Wednesday 16 April, 2014
The team charged with the destruction of the weapons began the process this morning, a source in the international mission has said.
The team will head to The Hague to assess the evidence gathered during their probe.
The former prime minister Ramush Haradinaj had been accused of murder and torture during the Kosovo war – but has been found not guilty.
Radovan Karadzic opens his defence before the UN’s Yugoslav war crimes court today.
Tutu said the invasion of Iraq left the world more destabilised and divided than any other conflict in history and had “hardened hearts and minds of members of the human family across the world”.
Col Colm Doyle says Irish officers are in a ‘unique position’ for peacekeeping duties, given Ireland’s neutrality.
Timeline in pictures and video: on the third day of Ratko Mladic’s trial and the anniversary of the massacre, TheJournal.ie takes a look back at the events of July 1995 – the UN and Europe’s darkest hour.
The trial of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic got underway yesterday.
The former Bosnian Serb military chief is accused of genocide and crimes against humanity.
The former Liberian leader was convicted of crimes of the “utmost gravity in terms of scale and brutality” according to judges.
Lawyers for the so-called Butcher of Bosnia were refused their request for a six-month delay.
A new starting date will be established “as soon as possible” but Mladic’s lawyer has asked for a six-month delay.
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The Bosnian Serb commander is accused of leading a bloody campaign of ethnic cleansing.
The former Liberian leader will be the first ex-president to receive judgment from an international tribunal since the Nuremberg trials.
Bosnian Serb commander is set to stand trial on genocide and other charges next month.
The men have been ordered to stand trial over post-election violence in 2007 and 2008.
Today marks the deadline for Libya’s government to provide information to the International Criminal Court on the health and status of Mummar Gaddfi’s son – if it fails to do so it may be referred to the UN Security Council.
A dispute has been running between the two countries over the use of the name ‘Macedonia’.
Gbagbo refused to cede power to his rival Alassane Ouattara after losing last year’s election, sparking violent divisions in the country.
Meanwhile, two Irish-based Libyan have reportedly been included in the new post-Muammar Gaddafi cabinet.
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says he wants to ensure Gaddafi will get a fair trial if tried in Libya.
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Two groups representing victims have brought a case against the Vatican for crimes against humanity.
In a groundbreaking ruling, the Dutch state has been found responsible for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslim men during the bloody Srebrenica massacre of 1995 – which saw 8,000 Muslim men and boys killed by Serb forces.
The man accused of carrying out horrendous war crimes in Bosnia in the 1990s has again refused to enter a plea but judges at The Hague have done so on his behalf.
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The Hague-based court also issued a warrant for the arrest of Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanoussi.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell testified that she gave stones – believed to have come from ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor, who is being tried for war crimes – to the former head of Nelson Mandela’s children’s charity in 1997.
The former commander of the Bosnian Serb army robustly defended his actions in the Netherlands court as he heard the indictment against him read out for the first time.
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The Serbian warlord is trying to avoid extradition to The Hague using any means possible – including through ‘snail mail’.
The former Bosnian Serb military commander is unlikely to win his appeal with the Serbian government keen to move him on to the Netherlands to stand trial.
Serbian right-wing groups have urged their supporters to attend today’s rally, but Mladic’s lawyer says he has issued an appeal against violence and unrest in his name.
The Serbian president has vowed to investigate those who may have colluded with Mladic to keep him from the authorities. Meanwhile, details of how the former army chief lived in hiding have been emerging.
Details released to the Dáil outline that €73m was paid in allowances in the first months of 2011, and €1bn since 2007.
The judge has ruled that Mladic can stand trial for war crimes at The Hague in the Netherlands.
The war crimes suspect was living as a fugitive in a Serbian village. He will now be extradited to The Hague to stand trial.
A justice at the International Criminal Court tells lawyers not to wear horse-hair wigs – because it’s not official garb.
STOCKBROKERS GOODBODY warned today that, despite Ireland’s recovery, it is not the time to cut back on austerity just yet.
However the ESRI said last week that €2 billion in planned budget cuts can be avoided if growth continues this year and, apart from introducing water charges, the government will have to do little to hit targets.
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