This post is based on a press release of the Tribunal, issued on 16 November 2012, VE/CS/PR1532e. The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, composed of Judges Theodor Meron, presiding, Carmel Agius, Patrick Robinson, Mehmet Güney, and Fausto Pocar, has reversed by majority, Judges Agius and Pocar dissenting, Ante Gotovina’s and Mladen Markač’s convictions for crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war and entered verdicts of acquittal. The case information page is available here, a summary of the judgment here, and the full judgment is available here. On 15 April 2011,…
