The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today reduced the indictment against former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic, who faces genocide charges, to ensure a fair and expeditious trial. The ICTY trial chamberadopted the prosecution’s proposal to limit its presentation of
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Serbia and the WTO; Serbia and a Gay Pride Parade
The Working Party on Serbia’s accession supports an early accession of Serbia and welcomed its progress in the implementation of new legislation to comply with WTO rules. Click here for more information.In other news relating to Serbia . .…
Serbia Seeks Relief Upon US Failure to Give Consular Notification
The Serbian government has requested that the State of Nevada halt the scheduled execution of a Serbian man, Avram Nika, and grant him a writ of habeas corpus because Nika was not provided his consular notification rights under Article 36 of the Vienna…
ICTY Defendant Removed from Court After Ignoring Warnings From Judge
The former head of the Bosnian Serb armed forces during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s was removed from a hearing yesterday at International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) after he continually interrupted the presiding judge.Ratko Mladic, who…
Ratko Mladic Arrested in Serbia
Ratko Mladic, the war-time leader of the Bosnian Serb forces, was arrested this week in Serbia after evading capture for almost 16 years. He is awaiting transfer to The Hague, where he will stand trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for…
ICTY Convicts Serbian Police Official for Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has convicted Vlastimir Dordevic, a former senior Serbian police official, for crimes against humanity and for war crimes carried out in Kosovo. He was sentenced him to 27 years imprisonment after being found…
Supporting the Work of International Criminal Tribunals
The cooperation of States is vital in bringing to justice those responsible for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and in facilitating the successful completion of the United Nations tribunals mandated with this task, the Security Council was…
What Happens Next? Discussing the ICJ’s Advisory Decision on Kosovo
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Foreign Minister of Serbia, Vuk Jeremic, met today at United Nations Headquarters in New York, where they discussed questions related to Kosovo as well as a planned high-level meeting on disarmament. The meeting comes one…
ICJ Rules 10-4 that Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence Does Not Violate International Law
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled today in an Advisory Opinion that Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia in February 2008 did not violate international law. The U.N. General Assembly had asked the ICJ to give an Advisory Opinion…