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| |  | | Ljube Boskoski | | | context : | Former Yugoslavia  | | judgement place : | ICTY (Yugoslavia) | | status : | Acquitted | | particulars : | Acquitted by the ICTY Trial Chamber on 10 July 2008; appeal filed by the Prosecution on 8 August 2008 | | position : | Interior Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) |
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| | | | Arraigned on the 22 December 2004, Ljube Boskoski was charged on the basis of his superior hierarchical responsibility (Art. 7 § 3 ICTY Statute) on three counts of violations of the laws and customs of war, namely:
- murder;
- wanton destruction of towns and villages;
- cruel treatment.
After being detained in Croatia from August 2004, he was transferred to the prison quarters of the ICTY on 24 March 2005.
At his initial court appearance on 1st April 2005, Ljube Boskoski pleaded not guilty.
The trial of Ljube Boškoski and Johan Tarèulovski started on 16 April 2007. The Prosecution completed its
case on 6 December 2007.
The Defence cases commenced on 30 January 2008 and were completed on 18
March 2008.
The closing arguments took place between 6 and 8 May 2008.
On 10 July 2008, Boskoski was acquitted of all the charges by the ICTY Trial Chamber.
On 8 August 2008, the Prosecution filed an appeal agaist the judgment. | |     click for more... | |  |  | | nationality : | | | Macedonia, the former yugoslav republic of | | | date of birth : | | | 24.10.1960 | | | last time seen : | | | The Hague (Netherlands) | | | period of charges : | | | 10.08.2001 - 12.08.2001 | | | judgement period : | | | 16.04.2007 - 10.07.2008 | | | charges : | | | War crimes | | | profile last modified : | | | 11.08.2008 |
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