War crime

The trial of eight former members of the Special Brigade of the RS Ministry of Interior (MUP) opened on Monday before the Higher Court in Belgrade.

The men are accused of committing war crimes against civilians in Srebrenica, Tanjug is reporting.

The Higher Court in Belgrade on Wednesday acquitted Pocuca of endangering the safety of Women in Black over a statement he made on Facebook in 2014 calling on football hooligans to target the Serbian peace group.

"For anyone who had doubts - justice always triumphs in the end," Pocuca wrote on Facebook after the verdict.

THE HAGUE - Ratko Mladic's defence on Friday began its closing argument before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), claiming he was not guilty of the crimes he is charged with, which include war crimes and a 1995 genocide of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica.

THE HAGUE - Ratko Mladic's defence on Friday began its closing argument before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), claiming he was not guilty of the crimes he is charged with, which include war crimes and a 1995 genocide of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica.

The lawyer for Sami Lushtaku, a former guerrilla commander who is now mayor of Skenderaj/Srbica, filed a complaint to Kosovo’s Supreme Court against his conviction for war crimes.

Denial of genocide and war crimes will become a criminal offense in Serbia.

This will be the case if final judgments reached either by a court in Serbia, or the International Criminal Court (ICC), establish that these acts had taken place.

Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic said Serbia will introduce a law to punish the denial of genocide and war crimes if the offences have been confirmed by the International Criminal Court or Serbian courts.

The Hague Tribunal has launched a medical investigation after war crimes defendant Radovan Karadzic claimed that cancer and other malignant diseases were rife in the UN detention unit.

Fatou Bensouda - Photo: ICC

BELGRADE - Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court said they have "reasonable basis" to believe the United States committed "war crimes" by torturing prisoners in Afghanistan, RFE/RL reported.

The Bosnian court awarded Abduladhim Maktouf, an Iraqi fighter convicted of war crimes during the 1992-95 conflict, 36,600 euros in compensation because he was in jail for two years longer than his sentence.