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US: Trial of Five Pirates Starts in Virginia

2010-11-09, Norfolk, VA, United States. A jury trial of five pirates has started in the US District Court before Judge Mark Davis. The federal prosecutor’s case is that on April 1, 2010 in the Indian Ocean the accused attacked USS Nicholas, an American navy vessel, thinking that it was a merchant ship. The US ship [...]
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SLT: Indictments to Be Ready in Fall 2010

2010-05-17, The Hague, The Netherlands. Antonio Cassese, President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, stated that Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare should be ready to issue indictments in respect of the assassination of  the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others in September-December, 2010. Neither the President nor the Prosecutor, however, disclosed the names of the [...]
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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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BiH WCS: Stupar: Aquittal Entered Due to Lack of Evidence

2010-05-06, Sarajevo, BiH. The Appellate Division of the War Crimes Section of the Court of BiH acquitted Milos Stupar of genocide charges. The judges found that he was not a commanding officer at the time when the killings at Srebrenica took place and, hence, was not in a position to prevent the killings. He was originally [...]
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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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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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Spain: Garzon Appeals the Indictment

2010-04-10, Madrid, Spain. Judge Garzon appealed the Indictment issued against him, arguing that it is “contrary to law[, and that it] implies a serious challenge to judicial independence” and is based on “ideological motivations [by] certain organizations and marginal groups”. The action was initiated by the right-wing groups Falange and Manos Limpias. Appeal | Order [...]
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ICTR: Gatete: Decision re Exclusion of Evidence

2010-03-26, Arusha, Tanzania. In its motion, the Defence requested the exclusion of the evidence presented during the OTP’s case and that was outside the scope of the Indictment, or for which the Defence had no notice. The TC3 held that the fact that these objections have been already ruled upon during the OTP’s case does not [...]
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Israel: 2 Soldiers Charged Over the Operation Cast Lead

2010-03-11, Israel. IDF Military Prosecutor’s Office charged 2 members of the Givati Brigade for using a Palestian boy as a human child by ordering him to open bags suspected of containing bombs during a search of a building in Tel al-Hawa during the Operation Cast Lead. Out of 150 investigations opened by IDF in respect [...]
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