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(The Hague, DTT-NET.COM)- The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday has transferred two trial cases to Croatia, the first such move by the UN court in The Hague, Netherlands. Two retired Croatian generals, Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac charged for war crimes against Serbs civilians during 1991-1995 war will be trialled in Croatia, representing the only case, out of 10, that the court’s prosecution has requested be transferred to Croatia and approved by the Referral Bench. The indictment charges Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac with two counts of crimes against humanity and three counts of violations...

A retired Croatian general has been charged by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia with responsibility for his alleged role in a 1993 operation against a Serbian enclave. The UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) made the indictment public today after it was issued last week. Among the charges of murder and cruel and inhumane treatment of civilians and captured soldiers during a two-day attack on the Medak Pocket, were counts of tying bodies to a car and dragging them along village roadsides, and burning a Serbian woman alive while soldiers mocked her....