International criminal law

 Parliament tightens security as two legislators released from jail to attend vote Former far right Golden Dawn party and now independent deputy Stathis Boukouras (r), currently held on remand, is seen under an emotional state after addressing Parliament for a vote that will decide whether he will be stripped of his immunity from prosecution.

"Political will present to work with Wiesenthal Center"

BELGRADE -- Serbia has the political will to cooperate with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which searches for WW2-era war criminals, Efraim Zuroff has told B92.

SARAJEVO - The chief prosecutor of the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz has said that, following a recent visit to Sarajevo, he is disappointed with the progress in war crimes investigations transferred several years ago by the ICTY Prosecutor's Office to Bosnia.

The international court turned down former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s request to quash the genocide and war crime charges against him midway through his trial.

GRACANICA - Outgoing Serbian minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Aleksandar Vulin stated on Wednesday that he expects the court for war crimes committed in KiM to be set up which would start performing its duties in a fast and unbiased manner.

Kosovo’s president said she was willing to cooperate with a proposed new international tribunal to deal with war crimes and alleged organ-trafficking during the late 1990s conflict.

Police in Crete have arrested eight Syrians and one Greek on suspicion of running a human trafficking ring.

The arrests came after authorities found 47 migrants, including 11 children, in homes near Iraklio.

Zagreb told the International Court of Justice that Belgrade’s claim that Croatia committed genocide against Serbs during the 1991-95 war “lacks any basis” and cannot be proved.

THE HAGUE - With their genocide dispute before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Serbia and Croatia have not closed the door to the reconciliation of the two nations, Serbia’s agent at the court Sasa Obradovic has said.

Belgrade has not proved its wartime genocide claims in its case against Zagreb at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Croatia’s legal team insisted.