War crimes hearings may take years
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The United States will need years to finish the war crimes tribunals of al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees it started this week, according to US officials.
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Iraq will bring top figures of Saddam Hussein's ousted regime to court next week for the first time since they appeared before a judge five months ago, and formal indictments could be issued next month. Many have been in custody for more than a year and have not met with lawyers, prompting Saddam's attorneys to cry foul.
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The war crimes trial of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein won&#39;t begin any time soon because deteriorating security is hampering information-gathering in the case, a senior US official said Friday.
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The International Criminal Court expects to finalize by February its first case against suspects who bear the greatest responsibility for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan's Darfur conflict, the chief prosecutor said in a report Wednesday.
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A Serb general indicted for war crimes  in the siege of Sarajevo during the 1992-95 Bosnian war was on  his way to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Friday,  chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said.
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Six suspects accused of murder and war crimes could face death penalty if convicted
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An Australian man accused of conspiracy to commit war crimes is having a preliminary hearing before a panel of US military officers set to prosecute accused enemy combatants on war crimes charges.
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The decision to seek the death penalty for detainees who will likely face war-crimes charges would present new challenges to a troubled system that has yet to begin a single trial.
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Bosnia will soon begin handling scores of war crimes cases related to its bloody war of independence, taking over from the overloaded international tribunal in The Hague, a senior prosecutor said.
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MANNHEIM, Germany - A military judge hearing evidence about the alleged abuse of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison pressed the U.S. government Monday to speed up its investigation, warning that delays could derail the case against at least one of the accused soldiers...
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A Serb officer indicted for war crimes in the siege of Sarajevo during the 1992-95 Bosnian war was on his way to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Friday, chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said.
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Deposed Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic is scheduled to open his defence case at war crimes tribunal Tuesday after months of delays due to his frail health.
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Kosovo's reformist PM may face war-crimes charges in the Hague
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The U.S. military is rehearsing for hearings on whether 14 top terror suspects can be held indefinitely without charge as enemy combatants, but defense lawyers say the outcome is preordained.
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The prosecutor of the U.N. war  crimes court for the Balkans on Monday urged a delay in  deciding the future of Kosovo, saying it would interfere with  her quest to get major fugitives arrested for trial.
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MANNHEIM, Germany - The U.S. military judge hearing the Abu Ghraib abuse case said prosecutors had until Sept...
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ELEANOR HALL: The war crimes trial of Former Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic, has finally resumed in the Hague. But despite a long summer recess, during which judges at the United Nations tribunal said