CASE

Prosecutor v.
Banovic (ICTY)

FACTS
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Prosecutor v.
Popovic (ICTY)

Prosecutor v
Furundzija

Prosecutor v.
Kunarac

CRIMES

SENTENCE

Army forces imposed severe restrictions on and

unlawfully detained 7000 non-Serbs in camps,
including Bosnian Muslims
Ill-treatment in the Keraterm camp (including
torture beatings, sexual assaults and killings)
Accused participated in the discriminatory
persecution of the non-Serbs, including the
beating of 27 prisoners
Emphasis on the principle of retribution and
principle of deference
Defense invoked accuseds low rank but he still
had a position of authority
Intense military assault by Bosnian Serb Forces on
UN protected areas.
Women, children and elderly sent away
Thousands of male Bosnian Muslims detained,
subjected to cruel, inhumane treatment and
summary executions
JOINT CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE: Removal of the
entire Bosnian Muslim population
Popovic was Lieutenant Colonel
Aggravating circumstance: alleged enthusiasm in
committing crimes, including ordering the
execution of a young boy

Crimes against humanity:

persecution on political,
racial or religious
grounds

8 years, credited
with 716 days of
detention

Genocide, conspiracy to
commit genocide

Life imprisonment

Commander of a special unit of the Croatian

Defence Council called the Jokers
Bosnian Muslims were interrogated at their
headquarters and were detained, subjected to
sexual assaults and physical and mental suffering
Did not personally commit the crime, but his
presence and actions aided and abetted the
commission of rape
Accused detained several women in an abandoned
Muslim house. The women were repeatedly raped

Torture, violations of the

laws and customs of war

Murder, persecution,
extermination as crimes
against humanity

10 years
imprisonment

Aiding and abetting in

outrages upon personal
dignity, including rape
Torture and rape as war
crimes and crimes

12 years
imprisonment

Prosecutor v. Dyilo

Prosecutor v.
Katanga

and sexually assaulted and were forced to perform

household chores for around 2-6 months.
Also questioned one of the witnesses regarding
money and gold kept in her apartment. Accused
threatened to kill her and slaughter her son. He
and his co-perpetrators raped her.
Enlisted and conscripted minors (below 15 years
of age) into the Patriotic Force for the Liberation of
Congo
Used the children to actively participate in a noninternational armed conflict
The children were exposed to violence, alcohol
and drugs
Accused was a senior commander of the Patriotic
Resistance Force in Ituri
Led an attack on the village of Bogoro in which
rebels under his command on an indiscriminate
killing spree. Civilians were killed and others were
imprisoned in rooms filled with corpses
Women and girls were enslaved
Allegedly lead an attack on Nyakunde Hospital,
resulting in a massacre of 1,200 civilians.
Also used children under 15 years to participate
actively in the hostilities

against humanity

War crime: enlisting and

conscripting of children
under the age of 15
years

14 years of
imprisonment

Murder as a crime
against humanity

12 years
imprisonment

Murder, attacking a
civilian population,
destruction of property
and pillaging as war
crimes

Prosecutor v. Tadic
Prosecutor v. Tadic
(Appeal)

Prosecutor v.
Akayesu

Elements of command responsibility

Questioned the validity of the establishment of the
ICTY
Accused was the mayor of Taba, Rwanda
Many Tutsis were killed in the area and others
were subject to violence and hate crimes.
Akayesu refrained from stopping the killing and
supervised the murder of various Tutsis
He also gave a death list to other Hutus and
ordered house-to-house searches to locate Tutsis.
First time an international tribunal ruled that rape

Genocide, rape, outrages

upon personal dignity
and extermination as a
crime against humanity

10 years
imprisonment

Prosecutor v.
Nahimana

and other forms of sexual violence could

constitute genocide
MEDIA CASE