http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/International_Courts_and_TribunalsFind stories, videos, and photos about International Courts and Tribunals from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:59:48 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/International_Courts_and_Tribunals14433Find stories, videos, and photos about International Courts and Tribunals from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/04/un.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/04/un.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextA resolution calling for independent investigations into alleged war crimes committed by Israel and Hamas during last winter's Gaza war was the focus of debate in the U.N. General Assembly.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/05/kenya.icc.trials/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/05/kenya.icc.trials/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe International Criminal Court chief prosecutor on Thursday told Kenya's leaders that he will proceed with trials against suspected perpetrators of postelection violence that left more than 1,000 dead.Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/26/karadzic.trial.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/26/karadzic.trial.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic's failure to appear at the start of his trial on genocide and war crimes charges CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson explains what happens next.Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/15/guinea.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/15/guinea.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe International Criminal Court said Thursday that it will investigate the killing of nearly 160 protesters in Guinea -- allegedly by government troops.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/30/kenya.election.icc/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/30/kenya.election.icc/index.html#cnnSTCTextThose most responsible for last year's post-election violence in Kenya may now be punished by the International Criminal Court, after Kenya missed a deadline to address the issue.Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/25/bolivia.peru/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/25/bolivia.peru/index.html#cnnSTCTextFireworks continued to erupt between Bolivia and Peru over a costume worn at this year's Miss Universe pageant.Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/03/kenya.election.violence.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/03/kenya.election.violence.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCTextKenya's plan to use its judiciary to try perpetrators of post-election violence reneges on an earlier pledge to use an independent tribunal, Human Rights Watch said Monday.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/16/rwanda.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/16/rwanda.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTextA United Nations court convicted a former governor of Rwanda to life in prison for his role in a 1994 genocide that left about 800,000 dead in the central African country.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/06/kenya.mckenzie/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/06/kenya.mckenzie/index.html#cnnSTCTextA high-level Kenyan delegation has agreed with the International Criminal Court to set up a tribunal by July 2010 to prosecute those who instigated last year's devastating post-election violence.Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/07/sudan.president.zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/07/sudan.president.zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who faces charges of crimes against humanity, visited Zimbabwe on Sunday for a regional trade meeting.Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/25/lebanon.hezbollah.nasrallah/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/25/lebanon.hezbollah.nasrallah/index.html#cnnSTCTextHezbollah's leader accused a German magazine of engaging in a conspiracy with Israel and the West after it reported that the militia group orchestrated the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.Tue, 26 May 2009 00:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/24/lebanon.hariri.hezbollah/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/24/lebanon.hariri.hezbollah/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe militia group Hezbollah has dismissed a German magazine report that it was behind the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, calling the accusations "fabrications."Sun, 24 May 2009 16:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/18/sudan.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/18/sudan.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Sudanese rebel commander accused of responsibility for the deadliest attack on African Union peacekeepers in Darfur faced an International Criminal Court hearing Monday.Mon, 18 May 2009 14:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/17/sudan.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/17/sudan.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Sudanese rebel commander, accused of being involved in the 2007 deaths of a dozen peacekeepers in Darfur, voluntarily arrived in the Netherlands Sunday for an International Criminal Court hearing at the Hague this week, officials said.Sun, 17 May 2009 22:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/29/lebanon.generals.released/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/29/lebanon.generals.released/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour generals held without charges since 2005 in connection with the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri were freed Wednesday on orders from the U.N. tribunal investigating the killing.Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/08/sierra.leone.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/08/sierra.leone.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree former guerrilla leaders -- who helped command what one activist called "one of the most brutal rebel movements in modern days" -- were sentenced Wednesday in Freetown, Sierra Leone, for crimes against humanity.Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/29/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/29/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudanese President Omar al-Bashir landed in Qatar on Sunday for an Arab League summit, a move that could put him at risk of arrest on war crimes charges leveled by a U.N. tribunal.Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/08/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/08/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudan's President Omar al-Bashir made his first trip to Darfur since an international tribunal ordered his arrest on war crimes charges, pledging resistance Sunday to what he called efforts to "recolonize" Africa.Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/06/sudan.un.ambassador/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/06/sudan.un.ambassador/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudan's ambassador to the United Nations on Friday defended his nation's decision to expel 16 nongovernment aid organizations, charging they were "messing up everything," "spoiling," and "destabilizing" his country.Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/05/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/05/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudan's president was seen smiling, dancing and speaking to a huge crowd of supporters Thursday, a day after a warrant was issued for his arrest on war crimes charges.Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/26/serbia.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/26/serbia.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Serbian President Milan Milutinovic was Thursday found not guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Kosovo by a U.N. tribunal.Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/26/congo.hague.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/26/congo.hague.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe new International Criminal Court launched its first trial Monday at The Hague in the Netherlands -- the prosecution of a former militia leader charged with using child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's brutal civil war.Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/19/mexican.execution.violation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/19/mexican.execution.violation/index.html#cnnSTCTextA United Nations court has found that the United States violated an international treaty and the court's own order when a Mexican national was executed last year in a Texas prison.Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/13/congo.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/13/congo.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextA former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo will go on trial later this month, charged with drafting children to fight for his militia's military wing. It will be the first trial held by the International Criminal Court.Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/11/serbia.mladic/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/11/serbia.mladic/index.html#cnnSTCTextSerbian authorities have put up wanted posters for war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic at police stations across the country in their search for the highest-ranking figure from the Bosnia-Herzegovina conflict to remain at large, according to Serbian media reports.Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/12/serbia.mladic.search/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/12/serbia.mladic.search/index.html#cnnSTCTextSerbian police are conducting another search for war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic and another fugitive, the office of the war crimes prosecutor in Belgrade said Friday.Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:24:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1852448,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1852448,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThree months after the International Courts of Justice charged him with genocide, Bashir goes on the offensive. But is he fighting scared?Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1850433,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1850433,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe International Court of Justice plans to rule on whether to order Russia to take immediate steps to halt what Georgia calls ethnic cleansing in the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and AbkhaziaWed, 15 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/22/karadzic.plea/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/22/karadzic.plea/index.html#cnnSTCTextA plea in the case of Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader accused of war crimes, will be entered next week, the tribunal at The Hague said on Friday.Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:20:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834198,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834198,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSudan's indicted president denied Wednesday that his regime is orchestrating genocide in the troubled western region of DarfurWed, 20 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/06/mexican.executed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/06/mexican.executed/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States violated international law by putting a Mexican national to death in Texas, the Mexican government said Wednesday.Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/05/scotus.execution/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/05/scotus.execution/index.html#cnnSTCTextMexican national Jose Ernesto Medellin, whose death penalty conviction in the rape and murder of two teen girls sparked international controversy, was put to death in Texas on Tuesday night, prison officials said.Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/22/serb.amanpour/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/22/serb.amanpour/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe arrest of Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic is an important step in the reconciliation process in the Balkans, Christiane Amanpour, CNN senior international correspondent, says.Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/18/zakaria.sudan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/18/zakaria.sudan/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe International Criminal Court announced this week it is seeking an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/22/serb.arrest.next/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/22/serb.arrest.next/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic is in custody in Belgrade, Serbia, and will soon be handed over to an international war crimes tribunal at The Hague, Netherlands, to face charges over his alleged role in Balkans war atrocities.Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/22/serbia.mladic/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/22/serbia.mladic/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic leaves the former Bosnian Serb army commander -- Ratko Mladic -- as the most sought-after fugitive from the Balkan wars of the 1990s.Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:43:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825268,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825268,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSerbia's war crimes prosecutor says a judge has ordered ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's transfer to the UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague, NetherlandsMon, 21 Jul 2008 22:40:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824506,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824506,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsArab foreign ministers are expected to discuss a proposal Saturday calling on Sudan's president to hand over two Darfur war crimes suspects to an international tribunal in an effort to fend off the longtime leader's own prosecutionSat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1823172,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1823172,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe U.N.'s highest court is ruling Wednesday on an emergency Mexican appeal to block the execution of its citizens on death row in the United StatesWed, 16 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/15/darfur.charges.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/15/darfur.charges.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has filed genocide charges against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for a five-year campaign of violence in the country's Darfur region. CNN's Nic Robertson explains what is likely to happen next:Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:20:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822393,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822393,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn International Criminal Court prosecutor is expected to seek an arrest warrant charging Sudan's president with genocide and crimes against humanity on Monday when he reveals details of his investigation into war crimes in DarfurMon, 14 Jul 2008 08:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/05/sudan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/05/sudan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudan's entire state apparatus has been mobilized "to plan, commit, and cover up crimes" in the war-torn area of Darfur, a prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Thursday.Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:40:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1725948,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1725948,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA Supreme Court ruling on on US compliance with international treaties may lead to a more rational way of approving themThu, 27 Mar 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/25/scotus.texas/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/25/scotus.texas/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Supreme Court has concluded Texas can execute a Mexican man sentenced to death for murder, ending an unusual capital appeal that pitted President Bush against his home state in a dispute over federal authority, local sovereignty and foreign treaties. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/19/Serbia.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/19/Serbia.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextVoters in Serbia go to the polls Sunday in an election that could shape the country's future just as the province of Kosovo plans to declare independence.Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/22/congo.court/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/22/congo.court/index.html#cnnSTCTextA former Congolese militia leader suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity made his first appearance at the International Criminal Court at The Hague Monday.Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:40:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1669866,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1669866,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIn a case headed for the Supreme Court, the Administration is opposing the execution of an immigrant convicted of rape and murder. And the right wing wants to know whyWed, 10 Oct 2007 04:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/19/news/international/bc.apfn.eu.fin.eu.microsoft.ap/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/19/news/international/bc.apfn.eu.fin.eu.microsoft.ap/index.htmA U.S. official's criticism of a European Union court ruling dismissing Microsoft Corp.'s monopoly abuse appeal was "totally unacceptable," EU antitrust chief Neelie Kroes said Wednesday.Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/14/iran.us/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/14/iran.us/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran's supreme leader said Friday he wants the United States tried in an international court for "misconduct" in Iraq.Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:30:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1644607,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1644607,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs a cease-fire nears, the government and rebels may skip war crimes tribunals, setting up their own imperfect peaceWed, 25 Jul 2007 08:40:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632058,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632058,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWar crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte is confident that Ratko Mladic will soon be handed over for trial. That's because Serbia's government wants to get on with joining the E.U.Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/21/lebanon.shooting/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/21/lebanon.shooting/index.htmlLebanese Cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel -- a key member of the anti-Syrian majority in the Lebanese parliament -- has been shot dead in an assassination that raises tensions between opponents and allies of Syria.Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/12/lebanon.cabinet/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/12/lebanon.cabinet/index.htmlA constitutional crisis in Lebanon is threatening plans for an international tribunal to try those allegedly involved in the assassination of the country's former Prime Minister.Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/11/lebanon.hezbollah/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/11/lebanon.hezbollah/index.htmlFive Shiite ministers resigned from Lebanon's Cabinet on Saturday after talks about giving the Hezbollah party more power collapsed, according to party spokesmen.Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/31/milosevic.death/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/31/milosevic.death/index.htmlFormer Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic died of a heart attack in his cell while on trial for war crimes and was not poisoned, a U.N. tribunal has concluded.Wed, 31 May 2006 10:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/30/taylor.trial/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/30/taylor.trial/index.htmlA U.N.-backed court in Sierra Leone has asked the Dutch government to stage the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor in the Netherlands, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said Thursday, and the government has set conditions for that to happen.Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/27/warcrimes.mladic/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/27/warcrimes.mladic/index.htmlThe European Union has told Serbia it has until the end of March to hand over Ratko Mladic, the leader of the Bosnian Serb army sought on war crimes charges.Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/08/war.crimes.arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/08/war.crimes.arrest/index.htmlA longtime Croatian war crimes fugitive wanted for crimes during the Balkan wars has been arrested in Spain, according to the office of the prosecutor in the Hague.Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/05/iraq.attorneys/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/05/iraq.attorneys/index.htmlFormer U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, one of two foreign lawyers on Saddam Hussein's defense team, said Monday it would be "very difficult" for the deposed Iraqi dictator's trial to be fair.Mon, 05 Dec 2005 20:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/17/michael.scharf.cnna/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/17/michael.scharf.cnna/index.htmlMichael P. Scharf, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University and the co-founder of the Public International Law and Policy group, has trained some of the judges presiding over the Iraqi Special Tribunal, charged with trying the alleged crimes of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/31/mariner.darfur/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/31/mariner.darfur/index.htmlThe U.N. Security Council has finally been roused to action on Darfur. It held one important vote this week, passing a resolution that imposes limited sanctions, and it is scheduled to hold another, even more important vote, today.Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/11/vienna.convention/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/11/vienna.convention/index.htmlThe United States has withdrawn from an international agreement that gives the International Court of Justice the right to adjudicate violations of the Vienna Convention regarding the incarceration of non-U.S. citizens, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice said Thursday.Fri, 11 Mar 2005 05:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/15/mclibel/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/15/mclibel/index.htmlThe British government violated the rights of two vegetarian activists convicted of libeling the U.S. fast food chain McDonald's, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/29/warcrimes.blaskic/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/29/warcrimes.blaskic/index.htmlThe U.N. war crimes tribunal cut former Bosnian Croat General Tihomir Blaskic's 45-year jail sentence to nine years on appeal on Thursday, acquitting him of more than a dozen ethnic cleansing charges from the Bosnian war.Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/20/un.barrier.resolution/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/20/un.barrier.resolution/index.htmlThe U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to call on Israel to dismantle a barrier that would seal off the West Bank.Tue, 20 Jul 2004 23:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/19/un.barrier.resolution/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/19/un.barrier.resolution/index.htmlThe U.N. General Assembly vote on a resolution supporting the world court's ruling on Israel's West Bank barrier has been postponed to Tuesday, said a U.N. spokeswoman.Mon, 19 Jul 2004 20:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/13/leavitt.israel.barrier/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/13/leavitt.israel.barrier/index.htmlDuring the past two weeks, both the highest court in Israel and the highest court in the international legal system have issued rulings condemning Israel's controversial security barrier.Tue, 13 Jul 2004 16:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/12/israel.politics/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/12/israel.politics/index.htmlIsraeli Labor Party chief Shimon Peres said Monday that his party will enter talks to form a national unity government with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, an alliance that would carry out Sharon's plan to withdraw from Gaza and parts of the West Bank.Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/11/israel.barrier/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/11/israel.barrier/index.htmlIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday ordered construction continued on a barrier between Israel and the West Bank despite a nonbinding world court ruling that it was "contrary to international law."Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/09/israel.barrier/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/09/israel.barrier/index.htmlThe International Court of Justice has said the barrier Israel is building to seal off the West Bank violates international law because it infringes on the rights of Palestinians.Fri, 09 Jul 2004 07:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/06/milosevic.trial/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/06/milosevic.trial/index.htmlThe U.N. tribunal has ruled that former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is fit to stand trial, but may not be healthy enough to continue defending himself against charges of war crimes and genocide.Tue, 06 Jul 2004 10:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/01/britain.may/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/01/britain.may/index.htmlThe British judge who presided sternly over the war crimes trial of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic has died, the U.N. tribunal has announced. He was 65.Thu, 01 Jul 2004 11:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/01/serbia.hunt/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/01/serbia.hunt/index.htmlNATO troops have carried out searches in Bosnia's Serb Republic a day after the West's peace envoy sacked 60 senior Serb officials for failure to arrest top war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic.Thu, 01 Jul 2004 07:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/30/serbia.hunt/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/30/serbia.hunt/index.htmlThe U.N. High Representative to Bosnia Wednesday sacked 60 high-level Serb officials because they failed to arrest suspected war criminals, calling their lack of action a "sustained, long-term, gross refusal."Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/29/un.karadzic/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/29/un.karadzic/index.htmlChief U.N. war crimes prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia, Carla Del Ponte, says she is optimistic that former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will be in custody by the end of the day Wednesday.Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/24/us.war.crimes.court/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/24/us.war.crimes.court/index.htmlIn the face of strong opposition from other Security Council members the United States has announced it is dropping a resolution that would exempt its soldiers from international prosecution.Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/23/mideast.barrier/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/23/mideast.barrier/index.htmlThe International Court of Justice began hearings Monday to consider whether the barrier Israel is building near its border with the West Bank violates international law.Mon, 23 Feb 2004 07:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/22/mideast/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/22/mideast/index.htmlIsrael has started to pull down a five-mile section of the barrier that deviates into the West Bank from the border established in 1967.Sun, 22 Feb 2004 06:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/12/israel.barrier/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/12/israel.barrier/index.htmlIsrael will boycott a hearing before the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands regarding the legality of its West Bank barrier, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's office said Thursday.Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:41:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/30/mideast.barrier/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/30/mideast.barrier/index.htmlThe International Court of Justice should stay out of the dispute over a barrier Israel is building in the West Bank, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday.Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/26/bosnia.karadzic/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/26/bosnia.karadzic/index.htmlA senior U.N. prosecutor has said a lack of political will by the West means genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic is unlikely ever to be arrested.Mon, 26 Jan 2004 14:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/14/bosnia.karadzic/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/14/bosnia.karadzic/index.htmlFans of Radovan Karadzic have taunted NATO after a failed manhunt for the genocide suspect, saying "our people" would keep him from the clutches of the West.Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/11/bosnia.manhunt/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/11/bosnia.manhunt/index.htmlNATO-led peacekeepers have been continuing their intensive search for indicted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic in a Bosnian Serb stronghold.Sun, 11 Jan 2004 15:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/10/bosnia.manhunt/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/10/bosnia.manhunt/index.htmlNATO forces launched a "large-scale operation" Saturday morning in Bosnia to hunt for a wanted war crimes suspect, according to a spokesman with the NATO Stabilization Force.Sat, 10 Jan 2004 20:12:00 EST