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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 [...]
Posted in ICTY Also tagged Alan Tieger, Andresia Vaz, Andrew Cayley, Ante Gotovina, appendice, factual arguments, Fausto Pocar, Gillian Higgins, Goran Mikulicic, Gregory W. Kehoe, IT-06-90-AR73.5, Ivan Cermak, legal argument, Liu Daqun, Luka S. Misetic, Mehrnet Guney, Mladen Markac, motion to strike, non-argumentative material, para. (C)(6), Payam Akhavan, Practice Direction, quotation, quote, refile, Stephen Kay, Theodor Meron, Tomislav Kuzmanovic, word limit Comments closed
Australia: Vasiljkovi: Details of the Time on the Run
2010-05-12, Yamba, Australia. While on the run, Captain Dragan spent his time repairing a yacht Salem II, dry-docked at the Harwood Slipway in Yamba in northern NSW. The yacht was bought on ebay by Peter Bruce, former husband of one of Captain Dragan’s supporters, Nada Lukich-Bruce. Mr. Bruce introduced Captain Dragan to Gio Cervella, co-manager [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Australia, Australian Federal Police, Brendan O'Connor, Captain Dragan, Daniel Snedden, Dragan Vasiljkovic, ebay, extradition, fugitive, Gio Cervella, Harwood Slipway, Harwood Slipway and Engineering, Nada Lukich-Bruce, Netherlands, NSW, Peter Bruce, police, Salem II, yacht, Yamba Comments closed
Australia: Captain Dragan Taken Into Custody
2010-05-12, NSW, Australia. Captain Dragan was arrested in NSW by Australian Federal Police acting on intelligence from the Dutch police. Mr. Vasiljkovic disappeared after the High Court on March 30 denied his appeal. Now, Australian Home Affairs Minister should make a decision whether to extradite him to Croatia or not. SMH | Times |
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Australia, Australian Federal Police, Brendan O'Connor, Captain Dragan, Daniel Snedden, Dragan Vasiljkovic, extradition, fugitive, High Court, Home Affairs Minister, Netherlands, police Comments closed
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. [...]
Posted in BiH WCS, ICTY Also tagged Alan Tieger, Alexander Tchernetsky, Ante Gotovina, archives, Article 327 (1), artillery diaries, Chief Information Officer, Colonel, concealment, Criminal Code, criminal complaint, Croatian Army, destruction, Gregory Kehoe, HV, Ivan Cermak, Luka Misetic, military documents, Mladen Markac, Municipal State Attorney Office, non-military targets, Operation Storm, Payam Akhavan, Peter Gage Williams, Stefan Waespi, United Nations Military Observers, UNMO, Viktor Tarusin, Zagreb Comments closed
Montenegro: Closing Arguments in the Morinj Detention Camp Case
2010-04-20, Podgorica, Montenegro. The prosecution and defence made their closing arguments in the trial of the former JNA officers that were accused of torture, inhumane treatment and infliction of bodily harm on 169 Croatian POWs and civilians held at the Morinj detention camp (located near Kotor) in 1991-1992. One of the accused, Ivo Menzalin, was prosecuted [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Boro Gligic, in absentia, infliction of bodily harm, inhumane treatment, Ivo Gojnic, Ivo Menzalin, JNA, Mladjen Govedarica, Montenegro, Morinj, Morinj detention camp, prisoner of war, Spiro Lucic, torture, Yugoslav People's Army, Zlatko Tarle Comments closed
Serbia: An Alleged War Criminal Arrested by Serbian Authorities
2010-04-20, Belgrade, Serbia. V.M., a citizen of Croatia and a former member of the Croatian National Guard, was arrested at the Serbia-Bulgaria border. He is suspected of killing a Serb in the village of Rastovac, near Grubisno Polje, eastern Croatia, in 1991. Croatian Times |
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged BIA, Bulgaria, Grubisno Polje, Rastovac, Serbia, Serbian Intelligence Agency, V.M., war crimes Comments closed
Croatia: Kos: Suspected Participant of the Srebrenica Genocide Arrested
2010-04-20, Zagreb, Croatia. Croatian police arrested Franc Kos, a.k.a Branimir Miric, on the basis of an international arrest warrant issued by Bosnia. Mr. Kos is accused of participating in the Srebrenica genocide, as a member of the Bosnian Serb Army 10th commando detachment. He is a dual Slovenian and Bosnian citizen. Mr. Kos is also accused [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged 10th commando detachment, Bosnia, Bosnian Serb Army, Branimir Miric, Dusko Tomic, Franc Kos, genocide, international arrest warrant, Krunoslav Zgela, Slovenia, Srebrenica, VRS Comments closed
ICTY: Karadzic: Decision on Admission of Babic’s Evidence
2010-04-13, The Hague, The Netherlands. Milan Babic had a long history with the tribunal. He was an OTP witness in the Slobodan Milosevic, Krajisnik and Martic cases and committed a suicide at the UNDU on March 5, 2006. The OTP sought to admit his oral testimonies from those trials and 309 associated exhibits under Rule 92 [...]
Posted in ICTY Also tagged acts and conduct of the accused, admission, associated exhibits, authentication, authenticity, background, BiH, character, conviction, credibility, critical issues of the case, cross-examination, evidence, excessive and unnecessary detail, fair trial, Flavia Lattanzi, Howard Morrison, indicia of authenticity, inseparable and indispensable, intercept operators, intercepts, international criminal procedure, IT-95-5/18-T, Krajisnik, lenient treatment, manifest inconsistencies corroboration, Martic, Melville Baird, Milan Babic, Mladic, O-Gon Kwon, oral testimonies, prima facie reliable, probative, relevant, reliable, repetitive testimonies, Rule 89, Rule 92 quater, Rules of Procedure and Evidence, safeguards of a judicial proceeding, Slobodan Milosevic, substantially outweighing, suicide, testimony, unavailable, unavailable persons, uncorroborated evidence, UNDU Comments closed
Norway: Repak: Court of Appeal Reduced the Jail Sentence
2010-04-13, Oslo, Norway. The Court of Appeal reduced Repak’s sentence from 5 to 4 1/2 years imprisonment. Mirsad Repak was found guilty of 13 out of 14 counts arising from maltreatment of detainees in a prison camp in Dretelj near Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina. At that time, the defendant was a member of the Croatian militia group [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged aquittal, BiH, Bosnia and Herzegovina, citizenship, court of appeal, detainees, Dretelj, HOS, maltreatment, militia, Mirsad Repak, Mostar, Norway, Oslo, Penal Code, prison camp, rape, retroactive application, retrospective application, sentence Comments closed
ECHR: Claim by Nazi Concentration Camps Survivors Dismissed