Tag Archives: Radovan Karadzic

ICTY: Karadzic: Second Defence Motion Re Disclosure Violations Denied

2010-06-17, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Trial Chamber denied the defence motion seeking the exclusion of 14 pieces of evidence due to their late disclosure and/or seeking certification from the OTP that disclosure pursuant to Rule 66(A)(ii) has been completed. The Trial Chamber found that the reasons the OTP gave for the delayed disclosure, including “recent [...]
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ICTY: Karadzic: Chamber Forces Germany to Disclose Documents re its and UN’s Roles in Smuggling of Weapons into Srebrenica

2010-05-19, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Trial Chamber granted, in part, Karadzic’s motion to order Germany to produced documents related to participation of the U.S., German and UN personnel in smuggling of arms into Srebrenica between 1994 and 1995. Statement of Law. The Chamber held that in order to be successful, the motion for an [...]
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ICTY: Karadzic: Decision on Guidelines for the Admission of Evidence through Witnesses

2010-05-19, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Trial Chamber rendered a decision establishing the following guidelines for the admission of evidence through witnesses in the course of the trial: the Chamber will only admit evidence which it considers to be relevant and probative. The tendering party must demonstrate its relevance and probative value; as a general [...]
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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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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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ICTY: Karadzic: Harvey Relieved of His Duties

2010-04-16, The Hague, The Netherlands. Richard Harvey has been relieved of his duties as a court-appointed counsel, on the grounds that the Accused started to participate in the court proceedings “largely in a responsible manner”. Mr. Harvey became a “standby counsel”, and will be called upon in the future if necessary. He will also continue receiving [...]
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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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ICTY: Karadzic: 2nd OTP Witness Testifies

2010-04-14 & 15, The Hague, The Netherlands. Sulejman Crncalo testified that he has heard Karadzic saying in Pale that Muslim houses should be attacked to save Serb houses. He could not however explain why this particular public speech was never reported. The witness also testified about being expelled from Pale and about the shelling of [...]
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ICTY: Karadzic Cross-Examines the First OTP Witness

2010-04-13 & 14, The Hague, The Netherlands. The first OTP witness,  Ahmet Zulic,  testified about and was cross-examined on the attacks carried out by Serb forces on villages near Sanski Most, expulsion and killing of Muslims, and maltreatment of prisoners at the Manjaca prison camp. He also testified that 20 Muslims were forced to dig their [...]
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ICTY: Karadzic: TC Refuses to Stay the Proceedings … Yet Again

2010-04-08, The Hague, The Netherlands. The TC refused Dr. Karadzic’s Motion for Stay of Proceedings: Violation of Burden of Proof and Presumption of Innocence, where the accused argued that the cumulative effect of the decisions on judicial notice of adjudicated facts and the admission of Rule 92 bis evidence is to violate his right to a [...]
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