shocking. >> this verdict is shameful for the hague court, a failure by the hague prosecutors. the man we all know and here in vukova today has done evil and shown no remorse. >> reporter: the verdict leaves the international criminal tribunal in a difficult position, at least hiding or at worst distorting the evidence presented to the court. >> we will review the arguments put forward to the trichamber in order to determine if we are appealing this decision. >> sheshel is himself campaigning for reelection in serbia. boosted his standing amongst ultranationalists. his acquittal may catapult him even higher. paul brennan, al jazeera. >>> south africans are calling for the impeachment of jacob zuma. in order to repay some of the $16 million of state money spent upgrading his private home. from johannesburg, tanya page reports. >> judges delivered a unanimous ruling against south africa's highest ruler. >> failed to uphold defend and respect the constitution as the spresupreme law of the land. >> they said jacob diseum a zums mijtseminister failed to respece law. they now want zu

. >> reporter: in 2003 he did surrender to the hague while supporters openly wept for him. over the past 13 years by a variety of means he has taken great relish in snubbing and spiting the international court. first, he refused to enter a plea. he rejected legal representation and refused to accept the legitimacy of the tribunal. he succeeded in having one of the trial judges disqualified for bias, the first war crimes defendant ever to manage that. all of which somewhat over shadowed the gravity of the charges which are nine counts of crimes against humanity. the prosecution describes him as a scandal master who mobilized his party's militia to terrorize, ransack and murder rival ethnic groups. tens of thousands of non-serbs were forcibly deported, many were tortured, beaten and sexually assaulted. but in 2014 he was diagnosed with liver cancer and persuaded the court to let him go back to serbia for treatment. he received a hero's welcome on his return. when the court in the hague recalled him to prison in the netherlands, serbia refused to return him. so uniquely it wil

he repeatedly refused to return to the hague. he campaigned with his radical party ahead of next month's is elections in serbia. brent: when we come back, more news in the busisiness headlines. stay tuned for that. brent: welcome back. you are with "dw news," live from berlin. our top story -- a multilateral summit in washington to reduce the fears of nuclear threats. fears that nuclear material could fall intnto the hands of terrorists will be high on the agenda. the summit is hosted by u.s. president barack obama. germany fell foreign minister has continued his tour of central asia and states. could you stand -- kurdistan is surrounded by autocratic regimes, not to mention heavyweights russia and china. he pledged help to a country that is in a "rough neighborhood." reporter: this could be any major western city. the young business is expanding. they have three other outlets. it is one of the most economically open countries in the world. young entrepreneurs are optimistic. >> on very happy to have this successful business and

paul brennan is in the hague. paul? >> yes, the judge sylvia steiner has been summing up the verdict in excess of an hour. there were no surprises that we now discover that she decided that the case against the politician is that he is guilty. he's facing five charges, two cases of crimes against humanity and two war crimes and we've heard the most horrific details of what happened when his private member militia forces moved across the border in the spring of 2003. tales of rape, gang rape, grows sexual humiliation carried out by their soldiers. the question at the heart of this case is ho how much control did he have over their troops. the defense argued that once they crossed into the central african border, they were no longer under his command. what the judges have decided is throughout this whole area he was in effective control of his troops. he had direct line of communication with his generals and he issued disciplinary process against certain soldiers. yet he didn't do anything to stop the kind of crimes that

a special court in the hague created in 1993 by the united nations. it was the first time that a global court had been established to pursue war criminals and ended up engaging in an even more substantial hunt down the search for nazis after world war ii. i 2011, all 161 of those indicted had either been captured or killed or had surrendered or committed suicide. now, a lot of the manhunt was conducted in secret, and involve special forces from a number of countries, spy agencies, even and attracted tracking unit inside the hague tribunal itself. but their achievement and the subsequent trials have set a precedent for how international authorities can bring justice to bear against those responsible for mass atrocities and other crimes against humanity. through much dogged reporting, julia who is an experienced register list, has pieced together this amazing story. he strong on more than 200 interviews with soldiers, intelligence officials, investigators, diplomats and others. and he also attend access to files of previously secret british government d

so that is the verdict being read out at the hague against him. just another line dropping right now that the u.n. judge is saying that he did order the takeover before that massacre happened. so what he understand has happened to this point is that he has been found guilty for crimes against humanity. we're covering the story and will bring you all of the latest information. >>> for now, though, we will turn to other news, and it seems a second man believed to have taken part at in the bombing at the metro station is still on there appears to have been three bombers at the airport. two are now dead. but this man, you see is believed to be on the run after his explosives failed to detonate properly. his identity is unknown. of the two suspected attackers who died at the airport this man was born in morocco but grew up in brussels. he was already a suspect in the paris attacks. and the other bombers has identified as this man. he had been deported from turkey after being detained at the syrian turkish border last june. his brother is believed to ha

failure by the hague prosecutors. we all know and here i am here today has done this evil and has shown no remorse. >> reporter: the verdict lefties international criminal tribunal in a difficult position. the judge's verdict accused prosecutor of at best hide, and at worst distorting the evidence presented to court. >> we will, as an office, review carefully the arguments put forward by the tri-chamber in order to determine if we are appealing this decision. >> reporter: he himself is campaigning for next month's parliamentary elections in serbia. his refusal to recognize the authority of the hague tribunal boosted his standing amongst you would from nationalists. the effect of his acquittal might now catapult him even higher. paul brennan, al jazeera. >> i spoke to patty ashdown the former high representative for bosnia and herzegovina he says the leadership in the cupped are countries of the former yugoslavia is partly to blame for the unrest in that region. >> i am afraid the climate at present is that the sentenc

the verdict is very different, and shocking. >> this verdict is shameful for the hague court, and for the prosecutors. the man we all know has done this evil and he has shown no remorse. >> reporter: the verdict leaves birthday international critical tribunal in a difficult position. the judge's verdict accused of prosecutors at worst hiding and distorted evidence produced in court. >> we have reviewed carefully want arguments put forward benefit the tri-chamber in order to determine if we are appealing this decision. >> reporter: he is campaigning for next month's partly meantry elections in serbia. his refusal to recognize the authority boosts the standing of internationalists. and now it has catapulted him higher. >> we saw the croatian prime minister in that story, and croatia has just announced it will ban sheshel from traveling to that country, even if he wants to. >>> now, joining us live, the decision of the judges was not a unanimous one, was it? >> yes, that's it. the decision was made by majority, two judges much three voted, and only the one judge, she wrote the opinion th

check your information. >> reporter: there's no question of you ever having to go to the hague. >> no>> reporter: nine years later, the icc has found unanimously against him. the five-year trial here at the hague heard chilling details of the cynical, cruel, sexual humiliation of civilian victims by the soldiers under his command. rape was commonplace, there were gang rapes, people were raped in front of relatives. one woman was raped by two soldiers and was later diagnosed with hiv. it was the court's decision to put those sexual crimes at the front and center of the case against him which sets this case as a landmark ruling. he had faced three charges of war crimes and two of crimes against humanity and was found guilty on all five counts. sentencing will be at a later date and he faces up to 30 years in jail, perhaps even a life sentence if the court considers it is justified by the extreme gravity of the crime. the victims expect it to be a very long sentence indeed >>> in afghanistan the armed group i.s.i.l. halls been fighting to establish itself in the eastern part of the count

. >>> emma hayward joins us live from the hague. emma some serious verdicts there.t was the reaction in court? >> reporter: i think inside the court it was a mixture of calm and tension. many of the victims families have traveled to be here, and they waited about an hour 40 minutes for the judge deliverings his findings before giving that verdict. ten out of the eleven charges he was found guilty of. most notably in the massacre where thousands of muslim men and boys were killed. he sat passively as the verdict was read out. i understand you have spoken to be karadzic. what was his reaction? >> he was disappointed and agos on the initialled at the conditioning of the trial chamber that they used to convict him. so he has asked me to appeal the conviction, and we'll be doing that. >> reporter: he hasn't shown any remorse for what happened all of these years ago, has he? >> he has a lot of remorse for the suffering of victims, and doesn't feel he is legally responsible for any crimes. >> reporter: do you think he was surprised by the verdict? >> well, i think he was h

alan little, bbc news at the hague. laura: 21 years on, justice for the victims in bosnia. you are watching "bbc world news america." still the come, and inside look at boko haram's tactics. we have an exclusive report on one young girl chosen to become a suicide bomber. for the past year, new zealanders have been hotly debating whether to keep their national flag featuring the british union jack or scrapped it for a new design. proposals were made and millions were sent and in the end, the voters have spoken and they are sticking with the original look. john donnison has this report. john: after a year-long campaign and a process that has cost millions, new zealanders appear to have opted to stick with the status quo. 56% of people voted for the existing flag, and just 43 for the new design, based around a silver for. -- silver fern. change, including prime minister john t, argued that the current flag with the union jack in the corner was a throwback to a colonial era and not appropriate for a long-independent nation. >> we are naturally a little bit disappointed that the

when he was caught and taken to the hague, his trial lasted five years. defiant, he defended himself. >> my conscience is clear. the war did not happen according to my wishes. it was horrible. i expect and i trust that the chamber will study carefully all the evidence. if that happens, itch no doubt the judgment of acquittal will follow. >> in bosnia, many serbs still believe they were the victims. that this week they gather to name a building in his honor. today's leader of bosnia serbs call the trial a humiliation saying he was subject to selective justice. what about sarajevo on which the serbs turned their guns? what would a verdict in the trial mean to him? >> i'm looking forward to it, not because it will be any big satisfaction, but a step towards restoring the faith in our society today. >> for those who lost loved wins, the verdict is important, but if his trial was meant to reconcile bosnia to its past, well, it hasn't worked out that way. the guns have fallen silent, but this country is as difficulted as ever. bernard smith, al jazeera. >> we'r

it has been since 2010 when he was put on trial here at the hague. closing arguments finished in november, 2014 and it's been 18 months for the judge to guess try to work out exactly what the verdicts are going to be. five charges he faces, two crimes against humanity, murder and rape and two counts of war crimes, rape and pillaging. they date back to 2002, when he sent his private army across the northern border to prop up the president of the central african republic who was subject to an attempted coup at the time, but what they did when they got there has led to international horror. some of the victim's stories are too horrifying to report. he is accused of war crimes with rape as the main weapon. prosecutors allege he sent his personal militia across the border to the central african republic in too 2002. he was hoping the c.n.r. government would crush the rebellion. his fighters took over where the fighters were and moved house to house, raping, pillaging and killing. five years later, he was living in exile in portugal. al jazeera then asked

when he was finally caught and taken to the hague, his trial lasted five years.ed himself. >> the war was horrible. i expect and trust the chamber will study carefully all of the evidence. if that happens i have no doubt the judgment of acquittal will follow. >> reporter: in bosnia, many serbs still believe they were the victims. today's leader of bosnia's serbs call the trial a humiliation, he said he was subject to selective justice. but what about sarajevo, the city which was his home for three decades. this man was shot by a sniper 21 years ago. what will a verdict in karadzic's trial mean to him? >> i'm looking forward to it, not because it will be a big satisfaction, but a step towards restoring the -- the -- the faith in our society today. >> reporter: for those who lost loved ones, the verdict is important. but if karadzic's trial was meant to reconcile bosnia to its past, well it hasn't worked out that way. this country is as divided as ever. >>> plans underway to repatriate more somali refugees living in kenya. around 12,000 have gone home so far under

he is now a free man following this verdict. >> we are joined live from the hague. decision that's all right prompting controversial, controversial reaction, away bit of a surprise, take us through that. >> yeah, very surprising and very disappointing decision of war crime tribunal here in the hague. chief prosecutor was as well very, very surprised and disappointed. he said that this is not the first time that the court decision is much more different than the expectations for prosecutors, but they will now carefully review that decision and they will decide are there any grounds for appeal. this was a marathon trial, he voluntarily surrendered in 2003. the trial started in 2007, and at five years after that in 2012, in the meanwhile, he was temporarily released because of health problems. he has cancer, but that didn't stop him to continue with radical political work in serbia opposing european union, protesting against it and in one case, he even burned a croatia flag. there was a unique trial because of the many things, for example, this was first time that verd

my wife's mother died from thyroid cancer. >> now it's the international criminal court in the hague has to decide if the nuclear powers has a case to answer. they brought a case against the three nuclear powers. that's the u.k., india and pakistan. they breached a duty to disarm. >> similar logic is used against others. >> essentially they are asking what they are currently doing and have been doing for decades, is that in good faith, the fact that in the u.k. there are plans to renew triedens for decades to come, that there's little willingness of the states that participate in multinational disarmer. me ment, is it good faith. >> reporter: the islanders say when they lobby congress, they can't get anyone to listen to them >>> in this david versus goliath case, do they believe there's a case to answer. >> it would be difficult to establish that what india and pakistan are doing. they can say what they did. it's a test. they heard that. >> they will find what india and pakistan is doing. >> the marshall islands in have other things to worry about, rising sea levels and climate chang

after being brought to the hague he appeared defiant in a high-profile trial lasting more than sevenears. bosnia's current leader called the trial a humiliation, and said karadzic was subject to unfair justice. he was only convicted of ten of the eleven counts against him. and some people say its sentence is too short. outside the court, karadzic's legal advisor was confronted by relatives of the victims. >> he was disappointed and astonished by the verdict and has asked us to appeal. >> reporter: it closes one chapter in the darkest period of bosnian history, but reconciliation is still a disant hope. >> reporter: karadzic's crimes against humanity claims the lives of more than 100,000 people. courtney kealy joins us with more. >> this will definitely be seen as a victory for international law, but it is unlikely to start healing a deeply wounded and divided bosnia. more than 20 years after the signing of the according ending the war in because nia, the wounds still run raw and deep. a three-year siege of the capitol, organized by radovan karadzic left as many as 12,000 dead. civili

. >> emma hayward is at the hague and joins us live. so what happened in the courtroom?reporter: it was very tense in the courtroom. of course this, today, came after years and years of searching for him, and then the trial began whack in 2009 and this was a man who was on the run for more than a decade. but in the end, the judge said that -- they convicted him of 10 out of 11 count, including one count of genocide. one count of genocide he was acquitted. and it was a mixture of calm and tension. because this has felt like a long time coming from this court. remember he was indicted by the court soon after it was set up 23 years ago. he, though, gave nothing away when that verdict was read out. remaininremain impassive throug. >> what happens now? >> reporter: well, he will appeal. his lawyer said that he will appeal. but we think both sides will appeal, lauren. because, yes, he has a sentence of 40 years, eight of those years he's already served, of course. and for many of the victims' families who came here today they said to us that that 40 years simply wasn't enough

when he was caught and taken to the hague, his trial lasted five years. defiant he defended himself. >> translation: my conscience is clear. i expect and i trust that the chamber will study carefully all the evidence. if that happens, i have no doubt that judgment of acquittal will follow. >> reporter: in bosnia many serbs still believe they were the victims. this week they gathered to name a building in honor of karadich. today's leader called the trial a humiliation. he said he was subject to selective justice. but what about sarajevo, the city that was his home for three decades but on which his serb forces turned their guns. this man was shot by a sniper 20-odd years ago. what will a verdict mean to him? >> i am looking forward to it. not because it would be any big satisfaction, but a step towards restoring the face in our society have today. for those who lost loved ones, the verdict is important. if the trial was meant to reconcile bosnia from its part, they haven't. this country is as divided as ever >>> the warring sides in yemen have agreed to a

and the verdict in h the hague shocking. this verdict is shameful, a failure by the prosecutors.he man who we all know today, has done this oval, and has shown no remorse. >> the verdict leaves the international criminal tribunal in a difficult position. the judge's verdict accused prosecutors of at beth hiding and at worse distorting the evidence presented to court. >> we will review carefully the arguments put forward by the chamber, in order to determine if we are appealing this decision. >> he himself is campaigning for next month's elections in h serbia. his refusal to recognize the authority bolsters his standing. the effect may now catapult him even higher. paul brennen, al jazeera. >> let's get more on this story, a former chief prosecutor in the former president, and has also worked at the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia, and he joins us now live, thank you for being with us on the program. how surprised were you by this not guilty verdict? >> not necessarily surprised by the verdict, but pretty surprised by the overall decision of the three jud

a failure by the hague prosecutors. man who we all know has done this evil, and has shown no remorse. the verdict leaves the international criminal tribunal in a difficult position. the junks verdict accused prosecutors of at best hiding and at worst distorting the evidence presented to court. >> we will as an office review carefully the arguments put forward by the chamber in order to determine if we are appealing this decision. >> he is campaigning for next month's elections in serbia. his refusal to recognize the authority boosts his standings among ultra nationalist. the effect of the acquittal may now catapult him even higher. paul brennen, al jazeera. >> now in south africa opposition parties are pushing hard for the impeachment of the president, after the country's highest court found that the president has violated the constitution. he has been ordered to repay the $60 million of state community he spent doing up his private home. we live in constitutional court judges. against the highest political leaders. >>

a tribunal he hague has found a serbian leader is not guilty of war crimes. he was not in court to hear the judgment. he returned to belgrade in 2014 for cancer treatment. the leader of libya's new unity government says he wants to work towards national reconciliation. the prime minister and his u.n.-backed government has defied threats of violence to return. the area has been unstable since 2011. since 2014 it has two competing administrations, one in tripoli backed by powerful militias and the other in tobruk. the prime minister has promised to work for all libyans. >> translation: what everyone supports we will create state with institutions and laws and participation with all libyans who will work for a ceasefire and end the bloodshed across libya and unify all efforts to confront the dangers of i.s.i.l. >>> more on that story for you here, director of the institute. who was it that took the decision for the events that are being unfolding? >> i think that is going to be a negotiation between the president, the other deputies that joined him in the cabine

. >> the hague has to decide whether the marshal islands has a case against the united states. the u.k, india and pakistan on the argument that they breached a legal duty to disarm. similar logic is be used against u.s., russia and china. >> what the nuclear arms states are currently doing and for decades, is that a good faith implementation of their disarrangement many obligations? the fact that in this country the united kingdom there are plans to renew try dent for decades to come? very little if any willingness of these states to participate in multilateral disarrangementmendisarmamentneg? >> do the nuclear powers believe they really have a case to anxious. in india for one it seems apparently not. >> it is difficult to establish, that what india and pakistan are doing, away we could say what they are doing during the nuclear test, hurt them. what india and pakistan is doing now is going to hurt them. >> reporter: nowadays the marshal islands have other things to worry about, rising sea levels and climate change are threatening their entire existence. winning their case in

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he defended himself at the hague. >> translation: my conscience is clear. i trust that the chamber will study carefully all the evidence. if that happens, i have no doubt that judgment of acquittal will follow. >> reporter: with him convicted of genocide and war crimes, he will face a similar verdict. ewe goes slavian president-- yugoslavian was convicted and found dead in his cell. this is important but not likely to reconcile bosnia to its past. the guns have fallen silent but the country is as divided as ever. genocide didn't happen only here. but across all the bosnia. as well as persecution suffering in everything we lived through >>> our guest now joins us. i'm sure this is a bitter sweet moment for you to see, the butcher of bosnia convicted and sentenced for his crimes >> it is more bitter than sweet. i'm not about punishment, i'm not about revenge. i'm really about looking at the consequences of these crimes and what can be done to remedy the lives of those who have lost everything or at least who have lost many of their loved ones. remember the tr

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pakistan are doing. >> whether or not they think there is any chance of winning their case in the hague is hard to argue that they haven't suffered enough from the actions of the world's most powerful countries. lauren lee, al jazeera. >> two years of erratic weather and declining destruction has been taking its toll on tea industry in india. it produces 17% of all the world's tea. the minimum temperatures across the tea-growing region has increased by 1.5 degrees celsius. at the same time the annual rainfall has dropped by 20 centimeters. we have reports. >> meet a professional tea taster. his job is to assess quality. but he says that tea is subjective like whiskey or wine, one man's drink is another man's poison. >> it has become more challenging. in areas where you never needed irrigation, now you need irrigation, and that's an added cost. >> they say that global warm something having a serious affect on the industry. secondly. >> there was a time when these sprinkler were not needed. when rainfall and sunshine were just right. but the tea plants is sensitive. unlike annual crops wh

. >> emma hayward is at the hague with the latest. >> inside the court it was a mixture of calm and they waited for about an hour and 40 minutes before a judge delivered his findings before giving that b be verdict. thousands of muslim men and boys were killed. he sat impassively as the verdict was read out. let's speak to rad van care rads are attorney. >> he has asked me to appeal the conviction and we'll be doing that. >> he hasn't really shown any remorse for what happened those years ago has he? >> he has felt remorse for the suffering of the victims and he doesn't feel illegally responsible for any of the crimes. >> it was report ed that he was expected to be acquitted here today. >> well i think he was hoping that that would hamut not completely surprised if it didn't. >> so now the appeals process begins. can you tell me how that will take place and the length of time it's likely to take? >> it's a three year process overall. the tree booun tribunal has est. the judges will summon us all ban and deliver the final judgment in the case. >> can i ask you what was it like being insid

paul brennan is at the hague, presenting this report. >> reporter: this is jean pooer dember, senior politician and a war criminal. his trial had compeopling evidence of how his -- compelling evidence of how his private army held a campaign of rape, murder and piilage in the central african republic. >> small platoons were organized. groups of three or four soldiers invaded houses one by one. they stole all the possessions that could be carried off. and raped the women. girls and elders. regardless of their age. >> bemba never actually issued an order to rape and murder and his defense team existed that his militia crossed the boarder into the car, and were under the command of that country's leadership. in 2007 before his arrest. bamba was interviewed by al jazeera and brushed away questions by the i.c.c. >> reporter: you will know the international criminal court... >> no, oimpt involved in -- i'm not involved in anyway of these things. >> reporter: what i'm saying they have you in their sights, don't they? >> no, no, that's not true. check your information. >> reporter: so there's

. >> many of the victims families travelled to the hague to hear the verdict, the horrors of a war etched on the faces of those that survived it. >> translation: every time i see the picture it's not easy for me. he reminds me of a crime. >> reporter: radovan, president of the serbs, was commander of its forces, after the war, he disappeared. n.a.t.o. forces looked for him. not hiding in secret, but disguised as a mystic healer. he pard defiant in a high profile trial. it's been called a humiliation. for some, the 40 year sentence falls shore. >> there's a sense of frustration that radovan was convicted of 10. there's anger at the lengths of his sentence with some take it's too shore. short. outside the court cara ditch's advisor was confronted. the doctor was disappointed and astonished. the conviction closes a chanter in the darkest period of bosnia's history. reckon sailation between the sides is still a did not hope >>> several thousands serbian ultra nationalists gathered to protest an instance. far right supporters believe he was convicted because he's a serb. and described the verd

tarpan springs high school were worried after learning that water at l school was contaminated with hague levels of lead. >> it changes a lot. >> reporter: but but spokesperson lisa wolf says discolored water was first noted when students returns -- students returned from thanksgiving break. problems were found in 2 older plumbing. >> one was above the epa's recommended levels for lead levels and the other was approaching that thesh hold. >> is the drinking water safe will now? >> the 2 most recent tests came back at normal levels or below still concerned, we're offering bottled water. >> reporter: the city says it's not the same as flint, because the water source is not contaminated. a explosionperson said a total of 58 samples within water distribution system have been tested since november 2015 opinion the results are that all the samples were below the action limit for lead. but the school district believes a new treatment is to blame. >> when they use reverse osmos circumstances, that can cause lead to leak into the spring. >> reporter: high lead levels have not. detected at any othe

this user tweeted, welcome to the hague where you can commit crimes against humanity and genocide and still get off without a life sentence. growing evidence of a leak -- link between the brussels bombings and the paris attacks. the main suspect in the paris attacks, salah abdeslam had planned a similar attack in brussels. he was arrested last week and appeared in court today, amid massive -- he said that the suspect has stopped cooperating with investigators. the attacks killed 130 people. let's go to brussels where our correspondent is on this story for us, as she has been all week. good evening to you, barbara. these are new developments. as we have been saying for the past 24 hours. they seem to indicate the ties between france and belgium are much closer than people thought. reporter: they say the network, the two networks, the one in belgium, and the one in france were more or less the same. they were more or less overlapping intimately interconnected. the plans and paris were made in belgium, and neither were further plants, the ones in belgium and it is not quite clear how muc

let's go the hague now. it has taken time, what is the story behind on what bemba is said to have done? five years in the dark, yes, i think an outcome that the courts are pleased with, and complainers are hugely impressed by, the story goes back to 2002. they had raised himself a private militia for various political purposes. but in october of 2002 he has sent 1500 of those soldiers across the board north to the central african republic where they are employed for the coup attempt. what they did when they got there, thoughs was not just fight along side the car's forces, they engaged in a systemic campaign of murder, rape, and pillage. they would split up into small platoons. they would go house to house. they would steal whatever they can carry. they would murder people and rape, women, girls, men sometimes. it was a terrifying six-month campaign. the judge detailed some of the offenses. it was horrible, frankly, to listen to some of the gross humiliations that were meted out to some of the victims in all

the hague international tribunal had international support.rmanent successor, the international criminal court, hasn't had that support from the big powers from the u.s., russia, china and india and because of that, it doesn't have that clout. it hasn't beenble to enforce its judgements and i think the consequence of that is the return of impunity. i think we see the results of that now in the middle east, in syria, in iraq where terrorism has had its roots in mass crimes committed by regimes. >> warner: well, a very disappointing result. julian borger, author of "the butcher's trail." thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: finally tonight, remembering one of the nation's most versatile writers. jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: jim harrison was a prolific writer of fiction and etry, most often of men and women in the drama of rural america and the natural world. among his best known works are "legends of the fall," "dalva," and the more recent "brown dog." a new novel, "the ancient minstrel" came out just this month, and a new volume of p

bat now the hague lg over what dissidents the president will meet lead dhiefng plans the president will meet with whom ever he choozs to meet with and there's no disniewght and when he heads that meeting, the secretary of state john kerry will bee sitting next to him. >> it's shame. if you it's pa thi. it's singing and obscene. >> eleana ross layson calling on the president to cancel his trip. >>> the people deserve solidarity. and sole dairy with their a oppressor is 23409 twice do it. >> reporter: but the president people will over time improve life there. his trip none on march 21 now with secretary kerry maifortz plan. a plan that continues to lead the newscast here. >> radio repub la ca hosted by the human rites organization. the cuban democrat sending the latest to cuba va short wave signifant navmentz report thon day will not abe positive one. >> president obama said he would only go to cuba if the human rites situation i iroved. it has nts improved. it has worsen. >> at this point trip is on. again, the president and secretary of state planning to head to cue boon march 21. we'r

one of the longest running trials in the hague comes to the ends after the acquittal of a serbian politician. a construction under way of built

impression is since the manhunt by starting with the international co court that the legacy of the hague tribunal that it has been undermined but it can only function in africa. >> it is important but i think with the present situation if you think the enforcement of international law humanitarian law is expensive you should try in punitive. is in a way this situation of into the a commission on eight newest book if it had had any policy purpose to demonstrate and that forces me into international a humanitarian law but it has been done and it has worked. thank you. [applause] >> questions? >> what do you think of the situation in general? said it could happen again into spread. but they would strangle the peace within if you have the ethnic flag to deepen the divisions and that is contributed paralysis. but the main thing is but it was measurable for many but what is happened is denied by their neighbors they cannot talk about it. before they could talk about it to get along. it amazes me there isn't a bigger jihadist threat and isis tries very hard to have a high end production videos

tried to filibuster him to justice alito has been on the court for a decade he did not object to a hague or private meetings or a vote including in the committee and, ultimately on the floor of the senate. >> when you think of vice president biden, and the role he played as chairman of the senate judiciary committee, nine supreme court justices came before him when he was chairman and everyone was given a hearing be meeting, a vote, and ever when there were not enough votes in the committee to pass him, the justice with the majority vote, they still went to the senate floor for a vote of the full senate. that is what we thing should happen here. >> but, a lost those things happened either in spite of or over their opposition. >> on the contrary he was chairman of the judiciary committee. things do not happen in the judiciary committee over or in spite of the objection of the chairman. it happens because the chairman makes it happen. vice president biden sured that everyone of those justices had a hearing including by the way, in 1988 an election year when president reagan proposed the re

. >> in the hague, i defeated all false testimony and exposed false documents.ape without punishment, but maybe i could have received at least some time so serbia's enemies would not be so angry. reporter: more victims and leaders of neighboring countries threatened to come to terms -- struggled to come to terms with the verdict. anti-euboost to his radical party. catherine: tributes are being paid to architect zaha hadid, who has died at the age of 65. born in iraq in 1950, she founded her own practice in london before turning 30. she became the first woman to win the pritzker prize for architecture in 2004. among her many creations were the aquatic center for the 2012 london olympic games and the uangzhou opera center in china. she died suddenly from a heart attack after contracting bronchitis. a memorial service is to be announced. some arts news for you now. while mali grapples with instability and militant threats, one of the country's celebrated photographers is being celebrated in paris. gainingstarted reputation in the last 20 years. he is now being hono

judges at a tribunal in the hague sentenced him to 40 years in jail. karadzic is already vowing to appeal. catherine clifford has the story. catherine c.: found guilty on 10 of 11 charges, radovan karadzic received his sentence. >> the chamber hereby sentences you, radovan karadzic, to a single sentence of 40, 4-0, y ears of imprisonment. catherine c.: karadzic denies -- charges and says though those who committed crimes during the war did not act under his orders. karadzic faced to charges of genocide -- faced two charges of genocide. the second count was for the srebrenica massacre of over 7000 bosnian muslim men and boys, europe's worst war crime since world war ii. on this account, he was found guilty. accused was the sole person with the power to intervene to prevent the bosnian muslim men from being killed. yet far from intervening to prevent the killing from taking place at all, the accused himself ordered the bosnian muslim male detainees be transferred elsewhere to be killed. the chamber finds that the shared the extended common purpose of kil

, but if that doesn't happen they may have to take this to the international criminal court in the haguehank you for that report from the united nations. ♪ >>> now iraq's prime minister has called for experts and not politicians to be nominated for his new cabinet, according to state tv. earlier, the influential cleric issued an ultimatum giving him 45 days to form a new government and start tackling corruption. >> reporter: these demonstrations are a regular site on the streets of baghdad, followers of a powerful shiite cleric are demanding reform and tackling corruption in the government. >> translator: we really hope that these reforms, these promises of reforms, will be true. i the iraqi prime minister to press on with plans to form an independent cabinet of technocrats to fight [ inaudible ] despite political pressure. i want the prime minister to continue his reform plan with no fear of political pressure. >>> corruption is eating into dwindling government finances in iraq that are suffering from the fall in the price of oil, and the cost of the war against isil. he gave the prime

so there's no question of you having to go to the hague? >> nine years later, the i.c.c. had found unanimously against him. >> the five year trial of jean pierre bem ba heard details. cynical cruel, sexual humiliation by the soldiers under his command. rape was commonplace, there were gang rapes, people were raped in front of relatives, one woman raped by two soldiers and diagnosed with h.i.v. it was the court's decision to put the sexual crimes at the front and the center of the case against jean pierre bem ba, setting the case out as a landmark ruling. >> reporter: ben ba faced charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and was found guilty on all fives counts. sentencing will be at a later date. and he faces 30 years in gaol, and a life sentence if the court considers it is justified by the gravity of the crime. the victim spects is to be a long sentence indeed >>> in yemen, aung san suy kyi has been nominated to become a member of the government. it's not known what her position will be. the parliament has been in session. the names of 18 new government minist

a tribunal in the hague has found a serbian leader accused of war crimes not guilty. he was accused of stoking ethnic hatred in the 1990s. he was not in court to hear the judgment. he returned to belgrade in 2014 for cancer treatment. the leader of libya's new unity government says he wants to work towards national reconciliation. the prime minister and his u.n. back government have defied throats of violence to return to the capital. the area has been unstable still 2011. since 2014 it has had two competing administrations, one in tripoli and the other in the eastern port city of tobruk. the prime minister has promised to work for all libyans. >> translation: with everyone's support we will create the state with institutions and laws, with participation of all libyans who will work for a ceasefire in the bloodshed across libya and confront i.s.i.l. >>> the libyan political analyst says the current crisis is unprecedented. >> for now we have three governments that are all of tm are operating out of libya or somewhere out of libya. what happens next is or what is suppo

if the international criminal court in the hague confirms the charges again him, he will become the first man to be tried for war crimes against buildings and culture. at a pretrial hearing in september he linked to the charges and identified him. >> translation: i am from a tribe. i was born about 40 years ago. i'm a graduate from a teachers institute. i was a civil servant in the government beginning in 2011. >> reporter: it was once an important center of islamic learning which was badly damaged during the sar dean occupation. they hope this will deter others from destroying ancient treasures elsewhere in the world. fighters have blown up 200,000 year old architecture and statues. it will make legal history if it is successful prosecution. it will also send a message to people that destroying sites can be cause them to be brought to justice >>> presidential hopefuls looking forward to center tuesday. it is a make or break moment for many in the race. donald trump leading the republicans with 81 of the more than 1200 delegates required to win the nomination, but his main rivals marco ru