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ICTY Weekly Press Briefing - 4 February 2009

Date: 04.02.2009
Time: 12:00

Registry and Chambers:

Nerma Jelačić, Spokesperson for Registry and Chambers, made the following statement:

Good afternoon,

The Tribunal’s President, Judge Robinson, calls on the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to ensure that all the necessary support is provided to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other justice institutions so they may continue their vital work. He also looks forward to the start of the effective implementation of the recently adopted national war crimes strategy.

The Tribunal has made an enormous contribution to the establishment of the rule of law in the region by holding senior perpetrators accountable, by establishing facts relating to the most serious crimes, by assisting the creation of national organs war crimes proceedings and by transferring expertise, evidence and cases to them.

President Robinson intends to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina in the near future in order to further build on these achievements in cooperation with the local authorities. In the meantime he trusts that local politicians will use their authority and fulfill their obligations in advancing the rule of law and supporting both national and international war crimes proceedings.

Turning to key court filings and schedule:

As you were informed yesterday afternoon, the commencement of Florence Hartmann’s trial has been postponed until further notice. This is to allow a ruling to be made on the Defence’s motion for disqualification of two members of the special chamber and of a senior legal officer in charge of the case. We will inform you of the revised start time of the trial as soon as a Scheduling Order has been filed.

On Monday, Bajrush Morina requested the Appeals Chamber to grant him provisional release for the remainder of the duration of the appeals proceeding. The Appeals Chamber has yet to rule on the matter. Morina and his co-accused Astrit Haraqija were found guilty of contempt of the Tribunal on 17 December 2008 for trying to persuade a witness not to testify in the trial of Ramush Haradinaj and others. Morina and Haraqija were sentenced to three months and five months’ imprisonment respectively. The Prosecution and both Defence teams filed their notices of appeal on 2 January 2009. A date for the appeals hearing has yet to be determined.

On to this week’s court schedule:

A Status Conference in the Rasim Delić case will take place on Friday 6 February at 2:15pm in Courtroom II.

The trials of Gotovina and others, Prlić and others, Lukić and Lukić, Vlastimir Ðorđevic, Vojislav Šešelj and Momcilo Perišić will continue this week and next as scheduled.

Office of the Prosecutor:

Olga Kavran, Spokesperson for the Office of the Prosecutor, made the following statement.

The Prosecutor will be in Zagreb, Croatia tomorrow where he will hold working meetings in relation to the request for assistance for documents the Office of the Prosecutor is still seeking in the Gotovina et al. case. He will be meeting with representatives of the Croatian authorities at the operational and political level.

Questions:

A journalist asked if there was any reaction to yesterday’s BiH court ruling that it had no jurisdiction on the procedure against the people who assisted the escape of Radomir Stanković. Jelačić stated the Tribunal noted yesterday’s judgement but would not comment on it at present. She however reminded the journalists that the Tribunal has consistently voiced its most serious concern with the escape of Radomir Stanković and lack of progress made by the relevant authorities in apprehending him.

The Tribunal has raised this matter with the Security Council as part of its regular briefings. It is unacceptable that Stanković - a convicted war criminal and rapist - remains on the run two years after his escape. The Tribunal will continue to insist that Stanković be apprehended and that justice prevail.

Asked to comment on the Registry's ban of communication between Vojislav Šešelj and Radovan Karadžić as submitted in the Šešelj motion before the Trial Chamber, Jelačić replied that the accused's motion was inaccurate in its claims of a communication ban relating to Karadžić. She said that there was currently no ban on communication between Šešelj and Karadžić but that he would have to follow the same procedures as other indictees if he wanted to speak with the former Bosnian Serb political leader.

Documents:

Case	Signature Date	Document Title
Boskoski et al (Appeal)	30-Jan-09	Motion To File Sur-Reply To Prosecution's Motion To Strike And Sur-Reply
Brdjanin (Appeal)	03-Feb-09	Motion By Stojan Zupljanin For Access To All Confidential Materials In Radoslav Brdjanin Case
Dordevic Vlastimir	02-Feb-09	Prosecution Notification Of Order Of Witnesses For Week Commencing On 16 February 2009
Dordevic Vlastimir	02-Feb-09	Vlastimir Dordevic's Response To Prosecution's Motion For Admission Of Evidence Pursuant To Rule 92 Ter With Annex A And Confidential Annex B And Prosecution's Motion For The Admission Of Witness Nike Peraj's Evidence Pursuant To Rule 92 Ter
Gotovina et Al.	04-Feb-09	Corrigendum To Defendant Ante Gotovina's Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Dr. Eric Baccard
Gotovina et Al.	04-Feb-09	Defendant Mladen Markac's Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Dr. Eric Baccard
Gotovina et Al.	04-Feb-09	Defendant Ivan Cermak's Joinder To Ante Gotovina's Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Dr. Eric Baccard Of 3 February 2009 And The Related Corrigendum To The Motion
Gotovina et Al.	04-Feb-09	Defendant Ivan Cermak's Joinder To Ante Gotovina's Motion To Reconsider The Trial Chamber's Decision Of 25 November 2008
Gotovina et Al.	04-Feb-09	Defendant Mladen Markac's Joinder To Defendant Ante Gotovina's Motion To Reconsider The Trial Chamber's Decision Of 25 November 2008
Gotovina et Al.	03-Feb-09	Defendant Ante Gotovina's Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Dr. Eric Baccard
Gotovina et Al.	03-Feb-09	Defendant Ante Gotovina's Motion To Reconsider The Trial Chamber's Decision Of 25 November 2008
Gotovina et Al.	04-Feb-09	Prosecution's Response To Mladen Markac's Motion To Strike All Material Relating To The Republic Of Croatia's Special Police, Disciplinary Courts Within The Republic Of Croatia's Ministry Of The Interior, And The Republic Of Croatia's System Of Military J
Haraqija and Morina(Appeal)	02-Feb-09	Book Of Authorities For Prosecution's Consolidated Reply Brief
Hartmann (Contempt)	03-Feb-09	Reasons For Decision On The Defence Motion For Stay Of Proceedings For Abuse Of Process
Hartmann (Contempt)	03-Feb-09	Décision Unique Relative Aux Demandes De Réexamen, De Voir Dire Et De Révocation Du Mandat Du Procureur Amicus Curiae, Présentées Par La Défense
Hartmann (Contempt)	03-Feb-09	Reasons For Decision On Urgent Defence Motion For The Issuance Of Subpoena To Amicus Curiae Prosecutor
Hartmann (Contempt)	02-Feb-09	Statement Of Amicus Curiae Prosecutor Concerning An Issue Raised By The Chamber During 30 January 2009 Status Conference
Hartmann (Contempt)	03-Feb-09	Order Postponing Commencement Of Trial
Karadzic and Mladic	30-Jan-09	Prosecution Request For Leave To Reply To The "Response To Motion To Amend Indictment"
Karadzic and Mladic	03-Feb-09	Application For Certification To Appeal Decision On Rule 70 (B)
Karadzic and Mladic	02-Feb-09	Order On Prosecution's Request For Leave To Reply To The Accused's Response To The Motion To Amend The Indictment
Karadzic and Mladic	03-Feb-09	[Correspondence To The Vice President From The Accused]
Karadzic and Mladic	30-Jan-09	Stojan Zupljanin's Reply To The Prosecution's Consolidated Response To Motions For Certification For Interlocutory Appeal Of Decision On Joinder
Krajisnik (Appeal)	03-Feb-09	Motion By Stojan Zupljanin For Access To All Confidential Materials In The Krajisnik Case
Milutinovic et al.	02-Feb-09	Ordonnance Modifiée Fixant La Date Du Prononcé Du Jugement
Mrdja	03-Feb-09	Motion By Stojan Zupljanin For Access To All Confidential Materials In Darko Mrdja Case
Mrksic (Appeal)	03-Feb-09	State Report On Provisional Release (Eng & Bcs)
Perisic	30-Jan-09	Exhibit Numbers Assigned To Documents Admitted Pursuant To Tc "Decision On Expert Report Of Richard Higgs" Of 26 January 2009
Popovic et al	03-Feb-09	Decision On Gvero's Motion For The Admission Of Evidence Pursuant To Rule 92 Quater
Popovic et al	02-Feb-09	Waiver Re The Right To Be Present At Trial Proceedings (Mr. Miletic) (20/10/2008)
Popovic et al	30-Jan-09	Prosecution Consolidated Response To Third And Fourth Motions On Behalf Of Vinko Pandurevic Seeking Leave To Amend Rule 65ter List Of Exhibits
Popovic et al	03-Feb-09	Urgent Joint Defence Motion Requestiong The Trial Chamber To Order The Prosecution To Proceed With Its Cross-Examination Of Co-Accused Pandurevic Before The Joint Defence
Prlic and Others	02-Feb-09	Decision On Prosecution Motion For The Provision Of An Adequate Summary For The Forthcoming Testimony Of Slobodan Bozic
Prlic and Others	03-Feb-09	Requête De Slobodan Praljak Tendant À L'admission De Déclarations Écrites En Application De L'article 92 Bis
Prlic and Others	03-Feb-09	Version Publique Révisée De La Demande D'admission D'éléments De Preuve Documentaires Présentée Par Jadranko Prlic
Prlic and Others	04-Feb-09	Ordonnance Portant Admission D'éléments De Preuve Relatifs Au Témoin Ilija Kožulj
Prlic and Others	02-Feb-09	Réponse De Bruno Stojic À La Nouvelle Requête Présentée Par L'accusation Aux Fins D'obtenir Un Résumé Convenable De La Déposition À Venir Du Témoin À Décharge Slobodan Božic, Conformément À L'article 65 Ter Du Règlement Et Au Droit Applicable Au Tribunal
Prlic and Others	02-Feb-09	Decision On Stojic Defence Motion To Amend Its 65 Ter List (Slobodan Bozic)
Prlic and Others (Interlocutory)	02-Feb-09	Motifs De La Décision Relative À L'appel Interjeté Par L'accusation Contre La Décision Rendue Le 10 Décembre 2008 Par La Chambre De Premiere Instance Concernant La Mise En Liberté Provisoire De Jadranko Prlic Pendant Les Vacances Judiciaires D'hiver Et Co
Prlic and Others (Interlocutory)	02-Feb-09	Joint Reply To Prosecution Response Filed 29 January 2009 To Interlocutory Appeal By Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petkovic, Valentin Coric And Berislav Pušic Against The Trial Chamber's 27 November 2008 Decision On Presentation Of Documents By The Prosecutio
Seselj	03-Feb-09	Request For The Trial Chamber To Secure The Financing Of Professor Vojislav Seselj's Defence (Submission No. 411)
Seselj	03-Feb-09	Motion By Professor Vojislav Seselj For The Trial Chamber To Lift The Prohibition On Communication With Radovan Karadzic (Submission No. 412)
Stakic (Appeal)	03-Feb-09	Motion By Stojan Zupljanin For Access To All Confidential Materials In Milomir Stakic Case
Stanisic & Simatovic	03-Feb-09	Simatovic Defence Response To "Eighth Prosecution Motion For Leave To Amend Its Rule 65ter Exhibit List With Confidential Annexes"
Stanisic & Zupljanin	30-Jan-09	Stojan Zupljanin's Reply To The Prosecution's Consolidated Response To Motions For Certifaction For Interlocutory Appeal Of Decision On Joinder
Stanisic & Zupljanin	03-Feb-09	Motion By Stojan Zupljanin For Access To All Confidential Materials In Milomir Stakic Case
Stanisic & Zupljanin	03-Feb-09	Motion By Stojan Zupljanin For Access To All Confidential Materials In Radoslav Brdjanin Case
Stanisic & Zupljanin	03-Feb-09	Motion By Stojan Zupljanin For Access To All Confidential Materials In Darko Mrdja Case
Stanisic & Zupljanin	03-Feb-09	Motion By Stojan Zupljanin For Access To All Confidential Materials In The Krajisnik Case

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