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Spanish judicial group awards prize to UN war crimes tribunal

The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today received the Justice in the World Award from the Madrid-based foundation of the same name in honour of its work, especially for its independence in carrying out its mandate.

UN tribunal transfers Bosnian Croat convicted over deadly village attack to Spain

A former Bosnian Croat militia commander who was sentenced to 12 years’ jail for a notorious attack on a village where more than three dozen Muslims were killed will serve the rest of his sentence in Spain after being transferred today by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

UN tribunal transfers Bosnian Serb convicted over Srebrenica massacre to Finland

A senior security and intelligence officer in the Bosnian Serb army who was sentenced to 20 years’ jail for his role in the 1995 massacre of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica will serve the rest of his sentence in Finland after being transferred today by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Trial of Bosnian Serb paramilitaries transferred from UN tribunal

The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia announced today that it is referring the case of a Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader and his cousin who are accused of burning to death scores of Muslim women, children and elderly men in 1992.

Bosnian Serb who raped and tortured Muslims jailed by UN war crimes tribunal

The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today sentenced a former Bosnian Serb soldier and de facto military policeman to 15 years in prison for raping and torturing Muslim women and girls in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina between July and October 1992.

UN war crimes tribunal reduces jail sentence for former Bosnian Serb politician

The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today slightly reduced the sentence of a former leading Bosnian Serb politician jailed over his role in the ethnic cleansing that took place during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, but upheld most of his original convictions.

UN war crimes tribunal upholds jail sentence for Bosnian Croat soldier

A former Bosnian Croat special forces soldier lost his appeal today at the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia over the 20-year jail sentence he received for his role in the multiple murder, rape and torture of Bosnian Muslim civilians in 1993.