ICTY Imposes Life Sentence

December 14th, 2006 at 02:38pm

On November 30, 2006, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia sentenced Stanislov Galić to life imprisonment, the first time that the maximum sentence had been rendered by the Tribunal. Galić, a former Bosnian Serb Army Commander, was found to have had the intent to spread terror among the civilian population of Sarajevo. For more information, see: http://www.un.org/icty/pressreal/2006/p1131e-summary.htm

Entry Filed under: Europe & CIS, International Courts and Tribunals, International Criminal Law, United Nations