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United Kingdom: Ganic’s Extradition Request Denied
2010-07-27, London, United Kingdom. Judge Timothy Workman of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court rejected Serbia’s request to extradite Ejup Ganic on charges of war crimes. Sebrian War Crimes Prosecutor accused Mr. Ganic of masterminding the Dobrovoljacka Street massacre that took place on May 2 and 3, 1992, when Bosnian Muslims killed scores of JNA soldiers that were departing for [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Bruno Vekaric, Court of BiH, Dobrovoljacka Street, ECHR, Ejup Ganic, extradition, ICTY, JNA, London, Serbia, Timothy Workman, United Kingdom, war crimes, War Crimes Prosecution, War Crimes Section, Westminster Magistrates Court Comments closed
France: Bazaramba: Accused Sentenced for Inciting Genocide
2010-06-11, Porvoo, Finland. The Eastern Uusimaa District Court in Porvoo, Finland, convicted Francois Bazaramba, 59, a former Rwandan pastor, for inciting genocide and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The Court found that Mr. Bazaramba incited hatred and anger towards Tutsis, forced them to leave their houses and ordered others to burn the houses down. The charges are related [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged asylum seeker, Baptist preacher, conviction, cost, District Court, Eastern Uusimaa, evidence obtained through torture, extradition request, Finland, Francois Bazaramba, incitement, inciting genocide, Investigation, life imprisonment, murder, National Bureau of Investigation, Nyakizu, pastor, Petra Spring-Reiman, Porvoo, Rwanda, sentence, Tanzania, universal jurisdiction, Vaasa, Ville Hoikkala Comments closed
ICC: OTP Intermediaries to Be Disclosed to the Defence
2010-06-02, The Hague, The Netherlands. Judges ordered the OTP to provide the Defence with the details of the professional background of intermediaries. The Chamber rejected the OTP’s suggestion to examine the intermediaries in the absence of both parties, and to hear evidence about selection of intermediaries from the “appropriate representative”. The Chamber found that both [...]
Posted in ICC Also tagged Adrian Fulford, appropriate representative, Article 63, Article 64, Article 67, Article 69, Catherine Mabille, Curriculum vitae, cv, Decision on Intermediaries, disclosure, Elizabeth Odio Benito, ex parte, examination, exculpatory evidence, false evidence, Fatou Bensouda, ICC Statute, ICC-01/04-01/06, identities, incriminating evidence, intermediaries, intermediary 143, intermediary 23, intermediary 316, intermediary 321, Jean-Marie Biju-Duval, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, misused of position, prima facie grounds, professional background, Redacted, Rene Blattmann, resume, Rome Statute, Rule 11, Rule 81, Rule 83, Rule 84, Rule 87, Rules of Procedure and Evidence, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, threshold, witness intimidation, witness statement, witnesses Comments closed
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 [...]
Posted in ICTY Also tagged Alan Tieger, certification, evidence, Flavia Lattanzi, Hildegard Uertz-Retzlaff, Howard Morrison, IT-95-5/18-T, Melville Baird, Miroslav Deronjic, O-Gon Kwon, probative value, Radovan Karadzic, reconsideration, reliability, Richard Harvey, Rule 73(B), Rule 89, Rule 92 quater Comments closed
ICTR: Karemera: TC Reconsiders Admissibility of Statements, But Finds ‘No Good Cause’ for the Motion
2010-04-07, Arusha, Tanzania. The Trial Chamber III granted, in part, Nzirorera’s motion for reconsideration of the Chamber’s decisions on the admission of written statements, but denied Nzirorera’s defence counsel fees on the ground that there was no good cause for this Motion. Statement of Law. The Chamber has the inherent power to reconsider its decisions when: [...]
Posted in ICTR Also tagged acts and conduct of the accused, admission, Chantal Hounkpatin, Charles Nzabagerageza, Cyprien Ntakabereho, definitive proof, Dennis C. M. Byron, Dior Diagne Mbaye, discretion, Don Webster, Edison Munyatarama, Edouard Karemera, Félix Sow, Frederic Weyl, Gberdao Gustave Kam, indictment, Jean-Baptiste Nsanzimfura, Joseph Nzirorera, live and important issue, Matthieu Ngirumpatse, Patrick Nimy Mayidika Ngimbi, peripheral issue, Peter Robinson, prima facie credibility, prima facie reliability, probative value, reconsideration, relevant, Rule 73, Rule 89 (C), Rule 92 bis, Rule 92 bis (A), Rule 92 bis (A) (i), Rule 92 bis (A) (ii), Rule 92 bis (B), Rules of Procedure and Evidence, Saidou N’Dow, sufficient indicia, Sunkarie Ballah-Conteh, Takeh Sendze, Vagn Joensen, written statements 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, Croatia, cross-examination, evidence, excessive and unnecessary detail, 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
ICC: Lubanga: OTP Shall Disclose Information Re Defence Witnesses