An adviser to the current chief Hague Tribunal prosecutor says it was Carla Del Ponte’s office that destroyed evidence in the Kosovo organ trade case. “It would likely be easier had we kept the material. That was an unfortunate decision,” Frederick Swinnen told Belgrade’s Blic daily.
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“Hague made mistake in Kosovo case”
January 26th, 2011 |
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CoE Rapporteur Dick Marty says the Hague Tribunal made a mistake when it destroyed evidence connected to the Kosovo organ trafficking. The evidence came from the town of Rripe near Burrel, in Albania.
Serbia: CoE should adopt recommendations
December 22nd, 2010 |
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Serbia will request the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to adopt recommendations regarding Dick Marty’s report, says Rasim Ljajić.
Ljajić, head of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, told B92 that those recommendations would oblige the EU ministers to help the investigation.
Belgrade calls on EULEX to take responsibility
December 21st, 2010 |
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Rasim Ljajić said in Strasbourg in Monday that the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, should assume responsibility for the Kosovo organ trade. The chairman of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal said that EULEX should also process as soon as possible the cases of trafficking in human organs.
DNA samples destroyed, forensics expert says
December 19th, 2010 |
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Former head of the UNMIK Forensics and Missing Persons Office Jose Pablo Baraybar said that 400 DNA samples of victims kidnapped in Kosovo were destroyed.
He added that the samples had been destroyed in Germany, with approval of the Hague Tribunal.
“Mladić is alive, and he’s in Serbia”
December 17th, 2010 |
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The key to arrest of Ratko Mladić is in Belgrade, thinks Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz.
He also said that he did not wish to “play a role of somebody who is slowing down†Serbia’s progress toward the EU.
President on Hague, and WikiLeaks
December 15th, 2010 |
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President Boris Tadić said on Tuesday in Belgrade that Serbia will complete cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. “The relevant state authorities will do everything to find and arrest fugitive Hague indictees Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić, he said.
EU to monitor reports from Hague Tribunal
December 15th, 2010 |
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Although the EU has praised Serbia’s good results regarding reforms and implementation of the SAA, it will carefully monitor reports from the Hague Tribunal.
The EU foreign ministers have stated that the progress will open up the door for speeding up of EU integrations, including the EU candidate status, as soon as the conditions are met.
Brammertz: Mladić remains priority
December 11th, 2010 |
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Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor says that the Serbian authorities “can and must†do more in order to arrest Hague indictees Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić.
He told Voice of America (VOA) that cooperation with Serbia was good but that it needed to be more active and rigorous in terms of arresting the remaining Hague fugitives.
NYT: Serbian govt. knew Mladić whereabouts
December 9th, 2010 |
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The Serbian government “knows perfectly where Mladić is”, said a U.S. cable from 2008, according to a report in the New York Times today. The daily says that the WikiLeaks material shows concern about a lack of cooperation with the Hague Tribunal on the part of Serbia.
Anger over reduced sentence for ex-JNA officer
December 9th, 2010 |
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Hague Tribunal’s decision to reduce Veselin Å ljivanÄanin’s sentence has sparked negative reactions in Croatia.
Croatian President Ivo Josipović says that those who ordered crimes in Vukovar still have not been punished.
Hague reduces jail time for ex-JNA officer
December 8th, 2010 |
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The Appeals Chamber of the Hague Tribunal today decided to reduce the sentence handed down to Veselin Å ljivanÄanin. The former Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) officer was sent to jail for 17 years for assisting the torture and involvement in the murder of 194 Croat prisoners near Vukovar in 1991.
“WikiLeaks won’t reveal information on Mladićâ€
December 4th, 2010 |
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Serbian Labor Minister Rasim Ljajić stated on Friday that he had misgivings that WikiLeaks could reveal important information about whereabouts of Ratko Mladić. “I am skeptical that certain important information could be made public. The data that have been revealed so far refer to talks with officials and impressions about certain politicians rather than concrete information on Mladić,†the minister, who is the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, said.
Opposition party “to sack high official”
December 3rd, 2010 |
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The opposition Serb Progressive Party (SNS) might dismiss deputy chairman of its main board (GO) Božidar Delić over different views on the Hague Tribunal.
The SNS presidency will decide on Delić’s fate next week and chances are that he will be “relieved of his duty”, daily VeÄernje Novosti reported.
War Crimes Prosecution takes over Tomić case
November 29th, 2010 |
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Serbia’s War Crimes Prosecution took over the case files of Aco Tomić and four other former officers. They are suspected of helping hide Hague Tribunal fugitive Ratko Mladić.
Foreign services help in Mladić hunt
November 25th, 2010 |
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The president of Serbia’s council for cooperation with the Hague Tribunal says foreing security services are taking active part in the search for Ratko Mladić. Rasim Ljajić specified that “London” was helping in this, along with other foreign services.
SNS leader in favor of arresting Mladić
November 24th, 2010 |
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Opposition SNS party leader Tomislav Nikolić says Serbia should fulfill its obligations toward the Hague Tribunal, i.e. that Ratko Mladić should be arrested. In an interview for Belgrade newspaper Blic, Nikolić said, “I wouldn’t do it (arrest Mladić) gladly, but it’s an obligation that I would have to fulfill.“
“Serbia’s efforts on Mladić still problematic”
November 22nd, 2010 |
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Serbia’s attempts to finalize its cooperation with the Hague Tribunal and arrest Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić are still problematic, according to a report. “Serbia’s efforts to apprehend the two remaining fugitives remain problematic. This is the most critical outstanding aspect of Serbia’s duty to cooperate with the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP),” the chief Hague prosecutor has said in his latest report to the UN Security Council, seen by WAZ.EUobserver.
Analysts on Brammertz’s visit
November 14th, 2010 |
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Analysts assess that Belgrade does not have any important news for Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammerz who will visit Serbia tomorrow.
They say that the main topic of the talks will be arrest of the remaining Hague fugitives.
Hague: Karadžić trial suspended
November 4th, 2010 |
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The Hague Tribunal trial of Radovan Karadžić has been suspended for one month, said reports. This came as the defense asked for time to review documents that were disclosed late by the prosecution.