April 3, 2008

Terrorism

Haradinaj walks

by Douglas Muir

The Hague has acquitted former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj of various horrible war crimes.
This is not much of a surprise. One, while the case against the KLA leadership generally is pretty strong, the case against Haradinaj personally wasn’t so much. Two, Haradinaj put up an aggressive and very competent defense. And three, [...]

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March 1, 2007

Transition and accession

Belgium holds the line

by Douglas Muir

Brief recap: about six months ago, the EU suspended candidacy negotiations with Serbia because Belgrade was refusing to cooperate with the Hague Tribunal.
In particular, the Serbian government had stopped even pretending to look for accused war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic. As chief Hague prosecutor Carla del Ponte put it, “I’m [...]

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