The Hague

THE HAGUE/BELGRADE - Serbia's legal team expects that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will reject the lawsuit against Serbia and determine that the Croatian Armed Forces committed major crimes against Serbs during and after military Operation Storm, Sasa Obradovic, Serbia's agent to the ICJ, said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has reached the decision in the Croatian and Serbian competing genocide cases and is expected to deliver the ruling on February 3, Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said Wednesday.

THE HAGUE- Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz urged the Appeals Chamber to revoke the measure of provisional release for the accused leader of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) Vojislav Seselj, the ICTY said in a statement on Wednesday.

Newly-elected Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic urged the UN secretary-general to push for Serbian nationalist war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj to be returned to custody in The Hague.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has launched an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, opening a path to possible charges against Israelis or Palestinians. 

Croatia wants Serbia to process war crimes

Croatian officials said Zagreb will block Serbia's European integration unless Belgrade processes the war crimes committed on Croatian territory during the 1990s.

The release of war criminal Vojislav Seselj sparked tension between Croatia and Serbia. [AFP]

A member of the Croatian parliament and leader of the Serbian minority, Milorad Pupovac, said the result in the Croatian presidential elections could have a further negative impact on Croatia-Serbia relations.

THE HAGUE - The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) stated on Tuesday that it has dismissed as unacceptable the motion of the Prosecutor's Office to revoke the decision on the temporary release of Vojislav Seselj, adding that Seselj's statements to the press do not constitute threats against witnesses.

Hague: Request to order Seselj back to jail rejected

BELGRADE -- The trial chamber of the Hague Tribunal has rejected a motion filed by the prosecution to order Vojislav Seselj to return to the detention unit.

The chamber also decided that it was not competent to rule on Seselj's request to punish Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz for his "impermissible behavior."

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has accepted the request by Palestine to join the International Criminal Court, a move that would open the way for war crimes complaints against Israel.

The decision grants the Hague-based ICC jurisdiction to open cases starting April 1 on serious crimes committed in the Palestinian territories, despite fierce opposition from Israel and the United States.