UN Finally Agrees to Appoint War Crimes Prosecutor

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Author: 

Date Published: 

Friday, July 1, 1994

Volume: 

10

Issue: 

7

Pages: 

272

Subject Areas: 

United Nations
War Crimes
International Courts

Geographic Identifier: 

World
Former Yugoslavia

Abstract: 

Richard J. Goldstone was approved for his appointment as Chief Prosecutor for the Tribunal for the Prosecution of Crimes in Former Yugoslavia in the United Nations Security Council on July 8, 1994. Goldstone’s previous experience in the South African Supreme Court will aid him to establish reconciliation of human rights abuses in Former Yugoslavia...[more]...