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Press Releases Archive

1995

November 1995

24 November 1995   The Tribunal welcomes the parties' commitment to justice. Joint statement by the President and the Prosecutor.
16 November 1995   Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic accused of genocide following the take-over of Srebrenica.
13 November 1995   The Vice-President of Herceg-Bosna and five other prominent Bosnian Croats indicted for the ''Ethnic Cleansing'' of the Lasva Valley Area.
09 November 1995   Three JNA officers from a Belgrade- based brigade charged with the mass killing of non-serb men forcibly removed from the Vukovar hospital

October 1995

09 October 1995   The Judges request that the International Tribunal be exempted of budgetary remains
04 October 1995   First witnesses to give evidence in open court in the Nikolic case.
02 October 1995   Mr. Riad appointed at the Tribunal in replacement of Judge Abi-Saab.
02 October 1995   Appeals Chamber Judges unanimously confirm the Tribunal's jurisdiction.

September 1995

26 September 1995   Indictment amended, accused faces additional charges.
16 September 1995   Joint statement by Justice Richard Goldstone, Prosecutor of the International Tribunal, and His Excellency Kresimir Zubak, President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
06 September 1995   International Tribunal indicts a Croatian military regional commander.

August 1995

15 August 1995   Case no IT-94-I-T/defendant: Mr. Dusko Tadic. Defence files notice of appeal.
10 August 1995   Case no IT-94-I-T/defendant: Mr. Dusko Tadic.
04 August 1995   Tribunal requests all States for co-operation and judicial assistance.

July 1995

25 July 1995   Milan Martic, Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic indicted along with 21 other accused.
25 July 1995   Case no IT-94-I-T/defendant: Mr. Dusko Tadic. Update 4.
10 July 1995   Case no IT-94-I-T/defendant: Mr. Dusko Tadic . Update 3.
05 July 1995   The International Tribunal announces "with a lot of sadness" the return to his home country of its Chief of investigations.

June 1995

23 June 1995   Case no IT-94-I-T/defendant : Mr. Dusko Tadic. Update 2.
21 June 1995   Case no IT-94-I-T/defendant : Mr. Dusko Tadic. Update.
20 June 1995   The second Annual Report of the International Tribunal states that it "will not flinch from its task".

April 1995

24 April 1995   The Judges will soon consider two applications for deferral in matters related to Bosnian Croats and the Bosnian Serb leadership.

March 1995

28 March 1995   Mrs. Terlingen appointed as coordinator of the Victims and Witnesses Unit.

February 1995

13 February 1995   The International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia charges 21 Serbs with atrocities committed inside and outside the Omarska death camp.
01 February 1995   The Judges of the Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia express their concern regarding the substance of their programme of judicial work for 1995.

January 1995

27 January 1995   Icty’s Prosecution Section In Place