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UN war crimes tribunal orders release of former Bosnian Serb police chief

The United Nations International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today released a former Bosnian Serb police chief serving a 10-year war crimes conviction in Spain, based on time served and his agreement to cooperate with the court in its ongoing investigations into crimes committed during the Balkan wars of the 1990s.

UN war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia warns it may not complete work on schedule

The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will probably have to conduct trials through 2009, senior court officials told the Security Council today.

UN war crimes tribunals cite obstacles to completing work on schedule – new reports

Key indictees still at large, overburdened dockets, and lack of predictable funding are highlighted as obstacles in the final phases of the work of the United Nations tribunals prosecuting war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda in separate reports submitted to the Security Council today.