International law
Serbian War Crimes Prosecution ‘Extremely Inefficient’, Report Says
A new report published by the Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Centre on Friday accuses the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor's Office of being "extremely inefficient", while also raising concerns that over a half of the court hearings in war crime trials last year were postponed for COVID-related reasons.
“Non-Muslim minorities can no longer voice defiance in this parliament”: Erdogan’s far-right ally
“It is not a place where those who call the Turkish nation perpetrators of massacre & genocide will be able to exist, or look at us straight in the eye”
Report of the US State Department: Serious Corruption and Human Rights issues in Bulgaria
Significant human rights problems and insufficient tackling of corruption. These are some of the conclusions of the annual report of the United States Department of State on human rights in Bulgaria for last year.
Ukraine Tribunal Could Try Russian Leaders for Aggression
Andrew Clapham, a British professor of international law, told BIRN that focusing on the crime of aggression could mean that "individuals who ordered and planned the invasion" are brought to justice at a special tribunal.
North Macedonia has declared five Russian Diplomats Persona Non Grata
The government in the Republic of North Macedonia has declared five Russian diplomats persona non grata. This was confirmed by Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani.
First Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Bulgaria has been declared Persona Non Grata
International Prosecutor to Probe Possible War Crimes in Ukraine
Karim Khan, chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, said on Monday that he has decided to proceed "as rapidly as possible" with opening an investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Dnevnik says officials wanted to further erase the erased
Ljubljana – Commenting on President Borut Pahor’s formal apology to the erased, the newspaper Dnevnik says on Saturday, on the 30th anniversary of the erasure, that this comes after state officials wanted to further erase those 25,671 people to silence them. It is ironic it was Pahor who apologised, the paper points out.
Montenegro Arrests US Fugitives Convicted in 18 Million Dollar Fraud
Montenegrin police officer on patrol in the capital Podgorica. Photo. BIRN/Samir Kajosevic
The US Justice Department said that Richard Ayvazyan, his wife, Marietta Terabelian, and his sister-in-law, Tamara Dadyan, were in detention in Montenegro. The Montenegrin Interior Ministry didn't respond to BIRN's request for arrest details by time of publication.
Montenegro Ponders Ukrainian Far-Right Group Member’s Asylum Request
Supporters of the 'Right Sector' carry portraits of their comrades killed fighting in eastern Ukraine. Photo: EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY
Since December, he has been held in a migrant shelter near the capital, Podgorica, until Montenegro's Interior Ministry decides on his request; he is on a Russian-issued international arrest warrant for allegedly smuggling strategically important resources.
Germany continues, Ukrainians angry: "Hypocritical"
The delivery is taking place regardless of the sanctions of the European Union, "Welt" writes, referring to the document of the Ministry of Economy and Climate Protection.