Karadzic 'led ethnic cleansing': PHOTO
Prosecutors at the Genocide and War Crimes trial of ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic have branded him the leader of an ethnic cleansing campaign. The court ruled the trial in The Hague could resume despite Mr Karadzic boycotting it for a second day.

Judges told to get tough in trial of war crimes with 7,000 victims
More than 13 years after the slaughter of 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica, one of the late-20th century’s worst alleged War criminals finally faces justice today. For relatives of the victims and other survivors of the 1992-1995 Bosnian War, the start of Radovan Karadzic’s Genocide trial is crucial to putting memories of the horrors to rest. Judges at The Hague are being urged to get tough with the former Bosnian Serb leader, who is planning to boycott today’s...

Prosecution opens case against Karadzic: PHOTO
The Hague, Oct 27 (Reuters)

War crimes prosecutors begin trial without Karadzic: PHOTO
Radovan Karadzic faces charges of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity during the War in Bosnia. Photograph: Valerie Kuypers/AP

Karadzic boycotts opening of his war crimes trial
The Hague, Netherlands (AP) - Radovan Karadzic boycotted the opening day of his War Crimes trial Monday and sent no lawyer to defend himself, forcing judges to abruptly adjourn the hearing. Judges then vowed that the former Bosnian Serb leader's trial would begin Tuesday with or without him. The decision enraged survivors who had traveled by bus from Bosnia to see Karadzic finally face justice. A small group briefly refused to leave the courtroom after the adjournment and one woman threatened a...

Q&A: The trial of Radovan Karadzic: PHOTO
After 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.

A genocide trial for Karadzic, and gangzter memories of Belgrade: PHOTO
Ex-Bosnian Serb Leader, Facing War-Crimes Charges, Appears to Steal a Page From Milosevic’s Courtroom Playbook. By MARC CHAMPION Brussels — The trial of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on War-crimes charges begins Monday, and lawyers say his courtroom strategy is already emerging. Like the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, Mr. Karadzic looks set to try to string the proceedings out and turn them into an inquest into the role of the West in the War, these lawyers...

Karadzic genocide trial to begin
The trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is due to begin at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Mr Karadzic denies 11 charges of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and other atrocities relating to the Bosnian War of the 1990s.

Karadzic to boycott Bosnia genocide trial, court says
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic says he intends to boycott the start of his War Crimes and Genocide trial next week, a spokeswoman for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said Thursday.

Judges order Radovan Karadzic trial to start without him
The battle of wills between Radovan Karadzic and the judges in The Hague intensified today when the court decided to push ahead with the Genocide trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader, even though he boycotted the proceedings for a second day. Judge O-Gon Kwon, the chief judge, issued a second warning that Karadzic would have a legal representative imposed upon him if he continued to remain in his cell, and ruled that the prosecution could begin to outline the case against him.

Karadzic on Trial: Poet and Psychiatrist Stands Accused of Genocide
More than 14 years after his indictment, the trial against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic began on Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal in the The Hague. Karadzic boycotting the proceedings, but he himself said the trial should find the "final truth." It has been 14 years since Bonsian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was indicted. But on Monday, his trial at the International Criminal Tribunal at The Hague in Holland got under way. If only briefly. Karadzic failed to appear...

Judges order Radovan Karadzic trial to proceed without him
The battle of wills between Radovan Karadzic and the judges in The Hague intensified today when the court decided to push ahead with the Genocide trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader, even though he boycotted the proceedings for a second day.

AFP: Karadzic genocide trial opens in his absence
The Hague, Netherlands — The Genocide trial of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic opened in his absence before a UN court on Monday as he boycotted the hearing to insist on more time to prepare his case. "I note that the accused Mr Karadzic is not present," said presiding judge O-Gon Kwon as the hearing at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was declared open shortly after 9:00 am (0800 GMT). Karadzic, who will conduct his own defence, informed...

Prosecutors: Karadzic 'leader' of Serbs committing atrocities
The Hague, Netherlands (AP) — U.N. prosecutors opened their Genocide case against Radovan Karadzic on Tuesday — despite his continued boycott of the case — calling him the "undisputed leader" of Serbs responsible for atrocities throughout Bosnia's brutal four-year war.

Radovan Karadzic refuses to leave cell at beginning of genocide trial
Radovan Karadzic defied international justice this morning when he refused to leave his cell to attend the first day of his landmark trial for Genocide.

Karadzic & War Crimes Trial
Karadzic & War Crimes Trial

War Crimes: Nazi Assassin Goes on Trial in Germany: PHOTO
Heinrich Boere, 88, a former member of Hitler's SS, goes on trial in a German court on Wednesday charged with murdering three Dutch citizens during World War II. It will be one of the last Nazi War Crimes prosecutions, along with next month's trial of John Demjanjuk. Nazi hunter Ulrich Maass is a satisfied man. The assassin he has been chasing for years is going to stand trial at last. In the western German city of Aachen on Wednesday, Maass, a German state prosecutor from the city of Dortmund,...

Expert: Yugoslav war crimes victims need 'truth commission': PHOTO
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has successfully brought dozens of War criminals to justice, but a "truth commission" is still necessary if the region's ethnic factions are ever to achieve lasting reconciliation, according to a former legal adviser to the court.

Radovan Karazic war crimes trial an open-and-shut case
Karadzic, who is representing himself at the trial, says he needs eight more months to prepare for the case and will not appear in court until he is ready. Judge O-Gon Kwon said that he would resume proceedings on Tuesday with opening statements from the prosecution and that the court would appoint a lawyer to represent Karadzic if he continued to fail to appear. Should Kwon assign counsel for Karadzic, the trial would be delayed further while the attorney familiarizes himself with the case....

Middle East peace plan threatened after UN passes Gaza war crimes report: PHOTO
The UN Human Rights Council has voted to endorse a Gaza War Crimes report despite Israel's threats to pull out of the Middle East peace talks in retaliation.

Accused war criminal turns himself in
ACCUSED 88-year-old Nazi War criminal Charles Zentai is at the mercy of the Federal Government after turning himself in to police to spend his first night behind bars. Zentai was taken to Perth's Hakea Prison after exhausting appeal avenues that had kept him out of jail ahead of his possible Extradition to Hungary on War Crimes charges. He had been granted a 14-day stay on a ruling by the full bench of the Federal Court that allowed his Extradition on a charge of killing a Jewish teenager in...

Israel rules out questioning troops over war crimes claims
The Israeli government has ruled out setting up an independent investigative body that would interview Israeli Military personnel about allegations that the Military committed War Crimes during its offensive against Hamas earlier this year.

Serb snubs court
BOSNIAN Serb leader Radovan Karad

BNP: British generals should be hanged for war crimes
Some of Britain’s most respected Military commanders have been drawn into an extraordinary public row with the British National Party after the party's leader compared them to Nazi generals hanged for War Crimes.

Scahill: Setback for Iraqis' suit against Blackwater actually a victory
Five War Crimes suits filed by Iraqis against the private security firm Blackwater will be allowed to continue after lawyers for the mercenary group petitioned to have them dismissed. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III ruled on Wednesday that the suits would be dismissed, but he is allowing the plaintiffs to refile on the condition that they make specific claims and present evidence that Blackwater -- now known as Xe -- perpetuated a "culture of lawlessness" that led to indiscriminate murder...