The Hague Tribunal announced that wartime Republika Srpska general Radislav Krstic will go on trial for contempt of court this month after failing to testify for Radovan Karadzic.
>>>The government of Bosnia’s Serb-led entity Republika Srpska has decided to grant 50,000 euro from this year’s budget to help people indicted by the Hague Tribunal for war crimes.
>>>The Hague Tribunal held its Belgrade premier of the documentary film Crimes Before the ICTY: Prijedor, on Thursday.
>>>Speaking in Sarajevo, prosecutor Serge Brammertz said judicial institutions must be improved to deal with war crimes cases effectively after the Hague Tribunal closes.
>>>Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic described the Hague war crimes court as a biased “inquisition” during a UN General Assembly debate that was boycotted by the US as inflammatory.
>>>Ahead of a UN debate on war crime tribunals, Serbia has again asked the UN to allow Serbs convicted by the Hague Tribunal to serve their sentences in Serbia.
>>>Opposition liberals plan to appeal to the constitutional court about the Serbian government's decision to provide financial aid to war criminals convicted by the Hague Tribunal.
>>>Croatian President Ivo Josipovic plans not to participate in the upcoming debate on war crime tribunals organised by the Serbian UN General Assembly President.
>>>The Hague Tribunal charged retired Bosnian Serb general Radislav Krstic with contempt of court because he twice refused to testify in his former leader Radovan Karadzic’s defence.
>>>Vuk Jeremic, Serbian president of the UN General Assembly, says he will keep pressing for a UN debate about the Hague Tribunal which he says could be a forum for “tough criticism”.
>>>The Hague Tribunal said it has wholly or partly paid for the defence of most of the suspects tried for wartime violations, but cannot reveal the amount of money actually spent.
>>>Belgrade plans to give more financial aid to Serbian defendants at the Hague Tribunal and to help convicted war criminals with support payments.
>>>Gvero, who was convicted of committing war crimes in Srebrenica and suffered a stroke two years ago, died in Serbia on Sunday, his lawyer said.
>>>Three times as many Croatians have a positive view of the Hague Tribunal after Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac were acquitted of war crimes, an opinion poll suggested.
>>>Belgrade says the Hague Tribunal will examine whether it can re-open the case against two Croatian generals acquitted of war crimes.
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