The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milošević

Case Sheet · ICTY

The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milošević

Location Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, and Montenegro
Case Number IT-02-54
Case Name "Kosovo, Croatia and Bosnia"
Status Closed · Deceased 

Context

President of Serbia from 26 December 1990; President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) from 15 July 1997 until 6 October 2000; as FRY President, he was also the President of the Supreme Defence Council of the FRY and the Supreme Commander of the Yugoslav Army

Pre-Trial

Initial Indictment Kosovo
24 May 1999

Croatia
8 October 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina
22 November 2001
Amended IndictmentS Kosovo
29 June 2001
29 October 2001

Croatia
23 October 2002
28 July 2004

Bosnia and Herzegovina
22 November 2002
Crimes Charged
Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949
Wilful killing · art. 2(a) ICTYS
Wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health · art. 2(c) ICTYS
Extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly · art. 2(d) ICTYS
Unlawful deportation or transfer and unlawful confinement of civilians · art. 2(g) ICTYS
Violations of the laws or customs of war
Cruel treatment · art. 3 ICTYS
Attacks on civilians · art. 3 ICTYS
Unlawful attacks on civilian objects · art. 3 ICTYS
Destruction or wilful damage done to institutions dedicated to religion or education · art. 3(d) ICTYS
Plunder of public or private property · art. 3(e) ICTYS
Genocide
Complicity in genocide · art. 4(3)(e) ICTYS
Crimes against humanity
Crime against humanity of murder · art. 5(a) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of extermination · art. 5(b) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of deportation · art. 5(d) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of imprisonment · art. 5(e) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of torture · art. 5(f) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of persecution · art. 5(h) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of other inhumane acts · art. 5(i) ICTYS
Arrest and Transfer 1 April 2001 · Arrested by Serbia · Transferred to ICTY 29 June 2001
Initial Appearance 3 July 2001 · Not enter Plea
29 October 2001 · Not enter Plea
11 December 2001 · Not enter Plea

Trial

Trial Chamber Trial Chamber III · Judges: Judge Richard May (presiding, until 31 May 2004), Judge Patrick Robinson (presiding, from 1 June 2004 onwards), Judge O-Gon Kwon, Judge Iain Bonomy
Trial Opening 12 February 2002
Termination of proceedings 14 March 2006 · Due to the passing of Slobodan Milošević on 11 March 2006.

Key Documents

Initial Indictment Initial Indictment (1999)
Second Amended Indictment (Kosovo) Second Amended Indictment (Kosovo) (2001)
Termination of proceedings Order terminating proceedings (2006)
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