Remembering Kosovo

The International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague was particularly ineffective in dealing with rape in Kosova. Kosovar women who had been raped by Serbian forces and who had been convinced to testify as anonymous witnesses found that while their identities were protected while at the Tribunal in the Hague, they were revealed back in Kosova by Milošević’ team. They felt betrayed by the Tribunal, and some reportedly threatened to commit suicide rather than return to Kosova.

RATKO MLADIC VIDEO - LEAKED BY FTV "60 MINUTES"

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Jun 15, 2009 · RATKO MLADIC VIDEO - LEAKED BY FTV "60 MINUTES" ... in the programme 60 Minutes. ... HAGUE'S ERROR ON NASER ORIC |

Verdict against Mladic in March 2017
Marija Tausan BIRN BiH Sarajevo
Hague Tribunal President Theodor Meron informs the UN Security Council that a verdict against former Commander of the Republika Srpska Army - Ratko Mladic can be expected in March 2017 and maybe even later.
Meron said that, even though the Tribunal’s work was progressing well, certain trials and verdicts would be completed later than previously reported.   

When it comes to Mladic’s trial, the trial will be extended due to the reopening of the Prosecution’s case and reduction of the working week to four days.  

Mladic is on trial at The Hague for genocide in Srebrenica, the persecution of the Bosniak and Croat population in the parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina under Serb control, terror against civilians in Sarajevo and taking UNPROFOR members hostage.
“Meron reassured the Council that these changes were not expected to impact the Tribunal’s closure in 2017,” an announcement issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, says.  Meron said that health condition of detainees and leaving of the Tribunal’s staff members were the two challenges the Tribunal was facing in completing its work.  
 http://www.justice-report.com/en/articles/verdict-against-mladic-in-march-2017#sthash.bjSlHQ3Q.dpuf

Bosnian Army Commander Naser Oric Goes on Trial :: Balkan ...

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Bosnian Army Commander Naser Oric Goes on Trial. Former Srebrenica commander Oric went on trial in Sarajevo for war crimes, accused of being responsible for killing ...

Ratko Mladic walks out of Radovan Karadzic war crimes trial

Ratko Mladic turns trial into farce by refusing to testify and demanding his dentures

By Colin Freeman, The Hague 9:47AM GMT 28 Jan 2014
The detention centre, which holds dozens of war crimes suepcts from all the different warring sides, has been nicknamed "The Hague Hilton" because of its comfortable conditions. Inmates can order food from a local Balkan shop, have conjugal visits, and have access to a kitchen, library, gym and football pitch.
**edited for length click on the link provided for the entire article**
Karadzic, who is being tried separately, claims that he had no knowledge of the massacre, and has requested Mladic to give evidence in the witness box to testify to that effect. But on Tuesday, Mr Mladic protested that he risked incriminating himself in his own case, and was also too ill to examine court documents as the result of a stroke.
However, when the judges over-ruled his request to be excused as a witness, the old swagger of the Serb hardman returned. Grinning widely as he sat in the dock, he then mounted a sustained atttack on the court's legitimacy.
"I do not recognise this Hague Court, it is a Nato creation, a Satanic court, not a court of justice," he told the presiding judge, O-Gon Kwon. "It is trying us for protecting our own people from you."
Having refused to take the oath, Mladic, wearing a grey suit, blue shirt and striped tie, then asked to read from a seven page statement that he had written the day before. When Mr Kwon said he could not read out the statement, and warned him that he face up to seven years in court for refusing to take the oath, he grinned sardonically.
"I am not afraid of anybody but God," he said. "Your subpoenae and your platitudes and your false indictments - I do not care one bit about them."
After Mr Kwon then ruled that it was clear that he was "refusing to testify", Mladic then appeared to change his mind, telling the judge not to be "nervous". He then added: "Could the security people bring my teeth from the cells so that I can speak better?"
The court agreed to his request and the hearing was briefly adjourned.
The drama in Court Number One of the Hague was the first time that Mladic and Karadzic had faced each other during a war crimes hearing.
The pair are both charged with masterminding the slaughter in Srebrenica, during which Bosnian Serb forces under Mladic's command massacred some 7,000 Bosnian Muslims sheltering a United Nations safe haven. It was Europe's worst single atrocity since World War II, and brought a crisis of credibility for the UN, whose Dutch peacekeepers had guaranteed the Muslims that they would be safe.

Lawyers for Karadzic had hoped that Mladic would say that the two of them “never agreed or planned to expel Muslims or Croats from areas under Serb control”.
Mr Mladic had refused to testify voluntarily, saying that he feared incriminating himself over his own alleged role at Srebrenica.
A ruling by The Hague's judges late last year, though, said that any evidence he gave would not be used in his own case, allowing Karadzic's legal team to subpoena Mladic to take the witness stand.
The pair are currently the most senior Balkans war crimes suspects on trial at The Hague, both having previously spent long periods on the run in their homeland.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/10601233/Ratko-Mladic-walks-out-of-Radovan-Karadzic-war-crimes-trial.html