Yugoslav wars

Court told of wartime persecution culminating in shooting of prisoners. A witness told the Hague tribunal of two former Bosnian Serb police chiefs this week how he survived a mass execution in August 1992 in the village of Kotlina. Asim Basic, from Basici in the municipality of Gacko, was giving evidence at the trial of Mico Stanisic and Stojan Zupljanin.  

Katherine M. Beall, a University of Kansas senior from Baldwin City, has been selected for a prestigious internship at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague, Netherlands. She will work Aug. 16-Dec. 23 in the Office of the Prosecutor in the leadership research section, which researches and analyzes the former Yugoslavia, including its history, politics, demography and media. In addition to participating in day-to-day activities, interns are invited to a  

Serbia has an open door to NATO membership, but that's a decision it has to make on its own, the U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Mary Warlick stated on Feb. 5. She told BETA that "the U.S. fully support Serbia's European and Euroatlantic aspirations, and are doing everything to help its efforts in that direction." Warlick did not comment on the deadlines for Serbia's accession to the EU, pointing out that after the positive steps it has made at the end of 2009, including the membership application, Serbia h  

country and have stepped up their demands for independence, refusing to accept any changes which could lessen their hold on power. The continuing recession is adding to instability and BiH is trailing behind its Balkan neighbours due to a lack of political consensus. Bosnia was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the first time, for 2010- 2011.  

Serbian nationalist politician accused of revealing details of witnesses in book. Vojislav Seselj has been charged this week with contempt of court for disclosing information about 11 protected witnesses in a book he authored. This is the second time that Serbian nationalist leader, currently on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity, has been charged with contempt.

I was most surprised when you said my associates contacted and threatened you   -Vojislav Seselj

 

Former prisoner speaks of wartime ordeal at hands of elite Serbian troops. A Bosnian politician this week told the Hague tribunal of abuses by special Serbian military units in north-eastern Bosnia in 1992. "You could clearly see that these people could handle warfare and weapons, unlike the locals. You could see from their behaviour that these were professional warriors," said Sulejman Tihic, president of the Party of Democratic Action, SDA, and chairman of the House of Peoples, one of the two chambe

You could clearly see that these people could handle warfare and weapons, unlike the locals. You could see from their behaviour that these were professional warriors   -Sulejman Tihic

 

24 July 2009 – The United Nations tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today gave the leader of the Serbian Radical Party a 15-month jail term after finding him guilty of contempt of court for publishing the names of three protected witnesses in his war crimes trial. Vojislav Šešelj, who is facing nine charges relating to his alleged role in an ethnic cleansing campaign in the Vojvodina region of Serbia between 1991 and 1993, authored a book containing detailed information – including the names and cou

the deliberate way in which the protective measure decisions   -Vojislav Seselj

 

5 February 2010 – The leader of the Serb Radical Party was today charged with contempt of court by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the Balkans over allegedly revealing details about protected witnesses in his own trial. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced that it has initiated contempt proceedings against Vojislav ?e?elj for having disclosed information on 11 protected witnesses in a book he authored, in violation of the Trial Chamber's orders.  

The Yugoslavian war crimes tribunal has charged Serbian nationalist Vojislav Seselj with contempt of court for revealing details about protected witnesses related to his war crimes trial. Seslj was convicted of the same charge last year, and the new indictment means Seselj could be jailed for up to seven years if found guilty, regardless of the outcome of his war crimes trial. Seselj, leader of Serbia's ultra-nationalist Radical Party, was the first suspect charged with contempt of court while on tria

The tribunal regards the integrity of witnesses and confidential materials as essential elements in the rule of law   -ICTY