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Radovan Karadzic guilty of genocide for his involvement at Srebrenica

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been found guilty of 10 of 11 charges by UN judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the

Netherlands

Karadzic found guilty of Srebrenica genocide

Former Bosnian Serb leader given 40 year prison sentence

Netherlands

Radovan Karadzic: war crimes trial verdicts

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was due to learn his fate later on Thursday (24 March) when the International Criminal Tribunal for the

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Srebrenica divided as it awaits Karadzic verdict

Some are angry, some are sad and some are simply indifferent. What difference, if any, will a verdict make for Srebrenica?

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Republic of the Congo

Landmark ruling at the International Criminal Court in Jean-Pierre Bemba case

Eight years after he was arrested Jean-Pierre Bemba learned of his fate. The former Congolese rebel leader had been in exile in Belgium before his

My Europe Series

Radovan Karadzic war crimes: A historic verdict

March 24 will mark a day that Bosnia has been awaiting for two decades: the verdict in the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb President Radovan

World News

Victim, activist, heroine. Who was Masika?

Euronews takes a look at the life of a remarkable woman

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jailed Bosnian Serb General Zdravko Tolimir dies in detention

Bosnian Serb General Zdravko Tolimir, serving a life sentence for genocide during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, has died in detention in the Hague

Syria

Syria conflict: UN report denounces 'state policy of extermination'

Detainees held by Syria's government are dying in such numbers a UN war crimes report says that it denounces "a state policy to attack a civilian population".

Syria

Russia rejects human rights report which accuses it of possible war crimes in Syria

Defence officials in Moscow are dismissing an Amnesty International report on Russian strikes in Syria – saying it’s based on unfounded allegations

Serbia

UN judge orders retrial of two Milosevic allies

United Nations judges have ordered a retrial for two former allies of the late Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic. Jovica Stanisic and Franko

Bangladesh

Bangladesh hangs two opposition leaders for war crimes

Two opposition leaders have been executed in Bangladesh for war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence. Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and

Ukraine

Ukraine slams Russia as 'state sponsor of terrorism'

Kyiv believes Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by pro-Russian separatists armed with a surface-to-air missile launcher, something that

Georgia

ICC to probe war crimes in 2008 war between Russia and Georgia

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda says she intends to investigate both sides in the 2008 war between Russia and

Syria

Syrian Kurds accused of 'war crimes' - Amnesty International

A Syrian Kurdish militia has driven out thousands of non-Kurdish civilians from areas they have captured from ISIL militants. That’s the accusation

France

France asks court to seek Assad crimes against humanity trial

French prosecutors will be hoping pictures do not lie as they open their case for crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Syrian President

Netherlands

Malian man faces war crimes court over Timbuktu destruction

A man accused of ordering the destruction of historic buildings in Timbuktu in Mali has appeared before the International Criminal Court in The

Serbia

War criminal Nikola Sainovic back in Serbia after 18 years in prison

The former deputy prime minister of Yugoslavia Nikola Sainovic has returned to Serbia after serving two-thirds of his prison sentence. He had been

Chile

Chile: celebrations as former head of hated secret police dies

There have been celebrations on the streets at news of the death of one of the most hated men in Chile. Manuel Contreras headed the South American

Chile

Chile: Pinochet's former intelligence chief Manuel Contreras dies

The former head of Chile’s secret police during the country’s military dictatorship has died, aged 86. Manuel Contreras was unrepentant for human