ICTY Weekly Press Briefing - 27 August 2008

Date:  27.08.2008

Time: 12:00

 

Registry and Chambers:

 

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

 
Good afternoon,


With the courtrooms very busy this week let me turn to the schedule immediately.


As you know, the further initial appearance in the case of Radovan Karadzić will be held Friday, 29 August at 14:15 in courtroom I. All media will have access to the Tribunal’s lobby upon registering with Tribunal’s staff at the entrance. However, a special accreditation will be required for the courtroom’s public gallery where seating is limited. Work space will be provided in the lobby with WiFi access, electricity outlets and the hearing will be broadcast live in these areas. More information on the facilities and media accreditation may be found on the homepage of the Tribunal website.


As regards the rest of this week, the courtrooms remain active with trials resuming after the summer recess.

 

Closing arguments in the case of Milutinović and others will end this afternoon whereupon the trial chamber will retire for deliberations. The trial of senior Serbian officials held responsible for crimes committed over Kosovo’s non-Serb population in the late ninetees began on 10 July 2006 with 112 witnesses appearing for the Prosecution and 120 for the defence.

The trials of Prlić and others, Lukić and Lukić, Popović and others and Gotovina and others will continue this week and next.

 
The hearings in the case of Vojislav Seselj have been adjourned until further notice. The trial is expected to resume after the Appeals Chamber rules on the Prosecution’s appeal for the proceedings to be stayed until the Trial Chamber itself has ruled on its Motion challenging the accused's self-representation.

Allow me to highlight two other hearings scheduled for next week.

         
The contempt trial of Ljubisa Petković will commence on Wednesday, 3 September at 14:15 in courtroom II. Petković is charged with contempt of the Tribunal for failing to answer the Chamber’s confidential subpoena to appear as a Court witness in the trial of Vojislav Seselj.


On Tuesday, 2 September a status conference will be held in the case of Momcilo Perisić at 14:15 in courtroom II. The former Chief of Staff of Yugoslav Army is charged with war crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia between 1993 and 1995. The accused has been ordered to return from provisional release and into the Detention Unit by 18 September ahead of the scheduled start of trial.


Office of the Prosecutor:

 

Olga Kavran, Spokesperson for the Office of the Prosecutor, made no statement.

 

                  

Questions:

         

Asked whether the OTP filed a new indictment for Karadžić, Kavran answered that it has not. Jelačić added that the operative indictment remains the same and if nothing changes, he will be asked to enter a plea to charges in this indictment.

           

 


Document List:

Case Description

Signature Date

Document Title

Brdjanin

22-Aug-08

Nalog Kojim Se Predmet Dodjeljuje Pretresnom Vijecu

Dordevic Vlastimir

27-Aug-08

Second Decision On Form Of The Indictment

Gotovina et Al.

25-Aug-08

Defendant Ante Gotovina's Response To Prosecution's Submission Of Rule 92 Ter Statement And Associated Exhibits And Motion To Add Fourteen Documents To The Rule 65 Ter Exhibit List  For Witness 129

Gotovina et Al.

26-Aug-08

Joint Defence Response To Prosecution's Motion To Admit Documents Into Evidence And To Add Two Documents To The Prosecution's Rule 65 Ter Exhibit List

Gotovina et Al.

22-Aug-08

Reply To Prosecution's Response To Defence Motion To Strike The Prosecution's Further Clarification Of Identify Of Victims

Haradinaj (Appeal)

25-Aug-08

Joinder To Response Of Ramush Haradinaj To Prosecution's Appeal Brief

Haradinaj (Appeal)

25-Aug-08

Respondent's Brief On Behalf Of Ramush Haradinaj - Public Version

Haxhiu (Appeal)

25-Aug-08

Motion To Strike Notice Of Appeal

Haxhiu (Appeal)

22-Aug-08

Order Assigning Judges To A Case Before The Appeals Chamber

Karadzic and Mladic

22-Aug-08

Corrigendum To English Translation Of Submission 

Karadzic and Mladic

22-Aug-08

Décision Relative Au Dessaisissement De Juges

Karadzic and Mladic

22-Aug-08

Odluka Po Pitanju Izuzeca Sudija

Karadzic and Mladic

25-Aug-08

Nalog O Rasporedu Ponovnog Pristupanja Sudu

Karadzic and Mladic

22-Aug-08

Scheduling Order For Further Appearance

Karadzic and Mladic

22-Aug-08

Nalog O Sastavu Pretpretresnog Vijeca

Karadzic and Mladic

26-Aug-08

Regarding Prosecution's Response To My Submission Regarding Immunity Agreement With The Usa  (Eng&Bcs)

Karadzic and Mladic

22-Aug-08

Odgovor Tuzilastva Na Karadzicev Podnesak U Vezi S Navodnim Sporazumom O Imunitetu

Karadzic and Mladic

22-Aug-08

Nalog O Odredivanju Sudije Ad Litem U Pretpretresnom Postupku

Karadzic and Mladic

26-Aug-08

Ordonnance Portant Désignation D'un Juge Ad Litem Pour Connaître D'une Affaire Pendant Sa Mise En État

Karadzic and Mladic

22-Aug-08

Order On Composition Of Pre-Trial Chamber

Krajisnik (Appeal)

25-Aug-08

Podnesak Amicus Curiae U Vezi S Procesnom Pravicnoscu Prema Bivsim Braniocima Po Navodu O Nedjelotvornoj Odbrani

Lukic et al

22-Aug-08

Decision On Prosecution Motion For Admission Of Evidence Pursuant To Rule 92bis

Lukic et al

22-Aug-08

Decision On Prosecution's Motion For Judicial Adjudicated Facts

Lukic et al

25-Aug-08

Order To Redact The Public Transcript And The Public Broadcast Of A Hearing

Mrksic (Appeal)

26-Aug-08

Decision On The Prosecution's Motion To Order Veselin Sljivancanin To Seek Leave To File An Amended Notice Of Appeal And To Strike New Grounds Contained In His Appeal Brief

Perisic

27-Aug-08

Order Recalling Momcilo Perisic From Provisional Release

Petkovic (Contempt)

22-Aug-08

Decision [By Deputy Registrar Re Assignment Of Counsel]

Popovic et al

25-Aug-08

Ljubisa Beara's Motion For Testimony Of Witness Simo Jovanovic To Be Heard Via Video-Conference Link

Popovic et al

22-Aug-08

Prosecution Motion Seeking The Production Of Documents Obtained From The Hotel Fontana By The Popovic Defence

Prlic and Others

26-Aug-08

Corrigendum A L'ordonnance Portant Admission D'éléments De Preuve Relatifs Au Témoin Zarko Primorac (P 10467)

Prlic and Others

25-Aug-08

Décision Portant Sur Une Demande De Réexamen Présentée Par La Défense Prlic

Prlic and Others

26-Aug-08

Nalog Po Zahtjevu Za Dodatnim Informacijama Za Sažetak Po Pravilu 65ter(G) Za Svjedoka Martina Raguža

Prlic and Others (Interlocutory)

26-Aug-08

Odluka Po "Zalbi Tužioca Na Odluku Po Zahtjevu Optuženog Petkovica Za Privremeno Puštanje Na Slobodu Od 31. Marta 2008."

Prlic and Others (Interlocutory)

22-Aug-08

Order Assigning Judges To A Case Before The Appeals Chamber

Prlic and Others (Interlocutory)

22-Aug-08

Motifs De La Décision Du 14 Avril 2008 Concernant L'appel Urgent Interjeté Par L'accusation Contre La Décision Relative À La Demande De Mise En Liberté Provisoire De L'accusé Pušic

Prlic and Others (Interlocutory)

26-Aug-08

Décision Concernant L'appel Interjeté Par L'accusation Contre La Décision Relative À La Demande De Mise En Liberté Provisoire De L'accusé Petkovic Rendue Le 31 Mars 2008

Prlic and Others (Interlocutory)

22-Aug-08

Obrazloženje Odluke Po Hitnoj Žalbi Tužilaštva Na Odluku Po Zahtjevu Optuženog Pušica Za Privremeno Puštanje Na Slobodu, Donesene 14. Aprila 2008

Seselj

26-Aug-08

Procès-Verbal Of Reception Of Bcs Translation Of "Prosecution's Notification Of Compliance With "Decision On Stanisic Motion For Access To Confidential Materials In The Seselj Case Pursuant To Rule 75(G)(I)"

Stanisic

25-Aug-08

Order Scheduling A Status Conference

Stanisic

26-Aug-08

Nalog O Rasporedu Za Statusnu Konferenciju

Stanisic

22-Aug-08

Poziv Na Osnovu Pravila 73bis(D)

Stanisic

25-Aug-08

Correspondence From Slo Tc Ii Addressed To The Parties Regarding Rule 65 Ter Meeting

Stanisic & Simatovic

22-Aug-08

Odluka Po Zahtevu Tuzilastva Za Produzenje Roka Za Podnosenje Izjave I Izvestaja S Dodacima

Zdravko Tolimir

26-Aug-08

Reply

Zdravko Tolimir

22-Aug-08

Prosecution's Response To Accused Tolimir's Preliminary Motion Pursuant To Rule 72(A) (I) And (Ii)

 

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