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Former Yugoslav admiral pleads guilty at UN tribunal to violating customs of war

A former Yugoslav admiral, charged before a United Nations tribunal with war crimes for the shelling and bombing of the historic Croatian coastal city of Dubrovnik in 1991, pleaded guilty today to an amended indictment of violations of the laws or customs of war, including murder and cruel treatment.

Former Rwandan mayor pleads not guilty at UN tribunal to genocide

A former mayor in the Kigali Rural prefecture appearing before the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ordered attacks against Tutsi minorities in Rwanda and participated in those assaults during the 1994 genocide.

Security Council mulls 2 prosecutors for Rwanda, former Yugoslavia tribunals

The Security Council today heard a briefing from the prosecutor for the United Nations war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia as it met behind closed doors to mull the possibility of creating separate prosecutor's offices for the two courts.

Security Council set to meet on UN tribunals for Rwanda and former Yugoslavia

The Security Council is scheduled to hold a private meeting tomorrow on the United Nations war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia amid discussions that the prosecutor’s post would be more effective if there was one for each court.