Genocide
Montenegro Minister Sacked for Querying Srebrenica Genocide Rulings
Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights Vladimir Leposavic in parliament. Photo: Parliament of Montenegro.
His dismissal was supported by the votes of 43 opposition MPs and ruling Black on White coalition MPs. The other two ruling majority blocs, For the Future of Montenegro and Peace is Our Nation, did not support his dismissal.
"While Vucic is alive, Radeta and Jojic will not be extradited"
Serbian State Security Officials’ Verdict Due by June 30
The president of International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Carmel Agius, told the UN Security Council on Tuesday evening that the verdict in the retrial of Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic is still on track to be delivered this month.
Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic loses genocide appeal
Ratko Mladic, the military chief known as the "Butcher of Bosnia" for orchestrating genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Balkan nation's 1992-95 war, lost his final legal battle on June 8 when U.N. judges rejected his appeals and affirmed his life sentence.
Turkey welcomes UN ruling on ‘butcher of Bosnia’
Turkey's Foreign Ministry said on June 8 that a U.N. court in The Hague's upholding of a life sentence for Ratko Mladic for his part in the genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina was the right call, although it would not reduce the pain of the relatives of the victims.
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UN Court Confirms Ratko Mladic’s Life Sentence for Genocide
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague on Tuesday confirmed that Ratko Mladic will serve a life sentence for his role in the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II.
Ratko Mladic sentenced to life imprisonment VIDEO / PHOTO
The Appeals Chamber upheld Ratko Mladic's first-instance verdict in its entirety.
He was sentenced to life in prison for genocide in Srebrenica, crimes against humanity in 15 municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, siege, sniping and terrorizing Sarajevo from 1992 to 1995, and holding members of the UN peacekeeping mission hostage during the NATO bombing.
Live Blog: Ratko Mladic’s Final Verdict
- Ratko Mladic is appealing against the 2017 verdict sentencing him to life imprisonment for genocide in Srebrenica in 1995, the persecution of Bosniaks and Croats all over the country, terrorising the besieged population of Sarajevo and taking UN peacekeepers hostage.
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Ratko Mladic Deserves Double Genocide Conviction: UN Prosecutor
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz told BIRN in an interview ahead of Ratko Mladic's trial verdict on Tuesday that he believes the crimes by Bosnian Serb forces committed in five Bosnian municipalities in 1992 represented the beginning of a genocide in the country which culminated in Srebrenica in July 1995.
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.