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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 [...]
Posted in STL Also tagged accused, Antonio Cassese, Beirut, Daniel Bellemare, President, Prime Minister, prosecutor, Rafiq Hariri, suspects Comments closed
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 [...]
Posted in ICTY Also tagged amendment, Bihac-Ripac, Bosanska Gradiska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, complicity, crimes against humanity, Doboj, ethnic cleansing, Gacko, genocide, Hadzici, hostage, Ilidza, individual responsibility, motion, Nevesinje, Novo Sarajevo, Pale, Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic, Sarajevo, siege, Sokolac, Srebrenica, Srebrenica genocide, Teslic, Trnovo, UN personnel, war crimes Comments closed
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 [...]
Posted in BiH WCS Also tagged 2nd Sekovici Detachment, Appellate Division, Article 171 (a), Article 180 (2), Article 297 (1) (k), Azra Mileti?, BiH, commanding officer, Criminal Code, genocide, Ibro Buli?, incomprehensible, John Fields, Kravica, Milos Stupar, Ozrenka Jaksic, prevent, punish, Radivoje Lazarevic, reasonable doubt, Sarajevo, Special Police, Srebrenica genocide, Srebrenica necessary and reasonable measures, Tihomir Lukes, verdict, War Crimes Section, warehouse, X-KRZ-05/24-3 Comments closed
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 [...]
Posted in ICTY Also tagged Bakone Justice Moloto, credibility, cross-examination, cumulative relevance, Daniel Saxon, Dorde Dukic, evidence, Gregor Guy-Smith, interpreter, issue of central importance, IT-04-81-T, manifest or obvious inconsistencies, Mark Harmon, Michele Picard, Milan Babic, Miroslav Deronjic, motion, Novak Lukic, oath, Pedro David, probative value, purpose for admission, relevance, reliable, Rule 89 (C), Rule 92 quater, Rules of Procedure and Evidence, temporal scope, trial record, unavailable, unsworn statement 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, fair trial, Félix Sow, Frederic Weyl, Gberdao Gustave Kam, 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
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 [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged appeal, Audiencia Nacional, Augusto Pinochet, Auto del Tribunal Supremo, Baltasar Garzon, Consejo General de Poder Judicial, General Council of the Judiciary, Gonzalo Martinez-Fresneda, Luciano Varela Comments closed
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 [...]
Posted in ICTR Also tagged exclusion of evidence, ICTR-2000-61-T, Jean-Baptiste Gatete, pre-trial brief, Rule 89(C), witness statement Comments closed
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 [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Gaza, Givati Brigade, Goldstone, human shield, IDP, investigations, Military Prosecutor's Office, Operation Cas, Tel al-Hawa Comments closed
US: Trial of Five Pirates Starts in Virginia