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UN war crimes tribunal ends case involving late Bosnian Muslim army chief

The United Nations war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia terminated appellate proceedings today against the former head of Bosnian Muslim forces during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, who had died in April.

Head of UN tribunal for Rwandan genocide welcomes release of detained lawyer

The head of the United Nations war crimes tribunal trying the ringleaders of the 1994 Rwandan genocide today welcomed Rwanda’s decision to free a defence lawyer who was arrested and detained in the African country last month.

UN tribunal jails two Bosnian Serbs for life over Srebrenica massacre

A United Nations war crimes tribunal today handed out life terms in jail to two former top Bosnian Serb military officers after convicting them of genocide for their role in the 1995 massacre of nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the UN safe haven of Srebrenica, the most notorious episode of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s.