Hague Tribunal
Serbia Accused of Avoiding Extraditing Family’s Killer to Montenegro
Zoran Vukovic at the UN war crimes court in The Hague in December 1999. Photo: EPA/COR MULDER.
"Montenegro called for Vukovic's extradition in 2016. The Serbian [justice] ministry made no decision on extradition," said Tea Gorjanc Prelevic, head of Human Rights Action.
"Some say that the Hague judges took a lot of money for that. This is revenge on us"
"We can always determine who is responsible during the wars, but this is neither the time nor the place. I think it is extremely important to point out to the citizens of Serbia that the rules and court practice in the Markac and Gotovina cases have changed," Serbian President said.
Simatović and Stanišić each sentenced to 12 years in prison for war crimes
The media reported that Stanisic and Simatovic were sentenced to 12 years in prison each.
The prosecution proved that the crimes in the indictment were confirmed. The killings and forcible transfers were carried out with discriminatory intent.
The prosecution alleges that the accused participated in the organization of the crimes that took place.
Serbian Tabloids Hail ‘Hero’ Ratko Mladic After Verdict
The UN war crimes tribunal's final verdict sentencing Ratko Mladic to life imprisonment was the front-page news in many Serbian newspapers on Wednesday morning, accompanied by condemnations of the allegedly "anti-Serb" court in The Hague.
Vučić's address at the the session of the UN Security Council VIDEO
President Aleksandar Vui said at the beginning of his speech that he would first talk about Serbia's relations with the Mechanism, and then about the work of that body.
LIVE Delivering final verdict to Ratko Mladic
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As a reminder, by the first-instance verdict of the Hague Tribunal, whose work was inherited by the Mechanism, Mladic was sentenced to life imprisonment in November 2017, after which both the defense and the prosecution appealed the decision.
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"He told us not to worry, come what may"
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Dodging Prosecution, Ratko Mladic’s Wartime Associates Live Freely in Serbia
The death of Milorad Pelemis, wartime commander of the Bosnian Serb Army's notorious 10th Sabotage Detachment, on April 23 in Serbia received major coverage in the country, with many domestic media stressing what they described as his "heroic" actions during the Bosnian war.
Bosnia Probes Video of Sarajevo Siege Snipers
The Bosnian prosecution said on Friday that it has begun a probe after media in the country published video from a documentary film made in 1992 by French journalist Philippe Buffon about snipers operating in Sarajevo during the siege of the city.
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Lawsuit against Serbia still possible? "Unexpected" assistance offered
First of all, as Kosovo Online reports, this is due to the fact that the Hague Tribunal did not investigate Slobodan Milosevic on the account of this act, but it also points out that it is ready to help prepare the lawsuit if Pristina asks her to do so, Ekonomija Online writes.