Hague Tribunal

Cancer-stricken Hague defendant denied temporary release

THE HAGUE -- The Hague-based Hague Tribunal (ICTY) has rejected the motion of Goran Hadzic's defense for his provisional release on humanitarian grounds.

The defense requested that the former political leader of Serbs in Croatia be temporarily released from custody "for 12 or more weeks of medical treatment in Serbia."

President Tomislav Nikoli? strikes again

President Tomislav Nikolic has said that Vladimir Vukcevic, Serbia's war crimes prosecutor, while autonomous in his work, is not independent from the state. He also criticized the Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Minister of Foreign affairs Ivica Dacic.

President again criticizes war crimes prosecutor

BELGRADE -- President Tomislav Nikolic has said that Serbia's war crimes prosecutor, while autonomous in his work, is not independent from the state.

BELGRADE - A group of MPs of the Social Democratic Party (SDS), Together for Serbia and the Greens of Serbia have put forward a motion to dismiss Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, over a statement by Nikolic that they claim was a violation the Constitution.

Serbian PM, Croatian Storm general meet

ZAGREB -- While in Zagreb recently, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic briefly met and shook hands with former Croatian General Mladen Markac.

Both were attending the inauguration of Croatia's new president. The moment was captured by a photojournalist with the Croatian daily Vecernji List, and the photograph posted on its website.

The Hague wants Serbia to file a lawsuit against Vjerica Radeta and Nemanja ?arovi? ?e?elj's hawks need to be sentenced

The Hague Tribunal sent a request to Serbian Justice Department to process the members of Serbian Radical Party, Vjerica Radeta and Nemanja ?arovi?.

The Tribunal claims ?e?elj's associates were obstructing the justice with their public statements.

ICJ rejects both genocide lawsuits

THE HAGUE -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected Croatia's lawsuit accusing Serbia of committing genocide in its territory from 1991 until 1995.

The Hague-based court has found that Croatia did not prove that genocide was committed, Court President Petr Tomka announced.

The Hague Tribunal rejected five former Bosnian Serb Army officers’ appeals against their convictions for war crimes including genocide against Bosniaks from Srebrenica in 1995.

The Hague Tribunal is set to hand down its first verdict of the year on Friday in the case of five former Bosnian Serb Army officers appealing against convictions related to the Srebrenica genocide.

New Croatian president writes to UN chief about Seselj

ZAGREB, BELGRADE -- Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asking for "steps to be taken to return Vojislav Seselj to custody."