Read daily most of up to dated ICTY News from the most reliable sources around the world.http://www.trcb.com/en-Us60Thu, 9 Feb 2012 16:59:30 ESTCopyright 2012 IWPR - Institute for War & Peace, TRCB.com All Right Reservedhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/un-ruled-immune-from-srebrenica-prosecution-25332.htmLawyers representing relatives of victims say they will continue to pursue case, despite Dutch court decision. By Rachel Irwin in The Hague TU No. 641, 2-Apr-10)The United Nations cannot be prosecuted for failing to protect the nearly 8,000 Bosniak men Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/un-ruled-immune-from-srebrenica-prosecution-25332.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/seselj-threatens-to-subpoena-former-chief-prosecutor-25331.htmSerbian politician demands statements about alleged meetings between ex-tribunal officials and his former legal adviser. By Rachel Irwin in The Hague (TU No. 641, 2-Apr-10)Serbian nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj this week demanded statements from Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/seselj-threatens-to-subpoena-former-chief-prosecutor-25331.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/appeals-judges-reject-karadzic-postponement-25330.htmFormer Bosnian Serb president had asked for more time to prepare his case. By Rachel Irwin in The Hague (TU No. 641, 2-Apr-10)Appeals judges at the Hague tribunal this week rejected former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzics request to postpone his Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/appeals-judges-reject-karadzic-postponement-25330.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/witness-recounts-srebrenica-investigation-25329.htmTolimir trial hears reconstruction of events following fall of enclave. By Velma Saric in Sarajevo (TU No. 641, 2-Apr-10)The Hague tribunal trial of former Bosnian Serb general Zdravko Tolimir heard testimony this week from a prosecution witness who Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/witness-recounts-srebrenica-investigation-25329.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/srebrenica-survivor-gives-glimpse-of-enclaves-defences-25094.htmDetails emerge from Tolimirs two-day cross examination of a witness who survived a mass execution. By Rachel Irwin in The Hague (TU No. 640, 26-Mar-10)Former Bosnian Serb general Zdravko Tolimir, on trial for war crimes at the Hague tribunal, this week Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/srebrenica-survivor-gives-glimpse-of-enclaves-defences-25094.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/karadzic-counsel-takes-issue-with-disclosure-25053.htmJudge says prosecution should respond promptly to any reasonable defence requests for assistance. By Rachel Irwin in The Hague (TU No. 640, 26-Mar-10)The standby counsel appointed to former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzics case at the Hague Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/karadzic-counsel-takes-issue-with-disclosure-25053.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/court-told-yugoslav-officers-wanted-to-fight-for-bosnian-serbs-25052.htmWitness said some contacted the Bosnian Serbs about joining them but didnt know how. By Velma Saric in Sarajevo (TU No. 640, 25-Mar-10)A defence witness at the Hague tribunal trial of former Yugoslav army, VJ, chief Momcilo Perisic this week said Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/court-told-yugoslav-officers-wanted-to-fight-for-bosnian-serbs-25052.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/seselj-says-trial-reports-false-25051.htmCourt rejects accusedsdemands regarding news agency. By Rachel Irwin in The Hague (TU No. 640, 26-Mar-10)The Hague war crimes tribunal this week rejected Serbian nationalist Vojislav Seseljs demand that a news agency be ordered to stop publishing Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/seselj-says-trial-reports-false-25051.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/markac-witness-denies-croat-forces-looted-25049.htmDefendants deputy says he does not believe special police destroyed homes in Gracac. By Julia Hawes (TU No. 640, 26-Mar-10) A witness in the Hague tribunal trial of Mladen Markac, former commander of the Croatian special police forces, denied this Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/markac-witness-denies-croat-forces-looted-25049.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/guilty-plea-in-lukic-contempt-case-24629.htmWitness gets three-month sentence after plea agreement. By Rachel Irwin in The Hague (TU No. 639, 18-Mar-10)A Bosniak man pleaded guilty to contempt this week after admitting that he accepted money in exchange for signing a false statement in the Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/guilty-plea-in-lukic-contempt-case-24629.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/ex-kla-man-in-tribunal-trouble-24594.htmBrahimaj says he missed provisional release meeting because he was asleep. Lahi Brahimaj, a former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, has written to the Hague tribunal to say he was asleep when European Union monitors came to his house on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/ex-kla-man-in-tribunal-trouble-24594.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/witness-tells-of-vlasenica-killings-24593.htmSays he survived by fleeing at night after others had been killed. A prosecution witness in the Hague tribunal trial of Bosnian Serb general Zdravko Tolimir told the court this week that in July 1995 he survived the execution of a group of men from Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/witness-tells-of-vlasenica-killings-24593.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/court-hears-vj-not-forced-to-fight-in-bosnia-24590.htmWitness says Yugoslav troops could opt out of Sarajevo battle. By Velma Saric in Sarajevo (TU No. 639, 19-Mar-10)A defence witness told the Hague tribunal trial of former Yugoslav army, VJ, chief Momcilo Perisic this week that members of the 72 Special Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/court-hears-vj-not-forced-to-fight-in-bosnia-24590.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/bosnias-ganic-extradition-bid-under-scrutiny-24589.htmBritish lawyers say theres a flaw in the Sarajevo prosecutors request for him to be returned to Bosnia. By Rachel Irwin in The Hague (TU No. 639, 19-Mar-10)Bosnias attempt to extradite former Bosnian presidency member Ejup Ganic from Britain may Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/bosnias-ganic-extradition-bid-under-scrutiny-24589.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/barring-bosnias-war-criminals-from-politics-24427.htmBy Merdijana Sadovic in Sarajevo (17-Mar-10) When convicted war criminal Simo Zaric was earlier this year named deputy mayor of the very town in which his offences were committed, it caused outrage among human rights activists and survivors groups. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/barring-bosnias-war-criminals-from-politics-24427.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/witness-denies-greater-serbia-seselj-discussion-24323.htmHe appears to contradict remarks hes said to have made to prosecutors about conversation with accused. By Julia Hawes (TU No. 638, 12-Mar-10)A witness in the Hague tribunal trial of Serbian nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj this week denied that the Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/witness-denies-greater-serbia-seselj-discussion-24323.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/bosnia-ban-on-convicts-holding-public-office-urged-24168.htmCalls gain momentum following storm over appointment of Bosnian Serb war criminal as senior municipal official. By Zana Kovacevic in Sarajevo (TU No. 638, 12-Mar-10)The selection of a convicted war criminal as deputy mayor of a Bosnian town has led to Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/bosnia-ban-on-convicts-holding-public-office-urged-24168.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/relation-between-vj-and-vrs-probed-23773.htmWitness denies that Bosnian Serb military depended on senior Yugoslav army officers. By Julia Hawes (TU No. 637, 05-Mar-10)A witness in the Hague trial of a former commander of the Yugoslav army, VJ, this week told the court that he believed this Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/relation-between-vj-and-vrs-probed-23773.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/tolimir-led-organised-brutality-23772.htmProsecution sets out case in trial of former senior Bosnian Serb army official. By Velma Saric in Sarajevo (TU No. 637, 05-Mar-10) The prosecution in the Hague war crimes trial of Zdravko Tolimir alleged this week that the former Republika Srpska, Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/tolimir-led-organised-brutality-23772.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/karadzic-denies-sarajevo-siege-23692.htmAs his trial gets underway, former Bosnian Serb leader alleges city was never blockaded. By Rachel Irwin in The Hague (TU No. 637, 5-Mar-10)Former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic, in his opening statements at the Hague tribunal, denied that the Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/karadzic-denies-sarajevo-siege-23692.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/ganic-awaits-uk-extradition-ruling-23685.htmWar crimes suspect held on Serbian warrant but Bosnia wants him too. By Brian Gallagher in London (TU No. 637, 05-Mar-10)The fate of former Bosnian presidency member Ejup Ganic, under arrest in Britain on a war crimes extradition warrant issued by Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/ganic-awaits-uk-extradition-ruling-23685.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/conflicting-evidence-on-detention-camp-security-23480.htmCourt hears seemingly contradictory evidence about which Bosnian Serb authority was responsible for camps. By Velma Saric in Sarajevo (TU No. 636, 26-Feb-10)The Hague tribunal trial of two former Bosnian Serb police chiefs this week heard apparently Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/conflicting-evidence-on-detention-camp-security-23480.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/court-told-serbs-not-prevented-from-krajina-return-23475.htmWitness tells Hague that incentives were provided to encourage Serbs to go back after Operation Storm. By Julia Hawes (TU No. 636, 26-Feb-10)Dr Jure Radic, the former Croatian minister for development and reconstruction, told Hague judges this week that Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/court-told-serbs-not-prevented-from-krajina-return-23475.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/balkan-youth-to-follow-karadzic-trial-closely-23338.htmBut will proceedings help new generation come to terms with the past? By Velma Saric in Sarajevo and Maria Hetman in Budapest (TU No. 636, 26-Feb-10)Muamera Sulejmanovic was only six years old when the Bosnian war broke out in 1992. Growing up in Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/balkan-youth-to-follow-karadzic-trial-closely-23338.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/fraught-tribunal-legacy-gathering-23330.htmConference exposes conflict-related tensions and resentments that still to swirl around the Balkans. By Rachel Irwin in The Hague (TU No. 636, 26-Feb-10)Despite efforts to foster reconciliation in the Balkans, the Hague tribunal still has much work to do Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/icty/general/fraught-tribunal-legacy-gathering-23330.htmTRCB.comNews ICTY / General