World news about “International Court of Justice” published by euronews.
Senior Bosnian Serb officials jailed for war crimes Two men who were high-ranking members of the Bosnian Serb authorities have been jailed for 22 years for war crimes and crimes against humanity during the… 27/03/2013
Who are the most wanted Nazis? In Budapest on May 2011 a suspected Nazi war criminal stood trial. He looked to be a vulnerable and frail old man, but Sandor Kepiro stood accused of… 16/07/2012
Mladic removed from war crimes court – nocomment Ratko Mladic has refused to enter a plea at the UN war crimes court in The Hague, angrily demanding more time to appoint his own lawyers. The chief judge… 04/07/2011
Tadic presses on with Serbia’s EU bid Serbia wants to move faster towards joining the European Union now that war crimes indictee Ratko Mladic is in custody. In an interview with euronews… 02/06/2011
Gbagbo before ICCFormer Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has appeared at the International Criminal Court in The Hague at a hearing to decide whether or not he should face… 19/02/2013
Congolese warlord acquitted of brutal massacreFormer Congolese militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui has been acquitted by the International Criminal Court of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the… 18/12/2012
Serbs angered by another UN war crimes acquittalThe mood in Belgrade is indignant following the acquittal yesterday in the UN War Crimes Tribunal of former Muslim guerilla leader Ramush Haradinaj, accused… 30/11/2012
Serbia reacts to UN court rulingIn Serbia the verdict which cleared Ramush Haradinaj was questioned on the streets and in the judiciary. The retrial conclusion comes two weeks after the… 29/11/2012
Court clears ex Kosovan prime minister of war crimesA United Nations war crimes tribunal has acquitted former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj of crimes against humanity after a retrial in the… 29/11/2012
Croations in show of support for Gotovina over war crimes appealThousands of Croatians have held vigils and attended masses in support of two generals on the eve of their appeals against war crimes convictions. A rally… 16/11/2012
Hague prosecutors call for life term for Srebrenica suspectProsecutors have called for a life sentence to be handed down to former Bosnian Serb general Zdravko Tolimir, on trial in the Hague for war crimes. He is… 22/08/2012
Spanish jurist Garzon at forefront of WikiLeaks fightThe whistleblower website and its supporters have a notable ally in renowned Spanish human rights investigator Baltasar Garzon. Heading up Assange’s defence… 17/08/2012
Юрія Луценка готові етапувати до колонії після нового вирокуКолишнього міністра внутрішніх справ України Юрія Луценка засуджено до 2 років позбавлення волі. Новий вирок ухвалено за епізодом, пов‘язаним зі справою… 17/08/2012
ICJ: Senegal must prosecute Habre or extradite himA possible trial for the man dubbed the ‘African Pinochet’ has moved a step closer. Hissene Habre, the former president of Chad is wanted in Belgium on… 21/07/2012
Scepticism about Hungary trial for Nazi war criminalThe Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Centre is urging Hungarian authorities to take action against the man being called the ‘most-wanted Nazi war criminal’… 16/07/2012
World’s most wanted Nazi criminal found in HungaryOn the streets of Budapest the man called the world’s most wanted Nazi criminal has been tracked down. Laszlo Csatary charged with involvement in the… 16/07/2012
ICC officials accused of spying freed in LibyaFour officials of the International Criminal Court, held by Libyan militia accused of espionage, have been freed after a month in detention. The President… 02/07/2012
Mladic makes defiant gestures at war crimes trialFormer military commander Radko Mladic appeared defiant at the start of his trial for war crimes at the Hague. The Bosnian Serb general, who is accused of… 17/05/2012
Trial of Bosnian Serb General Mladic opens in The HagueIn the Hague the trial of the last of the main protagonists in the Balkan wars of the 1990s has opened. Ratko Mladic, the former Serb army commander is… 16/05/2012
Former Liberian president Taylor guilty of Sierra Leone war crimesFormer Liberian president Charles Taylor has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity by an international court in the Hague. Taylor was… 26/04/2012
UN court rules against Italy’s Nazi claimsThe UN’s top court ruled on Friday that Germany has immunity from foreign lawsuits by victims of the Nazi regime seeking compensation. The 15-member… 03/02/2012
Former Ivory Coast president faces trialThe former president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, has appeared at a pre-trial hearing at the International Criminal Court at the Hague in the… 05/12/2011
Gaddafi’s son ‘seeking to give himself up’The International Criminal Court is investigating reports that Muammar Gaddafi’s son is seeking to give himself up. A Libyan official from the National… 28/10/2011
Gaddafi son offers to surrender to ICC claims NTCLibyan officials are claiming Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has proposed surrendering to the International Criminal Court rather than suffer the same… 27/10/2011
Jordan’s King shakes up government againAn eminent Jordanian judge Awn Khaswaneh has been named the country’s new prime minister in a major shake up of the government ordered by King Abdullah. The… 17/10/2011
War crimes court to probe Ivory Coast atrocitiesThe international war crimes court has confirmed it will investigate allegations of killings and rapes in Ivory Coast after disputed presidential elections… 03/10/2011
Hadzic refuses to enter plea in courtSerbia’s last major war crimes suspect, Goran Hadzic, refused to enter a plea when he appeared before a judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the… 25/07/2011
Court ruling on ancient temple disputeThailand and Cambodia were ordered to pull their troops out of a newly defined demilitarised zone around an ancient border temple on Monday. The… 18/07/2011
Judges set rule on Gaddafi arrest warrantThe International Criminal Court is deliberating whether to issue an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The judges will also discuss whether… 26/06/2011
NATO chief rejects Italian call for ceasefireNATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday rejected an Italian call to suspend airstrikes. Rasmussen told French daily Le Figaro that the… 23/06/2011
Brazilian court allows Italian killer to walk freeItalian politicians hit out at Thursday’s decision by Brazil’s Supreme Court to block the extradition of a fugitive convicted of four murders in Italy in the… 09/06/2011
Italian anger as Brazil frees BattistiConvicted Italian murderer Cesare Battisti is a free man after the Supreme Court in Brazil rejected Rome’s bid to have him extradited to his… 09/06/2011
Mladic in the dockFormer Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic made his first appearance in front of the UN War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague on Friday. At 69 he looked… 04/06/2011
Mladic lands in The Hague to face genocide trialThe aircraft carrying Ratko Mladic to face genocide charges at the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague has landed at Rotterdam airport. The former Bosnian Serb… 31/05/2011
Mladic flown to The HagueA heavily armed convoy took Ratko Mladic from the prison where he had been held since his arrest last week to the airport in Belgrade. A plane carrying the… 31/05/2011
Thousands rally in support of Ratko MladicAround 10,000 Bosnian Serbs have rallied in a show of support for their wartime commander Ratko Mladic. Hundreds of war veterans were among those who joined… 31/05/2011
Judge clears Mladic for war-crimes trialA court in Belgrade has ruled that Ratko Mladic is fit enough to be extradited to The Hague to be tried for genocide. The once fearsome Bosnian Serb general… 27/05/2011
World court drops Georgia’s case against RussiaThe UN’s highest court has dropped a case brought against Russia by Georgia. Moscow is accused of rights abuses in the breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia… 02/04/2011
Morales to sue for Bolivian access to PacificBolivian President Evo Morales says he is going to the international courts to demand access to the Pacific Ocean for his landlocked country. He said talks… 24/03/2011
Taylor’s lawyer says war-crimes trial is a ‘farce’The lawyer defending the former Liberian president Charles Taylor on war-crimes charges has stormed out of court after angry exchanges with the… 08/02/2011
Bashir Kenya visit risks rift with ICCThe signing of Kenya’s new constitution on Friday has been overshadowed by the attendance of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the… 27/08/2010
Kosovo celebrates UN independence rulingThere have been scenes of celebration in Kosovo following a UN ruling that the country’s declaration of independence was legal. The Balkan state has been… 23/07/2010
ICJ to rule on Kosovo independencePristina’s ethnic Albanians have been living the reality of Kosovo’s self-declared nationhood since 2008 but today is crunch time when international law… 22/07/2010
UN court to rule on legality of Kosovo independenceRussia and the US are going head to head in the Hague over Kosovo’s 2008 unilateral declaration of independence. Arguments over its legality are being… 09/12/2009
UN court probes legality of Kosovo independenceThe highest UN court has opened hearings into the legality of Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence. Serbia launched the legal challenge in the Hague… 01/12/2009
Kosovan independence goes on trialThe UN’s highest court will today begin examining the legality of Kosovo’s self-declared independence from Serbia. Fifteen judges of the International… 01/12/2009
ICC hears of child soldier hell in first caseProsecutors at the war crimes trial of a Congolese militia leader claim he trained child soldiers to kill, pillage and rape. Thomas Lubanga, leader of the… 26/01/2009
Serbia pledges to bring war crimes caseSerbia says it will bring charges against Croatia after the UN’s highest court agreed to hear accusations it committed genocide during the Bosnian war. The… 19/11/2008
UN court says Serbia bound by Genocide ConventionThe International Court of Justice in the Hague, the UN’s highest court, has decided it does have jurisdiction to examine Croatia’s accusation that Serbia… 18/11/2008
UN court agrees to hear genocide case against SerbiaOn the day the UN ruled it could consider Croatia’s accusation of genocide against Serbia, Croats have been remembering victims of the war between the two… 18/11/2008
