ICTY Weekly Press Briefing - 24 November 2010
                                         
Date: 24.11.2010
Time: 12:00


Registry and Chambers:

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

Good afternoon,

Turning straight to the courtroom schedule:

Regarding the Closing Arguments and the final briefs in the case of Prlić and others, the Chamber on Monday requested all parties to submit their final briefs by 4 January 2011. Closing Arguments will be heard from 31 January 2011 onwards. Each Defence team has been given five hours for their closing arguments. The OTP retains its originally allotted 15 hours.

In the Karadžić case, a hearing will be held on Monday 29 November at 9 a.m. in Courtroom 1 to hear the testimony of a protected witness. The trial will then adjourn to resume on Tuesday, 7 December.

An administrative hearing in the Šešelj case will be held on Wednesday, 1 December 2010 at 2:30 p.m. in Courtroom 1. Separately, on Monday, President Robinson assigned Judge Güney, Judge Pocar, Judge Vaz, Judge Meron and Judge Morrison to an Appeals bench which will rule on the Registrar’s submission on the Trial Chamber’s decision to partially fund the Šešelj’s defence.

Hearings in the cases of Mićo Stanišić and Stojan Župljanin, Zdravko Tolimir as well as Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović continue this week and next as scheduled.

I would also like to give you a brief update on the War Crimes Justice Project, a joint ICTY, OSCE-ODIHR and UNICRI initative funded by the European Union:

The Tribunal has completed two training sessions with legal and support staff of the judiciaries in Bosnia and Serbia. The trainings have been set up to help transfer the Tribunal's institutional knowledge and specialised skills to jurisdictions in the region, so as to enhance their capacity to handle complex war crimes cases.

Last week, on Thursday and Friday, the Tribunal held its first “Training of Trainers” session with staff from the Witness Support Section of the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the aim of assisting them in developing the skills necessary to train other witness support personnel from cantonal and district courts throughout the country.

Yesterday, the Tribunal completed a two-day training session for legal professionals from the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office and the Higher and Appellate Courts in Belgrade. The purpose of this traning was to equip legal professionals with skills necessary to assist local judges in adjucating war crimes cases.

Further training sessions with legal and support staff will take place in the course of the 18-month long War Crimes Justice Project in the region of the former Yugoslavia.

And finally, I would like to inform you of a special event taking place this Friday at the Tribunal. The Tribunal will be sending off its football team across the English Channel for a five-day tour in the United Kingdom to play a series of friendly games in an effort to eradicate stigma against people living with HIV/AIDS and who play sports. They will play against UK members of parliament, the UK Trade Union Congress team, and football squads from Cambridge and Oxford Universities. This UK Tour is the first event of the ICTY Staff Union’s recently launched social campaign S’porting Lives. The team is composed of 14 nationalities representing all organs of the Tribunal and the defence who have come together, volunteering their own time and money for a common cause.

The Tribunals’ Registrar, John Hocking, will send off the team at 2 p.m.. The media are invited to cover the event and help the ICTY in this notable cause on the eve of World AIDS Day on December 1. Footage of the team’s practice games, Friday’s event and consequent activities will be made available by the Media Office upon request.


Office of the Prosecutor:

Frederick Swinnen, Special Adviser of the Prosecutor, made the following statement:

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz is in London today where he will meet with Mr. David Lidington, Minister of State for Europe and other senior officials in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom. The purpose of the visit is to discuss progress in the trials and appeals, the completion strategy and cooperation of States, in particular, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia, with the Office of the Prosecutor. Mr. Brammertz has submitted his report to the UN Security Council last week and will address the Council on 6 December.

I would also like to take this opportunity to announce that Mr. Aleksandar Kontić, member of the Prosecutor’s Immediate Office, will assist me in handling media issues pertaining to the work of the Office of the Prosecutor.


Questions:

Asked whether he could comment on the Prosecutor’s report to the Security Council, which has been leaked out to the media in Serbia and elsewhere, and especially on the reports that cooperation with Serbia is still problematic and that the Prosecution case in the trial of Karadžić is expected to conclude in Spring 2012, Frederick Swinnen responded that he could not discuss its contents, as the report is now with Members of the Security Council, which has not issued it as an official UN document yet. The report could be issued and become public a few days before the Prosecutor addresses the Security Council on 6 December.

Case

Title

Date

Dordevic Vlastimir

Décision Relative À La Requête Présentée Oralement Par Vlastimir Dordevic Aux Fins De Faire Admettre Les Documents D514 À D518 Portant Une Cote Provisoire

23-Nov-10

Dordevic Vlastimir

Décision Relative Aux Demandes D'admission D'éléments De Preuve Sous Le Régime De L'article 92 Ter Du Règlement Du Tpiy, Présentées Par Vlastimir Dordevic

23-Nov-10

Haradinaj et al

Submission On Behalf Of Ramush Haradinaj On The New Version Of The Indictment For The Partial Retrial

23-Nov-10

Haradinaj et al

Joint Prosecution And Defence Submission On The Existence Of An Armed Conflict In Kosovo With Annex A

19-Nov-10

Haradinaj et al

Idriz Balaj's Motion Challenging The New Version Of The Revised Fourth Amended Indictment

23-Nov-10

Haradinaj et al

Response To Prosecution Indictment Motion On Behalf Of Lahi Brahimaj

23-Nov-10

Karadzic

Odluka Po Zahtjevu Tuzilastva U Vezi S Drugom Odlukom Po Petom Zahtjevu Tuzilastva Na Osnovu Pravila 92bis (Srebrenica) Sa Dodacima A I B

22-Nov-10

Karadzic

Nalog U Vezi S Podneskom Optuzenog O Statusu Dostavljanja Dokumenata Od Strane Vlade Hrvatske

22-Nov-10

Karadzic

Nalog Sekretarijatu U Vezi Sa Zahtjevom Optuzenog Za Pomoc Vjestaka Odbrane U Sudnici

22-Nov-10

Karadzic

Prosecution's Revised Notification Of Exhibits To Be Used With Witness Martin Bell (Kdz184)

22-Nov-10

Karadzic

Second Motion To Admit Documents Previously Marked For Identification

19-Nov-10

Karadzic

Correspondence/Response From State (Bih) [Eng&Bcs]

19-Nov-10

Karadzic

Third Order On Chart Of Protective Measures For Witnesses

23-Nov-10

Karadzic

Odluka Po Zahtjevu Tuzilastva Da Se Promjeni Status Pojedinih Dijelova Transkripta Svjedocenja Svjedoka Kdz185

22-Nov-10

Karadzic

Motion For Order To Obtain Witness Statements And Testimony From National Courts

19-Nov-10

Karadzic

Odluka Po Zahtjevu Tuzilastva Da Se Formalno Prihvate Izjave Svjedoka Za Sarajevo, Ovjerene Na Osnovu Pravila 92bis

22-Nov-10

Karadzic

Odluka Po Podnesku Tuzilastva O Relevantnosti Odredenih Dokumenata Koji Se Odnose Na Svjedocenje Richarda Philippsa, S Dodatkom A

22-Nov-10

Karadzic

Odluka Po Zahtjevu I Podnesku Tuzilastva U Skladu S Odlukom Pretresnog Vijeca Od 18. Marta 2010. (Svjedoci O Opstinama Ark-A Na Osnovu Pravila 92bis)

22-Nov-10

Karadzic

Odluka Po Zahtjevu Tuzilastva Za Odobrenje Da Izmijeni Svoj Spisak Svjedoka I Doda Svjedoka Kdz597

22-Nov-10

Karadzic

Additional Correspondence/Response From State (Bih) [Eng&Bcs]

19-Nov-10

Karadzic

Odluka Po Trecem, Cetvrtom, Petom I Sestom Zahtjevu Optuzenog Da Se Utvrdi Krsenje Objelodanjivanja I Mjere Za Njihovo Otklanjanje

22-Nov-10

Karadzic

Prosecution Submission And Requests Concerning The Trial Chamber's Order In Relation To Outstanding Exhibit Issues With Confidential Appendices A, B, C And D

19-Nov-10

Karadzic

Prosecution's Submission Of Further Revised Order Of Witnesses And List Of Exhibits For November And December 2010 With Appendix A

19-Nov-10

Karadzic

Prosecution's Response To Karadzic's Second Motion To Admit Documents Previously Marked For Identification

24-Nov-10

Krajisnik (Appeal)

Odgovor Tuzilastva Na Zahteve Stanisiceve Odbrane Za Pristup Poverljivom Materijalu U Predmetima Simic I Drugi I Krajisnik

19-Nov-10

Perisic

Exhibits, Transcripts, And Audio-Video Records Confidentiality Lifted Pursuant To The Trial Chamber's Oral Decision, Dated 5 November 2010

23-Nov-10

Perisic

Prosecution Response To Defence Bar Table Motion Dated 4 November 2010 And Defence Motion To Amend 65ter List And Second Bar Table Motion Dated 8 November 2010

19-Nov-10

Perisic

Decision On Defence Motion For Clarification Of Trial Chamber Decision Of 4 November 2010

22-Nov-10

Perisic

Stipulation

22-Nov-10

Perisic

Internal Memorandum Re Correction In E-Court To Exhibit P00312

24-Nov-10

Prlic and Others

Réponse De Slobodan Praljak À La Demande De L'accusation En Vue Du Réexamen De L'ordonnance Portant Calendrier Ou, À Défaut, De La Certification De L'appel Envisagé

22-Nov-10

Prlic and Others

Decision Portant Sur La Requete De La Defense Praljak En Reouverture De Sa Cause

23-Nov-10

Prlic and Others

Decision Portant Sur La Demande De La Defense Petkovic En Reouverture De Sa Cause

23-Nov-10

Prlic and Others

Internal Memorandum From Clss Regarding Request For Verification Of Translation

19-Nov-10

Prlic and Others

Demande De L'accusation En Vue Du Réexamen De L'ordonnance Portant Calendrier Ou, À Défaut, De La Certification De L'appel Envisagé

22-Nov-10

Prlic and Others

Ordonnance Portant Modification Du Calendrier (Memoires En Cloture, Requisitoire Et Plaidoiries Finales)

22-Nov-10

Prlic and Others

Corrected English Translation Scheduling Order (Final Briefs, Closing Arguments For The Prosecution And The Defence)

19-Nov-10

Prlic and Others

Demande De Bruno Stojic Aux Fins D'autoriser Le Dépôt D'une Réplique À La Réponse Unique De L'accusation Aux Demandes Des Équipes De La Défense Visant À La Réouverture De La Présentation De Leurs Moyens Et À L'admission D'éléments De Preuve En Vertu De La

19-Nov-10

Sainovic et al (Appeal)

Nalog O Rasporedu

23-Nov-10

Sainovic et al (Appeal)

Ordonnance Fixant La Date D'une Conférence De Mise En État

23-Nov-10

Sainovic et al (Appeal)

Odluka Po "Zahtevu Odbrane Da Podnese Repliku Na Poverljivi 'Odgovor Tuzilastva Na Drugi Sainovicev Zahtev Da Se Prihvate Dodatni Dokazi'"

23-Nov-10

Seselj

Prosecution's Notification Of Compliance With "Decision On Mico Stanisic And Stojan Zupljanin's Notification For Access To Confidential Materials In The Seselj Case (It-03-67)"

22-Nov-10

Seselj

Odluka Po Zahtevu Jovice Stanica Za Pristup Javnim Dokaznim Predmetima Predocenim U Predmetu Seselj (It-03-67)

19-Nov-10

Seselj

Décision Relative À La Requête De L'accusation Aux Fins De Lever Les Expurgations De La Version Expurgée De La Décision Relative Au Financement De La Défense Enregistrée Le 2 Novembre 2010

23-Nov-10

Seselj

Order Amending The Order To Conduct A Fresh Expert Medical Evaluation Of Vojislav Seselj, Filed On 19 October 2010

22-Nov-10

Seselj

Ordonnance Portant Calendrier

23-Nov-10

Seselj

Registry Submission Pursuant To Rule 33(B) Following The Trial Chamber's Decision On Financing Of Defence Dated 29 October 2010

19-Nov-10

Seselj

Order Assigning Judges To A Case Before The Appeals Chamber

22-Nov-10

Seselj

Cd Annex To - Prosecution's Motion For Reconsideration Of The Chamber's Decision On Prosecution's Motion For Admission Of Evidence Relating To Malidic Notebooks Dated 22 October 2010

19-Nov-10

Seselj

Nalog O Izmeni Naloga Za Novi Specijalisticki Pregled  Vojislava Seselja Izdatog 19. Oktobra 2010. Godine

19-Nov-10

Seselj

Procès-Verbal Of Reception Of Bcs Translation Of "Prosecution's Response To Submission 350"

22-Nov-10

Seselj

Procès-Verbal Of Reception Of Bcs Translation Of "Ordonnance Relative À L'organisation Des Audiences À Venir"

24-Nov-10

Seselj

Procès-Verbal Of Reception Of Bcs Translation Of " Prosecution's Third Motion For Non-Disclosure Of Witness Names And Other Identifying Information"

24-Nov-10

Seselj

Procès-Verbal Of Reception Of Bcs Translation Of " Ordonnance Portant Modification De L'ordonnance Aux Fins De Faire Procéder À Une Nouvelle Expertise Médicale De Vojislav Seselj Enregistrée Le 19 Octobre 2010"

22-Nov-10

Seselj

Procès-Verbal Of Reception Of Bcs Translation Of "Response To The Accused's Oral Motion For Termination Of Proceedings Pursuant To The Abuse Of Process Doctrine (Public Redacted)"

22-Nov-10

Seselj

Procès-Verbal Of Reception Of Bcs Translation Of "Décision Relative À La Requête Présentée Par Jovica Stanisic Aux Fins D'accès Aux Pièces À Conviction Publiques Produites Dans L'affaire Seselj (It-03-67)"

22-Nov-10

Seselj

Procès-Verbal Of Reception Of Bcs Translation Of "Prosecution's Notification Regarding The Evidence Registration Numbers Assigned To The Addendum To The Expert Report Of Reynaud Theunens"

22-Nov-10

Seselj (Contempt)

Order Regarding Status Of Decision On Motion By Professor Vojislav Seselj For The Disqualification Of Judges O-Gon Kwon And Kevin Parker

23-Nov-10

Stanisic & Simatovic

Odluka Po Zahtevu Jovice Stanisica Za Pristup Javnim Dokaznim Predmetima Predocenim U Predmetu Seselj (It-03-67)

19-Nov-10

Stanisic & Simatovic

Public Redacted Version Of The Confidential "Decision On Urgent Stanisic Motion For Provisional Release" Of 11 October 2010

23-Nov-10

Stanisic & Simatovic

Decision By The Deputy Registrar Regarding Assignment Of Counsel And Co-Counsel To Mr Stanisic

24-Nov-10

Stanisic & Zupljanin

Notice By The Accused Mr. Zupljanin (Absence From Court) 

22-Nov-10

Zdravko Tolimir

Prosecution's Supplemental Motion For Leave To Amend Its 65 Ter Exhibit List With Twenty-Nine Additional Exhibits, With Appendices A - C

22-Nov-10