U.N. Names Prosecutor for War Crimes Tribunal

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Friday, October 1, 1993
Author: 
Volume: 
9
Issue: 
10
395
Abstract: 
On October 21, 1993, the Security Council selected the attorney general of Venezuela, Ramon Escover Salom, as the prosecutor of the War Crime Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia. Human rights groups gave Escover mixed reviews. The appointment of a prosecutor had been delayed by disagreement over the front-runner, M. Cherif Bassiouni…[more]