On Monday 17 June 2013, Judge Meron granted Zdravko Tolimir a 7-day extension for filing his appellant's brief, which is now to be filed by Friday, 28 June 2013. Tolimir, former Assistant Commander and Chief for Intelligence and Security of the Main Staff of the Bosnian...

Ahead of the launch of the Hague branch of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) on 1 July 2013, the Tribunal hosted a number of workshops in Belgrade and Sarajevo to explain the new organisation’s mandate to over 70 legal professionals...

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz presented today to the Security Council the Office of the Prosecutor's (OTP) 19th completion strategy report, addressing the progress of trials and appeals, the cooperation of countries in the former Yugoslavia and the OTP's efforts to support...

Judge Theodor Meron today addressed the UN Security Council in his dual capacity as President of both the ICTY and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals. President Meron reported on the Tribunal’s progress in relation to its completion strategy and gave...

Later today, the President of the ICTY Judge Theodor Meron will present the Tribunal’s bi-annual completion strategy report to the UN Security Council. The President will also take this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the progress made by the Mechanism...

The Tribunal’s Outreach Programme is participating in the 10th annual Sarajevo ‘Kid’s Festival’, the largest of its kind in South East Europe. From 7-11 June the Festival welcomed nearly 40,000 children to participate in workshops and games designed to build confidence...

The majority of Trial Chamber, Judge Picard dissenting, today acquitted of all charges Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović, former Chief of the Serbian State Security Service and former employee of the Serbian State Security Service. The Trial Chamber ordered...

The German President, Joachim Gauck, visited the Tribunal today as part of a wider visit to the international courts in The Hague. President Gauck was greeted by the Tribunal’s Vice-President, Judge Carmel Agius, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and Registrar John Hocking...

The Appeals Chamber today rejected Vojislav Šešelj’s appeal in his contempt of court case, and affirmed his two year conviction for failure to remove confidential information from his website in violation of orders of a Chamber.

This morning, the Trial Chamber rendered its judgement in the case of Prlić and others, six former high-ranking officials from the wartime Croat entity of Herceg-Bosna. All six were found guilty of crimes against humanity, violations of the laws or customs of war...

Six former high-ranking officials from the wartime Croat entity of Herceg-Bosna were today convicted by Trial Chamber III of the Tribunal for crimes against humanity, violations of the laws or customs of war, and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions...

Today we know that impunity for the most heinous crimes can be defeated. No matter how high-ranking or influential perpetrators may be, they will eventually be brought to justice and the proceedings against them will be fair. This is the timeless legacy...

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz addressed the audience during the event held at the Tribunal on 27 May 2013 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its establishment by the United Nations Security Council whereupon he stated the following:

On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia by United Nations Security Council Resolution 827 (1993), Judge Theodor Meron, President of the Tribunal, released the following statement:

The Trial Chamber Judgement in the case involving Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović, the former Chief of the Serbian State Security Service and former commander of the Special Operations Unit of the Serbian State Security Service, accused of crimes committed...

The German President Joachim Gauck will be visiting the Tribunal on Thursday, 30 May 2013, as part of a wider visit to the international courts in The Hague. President Gauck will meet with the Tribunal’s Vice-President, Judge Carmel Agius, and Prosecutor Serge...

The Tribunal’s Outreach Programme has successfully concluded its second round of high school presentations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Croatia, having engaged more than 900 students in 26 high schools.The students were introduced to the Tribunal’s work...

The Tribunal will be holding a celebration marking the 20th anniversary of its establishment next Monday, 27 May in the afternoon in the Tribunal’s lobby. The event will be held in the presence of His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and the United Nations...

The Trial Chamber Judgement in the case of Jadranko Prlić and others involving six high-level leaders of the Bosnian Croat wartime entity Herceg-Bosna will be rendered on 29 May 2013 at 10am in Courtroom I. Journalists wishing to cover the hearing should send an email...

The Trial Chamber Judgment in the case of Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović, former Chief of the Serbian State Security Service and former commander of the Special Operations Unit of the Serbian State Security Service, accused of crimes committed against non-Serbs...

The Tribunal will be marking the 20th anniversary of its establishment on Monday, 27 May at 14:45 in the main lobby, followed by the opening of an exhibition and a reception in The Hague’s City Hall Atrium at 17:30. The ICTY came into being pursuant to...

Judge Theodor Meron, President of the ICTY and the MICT, left today for St. Petersburg with a delegation of Presidents of international courts and tribunals at The Hague upon the invitation of the Russian Federation Minister of Justice. The delegation, which will also include...

The trial in the contempt of Tribunal case of Radislav Krstić has been scheduled to commence on Tuesday, 28 May 2013 in Courtroom I following immediately the pre-trial conference which will start at 14:15. Krstić, former Commander of the Drina Corps of the Bosnian Serb...

The trial in the contempt of Tribunal case of Radislav Krstić has been scheduled to commence on Tuesday, 28 May 2013 in Courtroom I following immediately the pre-trial conference which will start at 14:15. Krstić, former Commander of the Drina Corps of the Bosnian...

The second in a series of ICTY Outreach Programme’s documentaries premiered this week in Serbia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Screenings of "Crimes before the ICTY: Prijedor" in Novi Sad, Belgrade and Sarajevo attracted over 150 guests, made up of government ...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia welcomes the reappointment of John Hocking as the Registrar of the Tribunal. The appointment, effective Wednesday, 15 May 2013, was made by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in consultation with Tribunal President...

The Trial Chamber Judgement in the case involving six high-level leaders of the Bosnian Croat wartime entity Herceg-Bosna is scheduled to be rendered on 29 May 2013 at 10am. Jadranko Prlić, Bruno Stojić, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petković, Valentin Ćorić and Berislav Pušić...

The Tribunal’s Outreach Programme invites journalists to the Bosnian premiere of its documentary "Crimes before the ICTY: Prijedor," which depicts the Tribunal’s work in the prosecution and adjudication of crimes committed in the municipality of Prijedor in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Tribunal’s Outreach Programme invites journalists to the Serbian premiere of its documentary "Crimes before the ICTY: Prijedor," which depicts the Tribunal’s work in the prosecution and adjudication of crimes committed in the municipality of Prijedor in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Last Monday, the President issued a decision granting Johan Tarčulovski early release from a prison in Germany where he has been serving his 12-year sentence. Whilst the President found that the high gravity of the crimes for which he was convicted weighed against his early release...

Radislav Krstić, former Commander of the Drina Corps of the Bosnian Serb Army (VRS), has been charged with contempt of the Tribunal for failing to comply with, or to show good cause why he could not comply with, a subpoena in which he was ordered to testify...

Mićo Stanišić and Stojan Župljanin, two high level officials in Bosnian Serb structures, were today each sentenced to 22 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed between April and December 1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

The Tribunal’s Outreach Programme this week launched its second round of university lectures in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with a lecture yesterday to students at the Faculty of Criminology at the University of Sarajevo. The lectures are as part of the Outreach...

Today the Tribunal’s Outreach Program has released a new web feature on its Youth Education Project.Through first-hand accounts, photos and an interactive map, the web feature describes how high school and university students across the former Yugoslavia were provided...

The Trial Chamber Judgement in the case of Mićo Stanišić and Stojan Župljanin, two former high ranking Bosnian Serb officials accused of crimes committed against non-Serb civilians in various areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina between April and December 1992, will be rendered....

Judge William H. Sekule from the United Republic of Tanzania was today sworn in as a new permanent Judge to the ICTY and assigned to the Appeals Chamber. Judge Sekule’s appointment brings the total of number of permanent ICTY Judges to 19...

The Trial Chamber Judgment in the case of Mićo Stanišić and Stojan Župljanin, two former high ranking Bosnian Serb officials accused of crimes committed against non-Serb civilians in various areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina between April and December 1992, is scheduled to...

The Appeals Chamber yesterday terminated the appellate proceedings with respect to Milan Gvero following his death and pronounced the Trial Judgement findings and sentence to be final in relation to Gvero. Gvero was the Assistant Commander for Moral, Legal and Religious...

The Tribunal’s Outreach Programme launched the second phase of its youth education project in Croatia this week with a presentation yesterday to 25 students at the Gimnazija Antuna Vrančića high school in Šibenik. ‘The presentation was very good. We have been provided...