind of 1994 Rwanda genocide goes on trial at UN tribunal

2 April 2002
The alleged mastermind behind the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and his three co-defendants went on trial today as United Nations prosecutors said in their opening statement that they would bring to light "the central and pivotal role" the accused played in the plot to exterminate the country's Tutsi population.