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ICTY Appeals Chamber Delivers Judgment in Prosecutor v. Vlastimir Đorđević Case (January 27, 2014)
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By: Steven Arrigg Koh | February 19, 2014 - 3:48pm
On January 27, 2014, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia delivered its judgment in the Prosecutor v. Vlastimir Đorđević case. According to the press release, the Appeals Chamber confirmed Đorđević’s “guilt for crimes committed by Serbian forces during a campaign of terror and violence against Kosovo Albanians during the conflict in Kosovo.” The Appeals Chamber also “partially granted the appeals of both the Defence and the Prosecution, reducing Đorđević’s prison sentence from twenty-seven years to eighteen years.” Đorđević served as Assistant Minister of the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) and Chief of its Public Security Department between January 1 and June 20, 1999.