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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, Croatia, factual arguments, Fausto Pocar, Gillian Higgins, Goran Mikulicic, Gregory W. Kehoe, IT-06-90-AR73.5, Ivan Cermak, legal argument, 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
ICTR: Nshogoza: Defence Counsel Denied $150K in Fees
2010-04-13, Arusha, Tanzania. The Appeals Chamber refused to review a request filed by Ms. Allison Turner, counsel for Leonidas Nshogoza in a contempt proceeding, to review the decision of the Registrar denying Ms. Turner’s $210,118.43 bill. In summer 2008, the Registrar attempted to unilerally deny the promised coverage of costs to Ms. Turner, and limited the [...]
Posted in ICTR Also tagged Alex Obote-Odora, Allison Turner, Andresia Vaz, Appeals Chamber, Article 22, Christine Graham, Directive, Directive on the Assignment of Defence Counsel, expenses, Fausto Pocar, fees, Hassan Bubacar Jallow, ICTR-2007-91-A, Judicial Review, jurisdiction, Léonidas Nshogoza, Mehmet Guney, Patrick Robinson, review, Rule 19, Rule 33, Shamus Mangan Comments closed
ICTY: Sljivancanin: Review Hearing Scheduled for June 3
2010-04-20, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Appeals Chamber, by majority, made a decision to hear a testimony of Miodrag Panic. The Defence argues that his testimony will invalidate Sljivancanin’s conviction for aiding and abetting murder as a war crime. The issue of whether the evidentiary hearing itself is justified (on the ground that the testimony [...]
Posted in ICTY Also tagged aiding and abetting, Andresia Vaz, evidentiary hearing, Fausto Pocar, finality of judgments, flood gate concern, IT-95-13/1-R.1, Mehmet Guney, murder, new fact, Novak Lukic, Peter Kremer, reconsideration, review, Rule 107, Rule 119, Rule 54, Rules of Procedure and Evidence, Stephane Bourgon, Theodor Meron, Veselin Sljivancanin Comments closed
ICTR: Nchamihigo: Sentence Reduced to 40 Years, Several Convictions Reversed
2010-03-18, Arusha, Tanzania. The ICTR AC reduced the sentence of Mr. Nchamihigo from life sentence to 40 years. The accused was deputy public prosecutor in Cyangugu, Rwanda, at the time of genocide, and later worked under a false identity as a member of a defence team at the ICTR. The AC reversed convictions for the killings [...]
Posted in ICTR Also tagged Alex Obote-Odora, appeal, Carmel Agius, Denis Turcotte, Fausto Pocar, George Mugwanya, Hassan Bubacar Jallow, ICTR-2001-63-A, Nathalie Leblanc, Patrick Robinson, sentence, Simeon Nchamihigo, Theodor Meron Comments closed
ICTR: Rukundo: Appeals Chamber Finds former Military Champlain Guilty of "Aiding and Abetting" Genocide and CAH, Reverses Conviction for "Commission"