Bosnian Croat Sentences Disputed
Both sides seek changes to hefty prison terms facing two Bosnia Croat leaders, but while the defence wants a reduction, prosecutors ask for longer sentences.
Both sides seek changes to hefty prison terms facing two Bosnia Croat leaders, but while the defence wants a reduction, prosecutors ask for longer sentences.
The tribunal announced this week that the defence phase of the case against Slobodan Milosevic was being pushed back until July 5.
Witness in Hadzihasanovic case tells of fruitless search for a rumoured 2,000-strong force of foreign mercenaries.
As trial reconvenes, prosecution seeks to link defendant with ethnic cleansing campaigns.
Indicted by the tribunal, Mirko Norac continues to be lauded by many Croats as one of the heroes of their war of independence.
Hague wants Mirko Norac to be tried in Croatia, but questions remain about the process of devolving indictments to local courts.
Court rules that crimes committed in Vojvodina would not be covered by the Hague tribunal’s statute.
Plans to move more war crimes proceedings from The Hague to regional courts may be complicated by serious differences between the two criminal codes.
It is not just the far-right radicals who are refusing to face up to the issue of war crimes.