ICTY

Kosovo duo facing trial at UN tribunal over alleged intimidation of witness

28 April 2008
Kosovo’s ex-minister for culture, youth and sport and a former newspaper editor will appear tomorrow before the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) after being charged with contempt of court for allegedly trying to intimidate a witness in a war crimes trial.

UN tribunal and justice research institute start project to safeguard court’s legacy

23 April 2008
The United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst war crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s and the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) have begun a joint project to transfer the knowledge gained from the tribunal’s work to future courts and institutions dealing with the issues.

UN tribunal partially overturns convictions of two Bosnian Muslim commanders

22 April 2008
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today partially overturned the convictions and reduced the jail sentences given to two former high-level commanders in Bosnia and Herzegovina whose forces murdered and mistreated captured Bosnian Croats and Serbs in 1993.

UN war crimes tribunal for Balkans grants temporary release to three men

15 April 2008
The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to deal with the worst crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s has granted temporary provisional release to three men either facing trial or mounting an appeal in separate cases.

Serbian security figure fit to stand trial, UN war crimes tribunal rules

9 April 2008
The delayed war crimes trial of two former high-level officials with the Serbian secret service will start on Monday after the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s ruled that one of the men is now fit to stand trial.

UN war crimes tribunal and Slovakia sign agreement to enforce prison sentences

7 April 2008
Slovakia today became the fifteenth European country to agree to enforce sentences imposed by the United Nations tribunal that was set up to deal with the worst crimes committed during the Balkan wars of the 1990s.

Former top Yugoslav figure granted temporary leave by UN war crimes tribunal

4 April 2008
The United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s has granted temporary release to a former senior Yugoslav political figure facing trial over an alleged campaign of terror and violence against Kosovo Albanians and other non-Serbs in 1999.

Former leader of Kosovo acquitted of war crimes charges by UN tribunal

3 April 2008
The United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst acts committed during the Balkan wars of the 1990s today acquitted a former prime minister of Kosovo of charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.