The Prosecutor v. Stevan Todorović

Case Sheet · ICTY

The Prosecutor v. Stevan Todorović

Location Bosnia and Herzegovina
Case Number IT-95-9/1
Case Name "Bosanski Šamac"
Status Closed · Sentence Served

Context

From April 1992 until December 1993, chief of police and a member of the Serb crisis staff in Bosanski Šamac in north-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pre-Trial

Initial Indictment 21 July 1995
Amended IndictmenTS 11 December 1998
25 March 1999
Crimes Charged
Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949
Wilful killing · art. 2(a) ICTYS
Torture or inhuman treatment · art. 2(b) ICTYS
Wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health · art. 2(c) ICTYS
Unlawful deportation or transfer · art. 2(g) ICTYS
Violations of the laws or customs of war
Murder · art. 3 ICTYS
Cruel treatment · art. 3 ICTYS
Humiliating and degrading treatment · art. 3 ICTYS
Torture · art. 3 ICTYS
Crimes against humanity
Crime against humanity of murder · art. 5(a) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of deportation · art. 5(d) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of torture · art. 5(f) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of rape · art. 5(g) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of persecution · art. 5(h) ICTYS
Crime against humanity of other inhumane acts · art. 5(i) ICTYS
Arrest and Transfer 27 September 1998 · Arrested by [SFOR · Transferred to ICTY 27 September 1998
Initial Appearance 30 September 1998 · Plea: Not Guilty
21 January 1999 · Plea: Not Guilty
Guilty Plea 13 December 2000 · Counts: persecution

Trial

Trial Chamber Trial Chamber III · Judges: Judge Patrick Robinson (presiding), Judge Richard May, Judge Mohamed Fassi Fihri
Crimes at Guilty Plea
Crimes against humanity
Crime against humanity of persecution · art. 5(h) ICTYS
Sentencing Judgment 31 July 2001 · 10 years of imprisonment
Transfer to Serve Sentence 11 December 2001 · Spain
22 June 2005 · Early release

Key Documents

Amended Indictment Amended Indictment (1998)
Guilty Plea Guilty Plea (2000)
Sentencing Judgment Sentencing Judgment (2001)
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