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ICC: Lubanga: OTP Shall Disclose Information Re Defence Witnesses

2010-11-12, The Hague, The Netherlands. In its Decision on the Scope of the Prosecution’s Disclosure Obligations as regards Defence Witnesses, the Trial Chamber held that the prosecution’s disclosure obligations under Rule 11 are wide, and they encompass, inter alia, any item that is relevant to the preparation of the defence, and include not only material [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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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: [...]
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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 [...]
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ICTY: Karadzic: OTP Hinted to Narrow and Resubmit Its Bar Table Motion

2010-04-13, The Hague, The Netherlands. The OTP attempted to admit into evidence from the bar table numerous documents created by JNA, VRS, SRK, crisis staff, SDS, RS government and the UN, as well as intercepts, media reports, interviews, video clips, maps and photographs. The Trial Chamber held that the admission of evidence from the bar [...]
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