Iceland
submits EU membership bid - 23 July
Iceland has formally applied to join the European Union, a week
after the parliament in Reykjavik voted in favour of accession to
the 27-nation bloc. - BBC
News website
Conference
on the rights of citizens in the EU - 23 July
Lawyers, researchers and politicians from all over the EU are
meeting in Stockholm over two days to discuss the rights of the
individual in connection with crime. "Every citizen of every
EU country has rights. The most fundamental rights must be the
same in all Member States", said Minister for Justice
Beatrice Ask in her opening address. - eGov
Monitor website
Bosnia
Bosnian
Serbs guilty of burnings - 20 July
Two Bosnian Serb commanders have been found guilty of war
crimes, including burning women and children alive, during the
Bosnian civil war. Cousins Milan and Sredoje Lukic were members
of a paramilitary group called the White Eagles, or the
Avengers. They were accused of murder, persecution,
extermination and other inhumane acts against Bosnian Muslims
near Visegrad between 1992 and 1994. Judges at The Hague jailed
Milan Lukic for life, and Sredoje to 30 years. - BBC
News website
Keyphrase :
International War Crimes Tribunal
Italy
A
Master’s in art crime (no cloak and dagger) - 21
July
Professor Tijhuis, who also practices international art law in
Amsterdam, had come to the small walled town of Amelia in
Umbria, where church bells chime hymns to the Virgin Mary, and
swallows squawk louder than cars, to lecture students enrolled
in what is billed as the first master’s program in
international art crime studies. His class focused on
international organized crime, and the lecture touched on money
laundering and cigarette smuggling as well. - New
York Times website
Palazzolo
denies Mafia links - 24 July
Vito Palazzolo today broke his silence after the courts in Italy
rejected his appeal against being convicted of "Mafia
association" and the South African government signed papers
authorising his extradition. - The
Times website