Jul 30th, 2008 · Former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic was extradited Wednesday to The Hague, where he will face war crimes charges. Stefan Niksic, a journalist with Nin — an independent weekly in Belgrade — talks with Renee Montagne.
Jul 30th, 2008 · Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was transferred to the Netherlands and placed in the custody of the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Wednesday. He faces charges of genocide against Muslims and Croats during the Balkan wars of the 1990s.
Mar 13th, 2008 · Three former generals in the Croatian army are on trial in The Hague. They are accused of driving thousands of Serbs from their homes in the 1990s, during the war in the former Yugoslavia.
Jan 8th, 2008 · The war crimes trial of the former Liberian president has resumed in the Hague. Charles Taylor is accused of orchestrating rape, murder and mutilation and using child soldiers during the civil war in Sierra Leone. Prosecutors say he was after that country's diamond wealth.
Nov 3rd, 2007 · The Hague tribunal for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and, most recently, the Madrid train bombings in Spain have all resulted in closely watched trials that tested the boundaries of international justice.
Jun 25th, 2007 · Charles Taylor, the former Liberian President, has again boycotted his high-profile trial in the Hague for war crimes, prompting judges to delay the case until next week. He was indicted for his alleged involvement backing rebels in the brutal war in neighboring Sierra Leone.
Jan 3rd, 2006 · In East Africa, the Lord's Resistance Army has made several offers to enter peace talks with Uganda. The LRA is a rebel group that's been terrorizing Northern Uganda for nearly 20 years. Earlier this year, arrest warrants were issued for five top rebel leaders by the International Criminal Court in the Hague. While the rebels have been calling for peace, they also stepped up attacks on civilians and humanitarian convoys.
Dec 8th, 2005 · A former Croatian military leader suspected of war crimes has been arrested at a tourist resort on Spain's Canary Islands. Gen. Ante Gotovina now faces extradition to the Hague. Gotovina allegedly supervised atrocities against Serbs in 1995, near the end of the Yugoslav conflict.