UN Detention Unit
Bosnian Serb War Criminal Sent Back to Hague Custody from Denmark
The UN's Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague has said that Radoslav Brdjanin, who is serving a 30-year sentence for crimes against humanity during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been sent back to the UN Detention Unit from prison in Denmark.
Radovan Karadzic Transferred to Britain to Serve Jail Sentence
Radovan Karadzic was transferred from the UN Detention Unit in Scheveningen in The Hague to Britain on Wednesday, the former Bosnian Serb president's lawyer Goran Petronijevic told Bosnian media.
Petronijevic added that he had talked to Karadzic briefly on Wednesday when he landed in London, but has no further information on his whereabouts.
UN Court Urged to Hospitalise Ratko Mladic in The Hague
Ratko Mladic's defence team told BIRN on Wednesday that the former Bosnian Serb Army commander, who is appealing against his conviction for genocide and other wartime crimes, should be hospitalised immediately in The Hague because his health condition is now "disastrous".
Radovan Karadzic Temporarily Allowed Video Calls from Detention
Radovan Karadzic's lawyer Peter Robinson told BIRN that the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals decided earlier this month to temporarily allow UN Detention Unit prisoners to make video calls to immediate relatives after the former Bosnian Serb political leader appealed to the UN court.
Radovan Karadzic Appeals Ban on Video Calls from Detention
Radovan Karadzic's lawyer Peter Robinson said on Monday that the decision not to allow inmates at the United Nations Detention Unit in the Netherlands was wrong because it prevented his client, a long-term detainee, from communicating with his family.
UN Court Stops Hague Detainees Making Online Video Calls
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals has decided to discontinue a pilot project that enabled the Hague war crimes court's detainees to make and receive video calls via the internet, saying there were security concerns.
Ratko Mladic’s Bid to Prosecute Hague Doctors Rejected
Former Bosnian Serb Army Ratko Mladic’s request for contempt of court proceedings against medical staff at the UN Detention Unit, who he accuses of being responsible for his deteriorating health, was rejected.
ICTY Orders Stanisic and Simatovic Back To Jail Before Retrial
A United Nations court on May 22 ordered two former Serbian state security officials to be held in jail until their retrial starts next month.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said it has asked Serbia's Ministry of Internal Affairs to return Jovica Stanisic, 66, and his deputy, Franko Simatovic, 67, to the UN Detention Unit in The Hague by May 30.