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ICTY Case Summaries

This table lists, and links to summaries of, prosecutions for genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The table only includes cases resulting in acquittal or conviction at the ICTY. It does not include cases in which the ICTY withdrew the indictment, the defendant(s) died before being convicted or acquitted

ICTY Delivers Ruling on Two Landmark Cases Before Shutting Its Doors

December 6, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, ICTY, international criminal law, international humanitarian law

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has issued judgments in its final two cases ahead of the tribunal’s scheduled closure in December. On November 22, 2017, the ICTY – the ad hoc tribunal established by the United Nations to address war crimes committed after 1991 in the territory of the former Yugoslavia – convicted and sentenced Ratko

ICTY Orders Retrial of Two Acquitted Defendants, Pursues Contempt Charges

January 25, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, due process & judicial protection, ICTY, international criminal law, international human rights, international humanitarian law

On December 15, 2015, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) overturned the Trial Chamber’s decision to acquit two high-level Serbian government officials charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with the forced displacement of non-Serbs from Bosnia and Croatia, and ordered their retrial. The officials, Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović,

With Đorđević Appeals Judgment, ICTY Concludes Final Case Concerning Kosovo

January 29, 2014 IJRC ICTY, international criminal law, international human rights, international humanitarian law

On January 27, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) confirmed Vlastimir Đorđević’s conviction in relation to crimes committed by Serbian forces against Albanians, during the conflict in Kosovo. [ICTY: Appeal Judgment Summary] It partially granted appeals raised by both the prosecution and defense, reducing Đorđević’s sentence from 27 to 18 years. This judgment

ICTY Convicts Seven in Srebrenica Massacre Case

June 13, 2010 IJRC domestic courts, ICTY, internationalized criminal tribunals, massacres

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted seven Bosnian Serb military leaders owing to their participation in the Srebrenica massacre of 1995, in which over 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed. Read the judgment summary here. [Impunity Watch, ICTY] From among the many atrocities committed during the Balkans conflict, the Srebrenica massacre has been singled

Karadzic Trial Resumes at ICTY

March 3, 2010 IJRC ATCA litigation, ICTY

The trial of Radovan Karadzic for acts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes resumed yesterday before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in The Hague. The trial, which first began in October 2009, was suspended when Karadzic refused to participate. See the ICTY’s fact sheet on the trial here. Karadzic had previously been sued in the

ICTY

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which had its seat in the Hague, Netherlands, was established in 1993, pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 827 of May 25, 1993, while the conflict in the former Yugoslavia was still ongoing. Its purpose was to establish individual criminal liability for atrocities committed in the course of the Yugoslav Wars, from

Milan Babić

This case summary is part of a collection of summaries describing the cases before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). See the Online Resource Hub pages on the ICTY and International Criminal Law, and the table of ICTY case summaries for additional information. Milan Babić (IT-03-72) Trial Judgment: 29 June 2004; Appeal Judgment: 18 July 2005

Stanišić & Simatović

This case summary is part of a collection of summaries describing the cases before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). See the Online Resource Hub pages on the ICTY and International Criminal Law, and the table of ICTY case summaries for additional information. Stanišić & Simatović (IT-03-69) (MICT case page) Trial Judgment: 30 May 2013; Appeal

Šešelj

This case summary is part of a collection of summaries describing the cases before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). See the Online Resource Hub pages on the ICTY and International Criminal Law, and the table of ICTY case summaries for additional information. Šešelj (IT-03-67) (MICT case page) Trial Judgment: 31 March 2016; MICT Appeal Judgment: