Latest Developments
ICTY triples ex-Serb officer's sentence over Vukovar killings
06/05/2009
Appellate judges at the UN war crimes tribunal increased former Serb officer Veselin Sljivancanin's initial five-year prison sentence on Tuesday and overturned his acquittal on charges in connection with the 1991 Vukovar massacre.
Karadzic again refuses to enter plea
04/03/2009
A UN judge entered "not guilty" pleas to the 11 counts of genocide and war crimes Radovan Karadzic faces, after the former Bosnian Serb leader refused to plead at a hearing in The Hague on Tuesday.
UN judges endorse new Karadzic indictment
18/02/2009
Judges at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague approved an amended indictment against former Bosnia Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, charging him with two counts of genocide instead of the initial one.
Seselj's war crimes trial suspended
12/02/2009
Judges suspended Vojislav Seselj's war crimes trial at The Hague indefinitely on Wednesday after the prosecution said witness intimidation was threatening to compromise the case.
EUFOR, NATO troops raid Mladic family homes
11/02/2009
International troops raided the homes of two of Ratko Mladic's relatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina Tuesday in pursuit of clues to the war crimes fugitive's whereabouts.
Karadzic wants his war crimes indictment trimmed
29/01/2009
Claiming that the UN prosecutors' new war crimes indictment against him sets the stage for a "mega-trial" that could drag on for years, Radovan Karadzic requested on Wednesday a reduction in the number of charges.
Jeremic: Serbia is committed to EU, ICTY co-operation
28/01/2009
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic announced that Serbia will apply for EU membership by June.
Serbian public urged to help capture Mladic
14/01/2009
Rasim Ljajic, Belgrade's top official in charge of co-operating with the ICTY, urged the public Tuesday to help find war crimes fugitives Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic and thus "do a good thing" for their country.
ICTY convicts former Kosovo cabinet minister of attempted witness intimidation
18/12/2008
The UN war crimes tribunal convicted a former Kosovo culture minister and his aide of contempt of court Wednesday for trying to intimidate a protected witness in the trial of former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj.
Karadzic trial -- a new test for the UN tribunal
08/09/2008
Hague judges and prosecutors want to avoid a repeat of the inconclusive trial against Slobodan Milosevic.
Profiles and Background
War crimes fugitive: Ratko Mladic
25/07/2008
Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic now tops the ICTY most-wanted list since the arrest of Radovan Karadzic. Mladic has been running from authorities since 2000.
War crimes fugitive: Goran Hadzic
25/07/2008
Croatian Serb war crimes indictee Goran Hadzic has been on the run for four years.
War crimes fugitive: Ante Gotovina
25/07/2008
Retired Croatian General Ante Gotovina was arrested in December 2005 after four years of evading authorities.
World's most wanted: Radovan Karadzic
22/07/2008
Radovan Karadzic faces charges of two counts of genocide, five counts of crimes against humanity, three counts of violations of the laws or customs of war, and one count of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions.