Category Archives: ICTY

ICTY: Submissions of Parties May Constitute Adjudicated Facts

2010-05-04, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Trial Chamber granted, in part, the Defence motion to take judicial notice of the facts adjudicated in Blagojevic and Jokic, Krstic, Galic, Martic and Dragomir Milosevic trials. The OTP opposed the motion, arguing that Rule 94(B) should not be used to “litter the record with matters which would not [...]
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ICTY: Gotovina: Appeals Chamber Takes Word-Limits Seriously

2010-05-13, The Hague, The Netherlands. Judge Fausto Pocar of the Appeals Chamber granted, in part, Gotovina’s motion to strike the OTP’s Prosecution’s Response to Gotovina Defence Appeal Concerning Permanent Restraining Orders to the Republic of Croatia. The Appeals Chamber forced the OTP to refile their Response because the OTP inserted quotes from Gotovina’s arguments at [...]
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ICTY: Mladic: Indictment to be Shortened

2010-05-10, The Hague, The Netherlands. The OTP filed a motion to amend its Indictment against Ratko Mladic. The new Indictment would decrease the number of counts from 15 to 11. The counts allege the commission of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the context of ethnic cleansing in BiH from 1992-1995, the siege of Sarajevo [...]
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Croatia: Gotovina: Defence Files Criminal Complaint Against UN Observers

2010-04-26, Zagreb, Croatia. Luka Misetic, Ante Gotovina’s defence counsel, submitted a criminal complaint against former UNMO (United Nations Military Observers) staffers: Alexander Tchernetsky (Russia) , Viktor Tarusin (Russia; Chief Information Officer), and Peter Gage Williams (Britain; Colonel). The complaint alleges that Mr. Tchernetsky found military documents of Croatian Army related to the Operation Storm, a.k.a. [...]
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ICTY: General Krstic’s Throat Slashed in a UK Prison

2010-05-08, Wakefield, England. Three Muslim prisoners attacked General Krstic in the Wakefield Prison, where he was serving his 35-year ICTY sentence for aiding and abetting Srebrenica genocide. His throat was slashed with a razorblade embedded in a toothbrush. One of the attackers was Indrit Krasniqi, 22, who is serving life-sentence for murdering a 16 year-old girl [...]
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ICTY: Perisic: TC Admits Evidence of Babic, Deronjic & Dukic under Rule 92 Quater

2010-04-21, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Trial Chamber granted the defence’s motion to admit evidence of Milan Babic, Miroslav Deronjic and Dorde Dukic under Rule 92 quater. Statement of Law.  In order to admit evidence under Rule 92 quater, the Chamber should be satisfied that the person is unavailable; the evidence which is sought to [...]
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ICTY: Karadzic: TC Reiterates Its Refusal to Hear Deronjic’s Evidence

2010-04-20, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Chamber refused to reconsider its earlier decision to admit Miroslav Deronjic’s evidence under Rule 92 quater. Statement of Law – Reconsideration. The power of the Chamber to reconsider its decision is not provided for in the Statute or the Rules, but is established by the ICTY’s jurisprudence. The party seeking [...]
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ICTY: Karadzic: Srebrenica Survivor Testifies About Killings

2010-04-26, The Hague, The Netherlands. A protected OTP witness testified about escaping Srebrenica before RS forces reached it, but later surrendering to them when called to do so. According to the witness, in  Sandici, the prisoners were addressed by Mladic who promised that they would not be hurt. He testified, however, that on July 13 and [...]
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ICTY: Dordevic: Video from Re-Examination Admitted into Evidence

2010-04-22, The Hague, The Netherlands. Despite finding that the video the defence was seeking to admit into evidence had several  deficiencies, the Chamber granted the defence motion to admit portions of the video used during re-examination of defence witness Danica Marinkovic on 19 March 2010.  The Chamber allowed the admission of the video segments on the [...]
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ICTY: Sljivancanin: Review Hearing Scheduled for June 3

2010-04-20,  The Hague, The Netherlands. The Appeals Chamber, by majority, made a decision to hear a testimony of  Miodrag Panic. The Defence argues that his testimony will invalidate Sljivancanin’s conviction for aiding and abetting murder as a war crime.  The issue of whether the evidentiary hearing itself is justified (on the ground that the testimony [...]
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