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Tag Archives: Srebrenica
Israel: Cvetkovic: District Court Allows Extradition to Face Genocide Charges
2011-08-01, Jerusalem, Israel. The District Court of Jerusalem authorized extradition of Aleksandar Cvetković to Bosnia and Herzegovina to face genocide charges. He now has 30 days to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Israel. If extradited, he will be prosecuted before the War Crimes Section of the BiH Court in Sarajevo on charges arising [...]
Posted in BiH WCS, Domestic Courts Also tagged Aleksandar Cvetkovic, appeal, BiH, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Muslims, Branjevo farm, charges, citizen, citizenship, District Court, extradition, genocide, genocide charges, immigration, Israel, Jerusalem, July 1995, Main Headquarters, Nick Kaufman, Pilica, Republika Srpska Army, Sarajevo, Supreme Court of Israel, Tenth Reconnaissance Squad, War Crimes Section, Zvornik municipality Comments closed
ICTY: Karadzic: Chamber Forces Germany to Disclose Documents re its and UN’s Roles in Smuggling of Weapons into Srebrenica
2010-05-19, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Trial Chamber granted, in part, Karadzic’s motion to order Germany to produced documents related to participation of the U.S., German and UN personnel in smuggling of arms into Srebrenica between 1994 and 1995. Statement of Law. The Chamber held that in order to be successful, the motion for an [...]
Posted in ICTY Also tagged Alan Tieger, arms, Article 29, Bundesnachrichtendienst, Christoph von Bezold, disclosure, Embassy of Germany, Federal Intelligence Service, Flavia Lattanzi, Germany, Government of Germany, Hildegard Uertz-Retzlaff, hostage-taking, Howard Morrison, IT-95-5/18-T, Melville Baird, motion, necessary, O-Gon Kwon, Parlamentarische Kontrollkommission, peacekeepers, production of documents, Radovan Karadzic, ready identification, reasonable effort, relevance, Richard Harvey, Rule 54 bis, Rules, Rules of Procedure and Evidence, smuggling, specific intent, specificity, Statute, Statute of the Tribunal, Third World Relief Agency, Tuzla, unduly onerous, UNPROFOR Comments closed
ICTY: Mladic: Indictment to be Shortened
2010-05-10, The Hague, The Netherlands. The OTP filed a motion to amend its Indictment against Ratko Mladic. The new Indictment would decrease the number of counts from 15 to 11. The counts allege the commission of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the context of ethnic cleansing in BiH from 1992-1995, the siege of Sarajevo [...]
Posted in ICTY Also tagged amendment, Bihac-Ripac, Bosanska Gradiska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, complicity, crimes against humanity, Doboj, ethnic cleansing, Gacko, genocide, Hadzici, hostage, Ilidza, indictment, individual responsibility, motion, Nevesinje, Novo Sarajevo, Pale, Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic, Sarajevo, siege, Sokolac, Srebrenica genocide, Teslic, Trnovo, UN personnel, war crimes Comments closed
ICTY: Karadzic: Srebrenica Survivor Testifies About Killings
2010-04-26, The Hague, The Netherlands. A protected OTP witness testified about escaping Srebrenica before RS forces reached it, but later surrendering to them when called to do so. According to the witness, in Sandici, the prisoners were addressed by Mladic who promised that they would not be hurt. He testified, however, that on July 13 and [...]
BiH WCS: Vukovic & Tomic: Defendants Get 31 Years of Imprisonment
2010-04-22, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Court found the accused Radomir Vukovic and Zoran Tomic guilty of genocide and sentenced them to 31 years imprisonment. The defendants were members of the special police force of the 2nd Detachment of the Sekovici Special Police of the RS MUP, and were assisting transportation of women, children and elderly out [...]
Posted in BiH WCS Also tagged genocide, Kravica Farming Cooperative, MUP, Radomir Vukovic, Vojvoda, Zgembo, Zoran Tomic Comments closed
Croatia: Kos: Suspected Participant of the Srebrenica Genocide Arrested
2010-04-20, Zagreb, Croatia. Croatian police arrested Franc Kos, a.k.a Branimir Miric, on the basis of an international arrest warrant issued by Bosnia. Mr. Kos is accused of participating in the Srebrenica genocide, as a member of the Bosnian Serb Army 10th commando detachment. He is a dual Slovenian and Bosnian citizen. Mr. Kos is also accused [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged 10th commando detachment, Bosnia, Bosnian Serb Army, Branimir Miric, Croatia, Dusko Tomic, Franc Kos, genocide, international arrest warrant, Krunoslav Zgela, Slovenia, VRS Comments closed
Netherlands: Court of Appeal Upholds UN & Dutch Gov. Immunity from Srebrenica Lawsuit
2010-03-30, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Dutch Court of Appeal rendered its judgment in the civil lawsuit brought against the United Nations and the Dutch Government by the Mothers of Srebrenica. The NGO’s lead counsel, Marco R Gerritsen and Axel Hagedorn, both of Van Diepen Van der Kroef, stated in the public statement that the issue [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Axel Hagedorn, ECJ, European Court of Justice, G.J.H. Houtzagers, genocide, government, immunity, Marco R Gerritsen, sovereign immunity, Supreme Court, the Mothers of Srebrenica, the Netherlands, United Nations, Van Diepen Van der Kroef Comments closed
BiH WCS: Ikonic: Genocide Indictment Confirm
2010-03-19, Sarajevo, BiH. WCS confirmed charges against Nedo Ikonic, a Commanding Officer of the 2nd Platoon of the Training Center Jahorina of the MUP RS Special Police Brigade, accused of ordering and commanding the detention and execution of Muslims in Srebrenica. The accused is charged with genocide. BiH WCS | VOA |
Posted in BiH WCS Also tagged BiH, genocide, MUP, Ne?o Ikoni?, RS, Special Police Brigade Comments closed
Israel: Cvetkovic: Supreme Court Upheld the Decision to Extradite on Genocide Charges