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UN tribunal sentences former Yugoslav general to eight years for war crimes

The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today sentenced retired Lt. Gen. Pavle Strugar to eight years in jail in connection with the bombardment of historic and religious sites in the Old Town of Dubrovnik in Croatia in 1991.

General Assembly extends judges' terms at UN war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia

In a bid to help the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia meet its target of trying all defendants by 2008, the General Assembly today extended the tenure of seven short-term judges and appointed two new temporary judges as well.

Terms extended for ad hoc judges at UN war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia

Seeking to ensure that the United Nations International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) can complete trying all defendants before it by 2008, the Security Council today extended the mandates of several short-term judges whose tenure were to expire before the end of the trials they were conducting.

UN tribunal sentences two for war crimes in Srebrenica enclave

Two Bosnian Serbs were sentenced today by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for their roles in the massacre of 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in the Srebrenica enclave in July 1995.