ICTY

Serge Brammertz

Serge Brammertz appointed prosecutor for UN’s Balkan war crimes tribunal

28 November 2007
The Security Council today approved the appointment of Serge Brammertz, currently leading the independent probe of the 2005 killing of a former Lebanese prime minister, as the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for a four-year term starting on 1 January.

Bosnian Muslim army chief temporarily released from jail by UN tribunal

26 November 2007
The former head of the Bosnian Muslim forces during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, currently facing trial before a United Nations tribunal on war crimes charges, is being temporarily released from jail and allowed to return to Bosnia and Herzegovina on the understanding that he will go back before the proceedings resume.
Ramush Haradinaj

Third witness in Kosovo trial faces charges at UN tribunal over refusal to testify

14 November 2007
A witness who failed to appear before the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia during the trial of the former prime minister of Kosovo has been arrested on contempt of court charges.
Vojislav Seselj

Trial of Serb ultranationalist leader begins at UN war crimes tribunal

7 November 2007
The Serbian ultranationalist politician Vojislav Šešelj used “poisonous ideas” to incite war crimes against non-Serbs during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, prosecutors at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said today as they outlined their case at his trial.
Dragan Zelenović

Bosnian Serb’s 15-year sentence upheld by UN war crimes tribunal

1 November 2007
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has upheld a 15-year prison term for a former Bosnian Serb soldier who pleaded guilty to charges of torture and rape of Bosnian Muslims during the Balkan wars of the 1990s.