Serbian war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic transferred to UN tribunal for trial
UN Crime News
The Serbian war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic was today transferred to the United Nations tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to face charges of genocide and other crimes committed against Bosnian Muslim, Bosnian Croat and other non-Serb civilians in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
UN-backed court for Sierra Leone war crimes charges five with contempt
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The United Nations-backed court set up to try suspects indicted for war crimes in Sierra Leone today charged five people with contempt of court for allegedly interfering with prosecution witnesses who testified in two separate trials.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
UN rejects allegations that it interfered in work of Cambodian genocide court
UN Crime News
The United Nations today rejected media reports that it instructed judges at the tribunal in Cambodia dealing with mass killings and other crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge three decades ago to dismiss its third case, stressing that the court is an independent body.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
Top UN legal official outlines judicial options to fight piracy off Somalia
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Helping the courts in Somalia attain international standards to handle trials of suspects arrested for engaging in maritime piracy off the East African coast can be an important step in combating the scourge in the Indian Ocean, the top United Nations legal affairs official told the Security Council today.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
UN genocide tribunal refers case to Rwandan court system for first time
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The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to try masterminds of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda today for the first time referred a case to be tried by the country's national judicial system.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
UN tribunal for Balkans crimes transfers convicted police officer to Germany
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The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has transferred a former police officer convicted of murder during the Balkans conflict of the 1990s to Germany to serve out his 12-year prison sentence.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
UN's Balkan war crimes tribunal upholds contempt conviction against ex-staffer
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The United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst war crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today dismissed the appeal of a former staff member against her conviction for contempt of court.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
Last remaining fugitive taken into custody by UN's Balkans war crimes tribunal
UN Crime News
The last remaining fugitive from the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the Balkans was today transferred to the court's custody, two days after his arrest by authorities in Serbia following seven years at large.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention