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The chief U.N. war-crimes prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia, Serge Brammertz, plans to visit in two weeks to evaluate if Serbia is doing its best to apprehend Mladic.
Ratko Mladic, Europe's Most Wanted War Fugitive, Sought In Serbia AP 2010
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That decision came after Belgrade, which is eager for the economic benefits it expects from joining the EU, arrested Bosnian Serb war-crimes suspect Ratko Mladic.
NATO Removes Kosovo Roadblocks Gordon Fairclough 2011
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Dedo had married an American lawyer who collected war-crimes evidence in Bosnia: “he had wooed her by singing and writing poetry; she had taken him to mass grave sites.”
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The chief U.N. war-crimes prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia, Serge Brammertz, plans to visit in two weeks to evaluate if Serbia is doing its best to apprehend Mladic.
Ratko Mladic, Europe's Most Wanted War Fugitive, Sought In Serbia AP 2010
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Unconfirmed rumors swirled that Gadhafi's other son, Seif al-Islam, wanted by the ICC on war-crimes charges, had been caught as well.
Libya's Future on the Line Charles Levinson 2011
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That, coupled with Belgrade's changed mood and its decision to hand over war-crimes suspects such as General Ratko Mladic, means that the political landscape in the Balkans has changed fundamentally.
A Better Future for the Western Balkans Hashim Thaçi 2011
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The arrest of Mr. Senussi, one of Moammar Gadhafi's closest aides and the alleged mastermind of his violent crackdown on protesters this year, comes one day after the capture of Gadhafi's son and heir apparent Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, who is also wanted by the criminal court on war-crimes charges.
Gadhafi Allies Are Captured Charles Levinson 2011
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Pentagon prosecutors filed war-crimes charges against a Pakistani detainee at Guantanamo who had lived in the U.S.
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Serbia said it arrested the last war-crimes fugitive from the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s .
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Last year, conservative Justice Alito joined liberal Justice Ginsburg in affirming Henry V's war-crimes conviction for executing French prisoners of war.
Supreme Night Court: Judges Relax By Trying the Fictitious and the Dead Jess Bravin 2011
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