Authority: International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia

Date: 01/27/2014

Subject: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia despite the reduction of the sentence from 27 to 18 years’ imprisonment, confirmed the first instance conviction against the claimant, who was the former Assistant Minister to the Serbian Minister of the Internal Affairs (the “MUP”) and Chief of the Public Security Department of the MUP (the “RJB”), for war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated in Kosovo between 1st January and 20th June 1999

Parties: Prosecutor v. Vlastimir Ðorđević

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 1 Human dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Equality - Art. 20 Equality

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