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Please note that this
is not a verbatim transcript of the Press
Briefing. It is merely a summary.
ICTY Weekly Press Briefing
Date: 22.06.2005
Time: 12:15
Registry and Chambers:
Jim Landale, Spokesman for Registry and
Chambers, made the following statement:
Good afternoon,
First, as you will have
seen from our press release yesterday,
President Meron will attend the commemoration
of the 10th anniversary of
the Srebrenica genocide in Potocari on
11 July, 2005.
I would also like to
inform you that Judges Agius, Brydensholt
and Eser of Trial Chamber II sitting on
The Prosecutor v. Naser Oric are
currently conducting an on-site visit
to eastern Bosnia. During their visit,
they have and will continue to observe
at first hand sites relevant to the proceedings
in the Srebrenica and Bratunac municipalities.
The Judges have been
accompanied on the visit by the senior
Prosecution trial attorney in the case,
Mr. Jan Wubben, and Mr. Oric’s co-counsel,
Mr. John Jones.
The pre-defence conference
in the Halilovic trial is due to be held
tomorrow at 2.15 p.m. in Courtroom III,
followed by the opening of the Defence
case on Friday at 9 a.m. in the same courtroom
with the Defence opening statement. The
presentation of evidence in the defence
case will commence on 27 June.
There will be a provisional
release hearing in The Prosecutor v.
Ljube Boskoski and Johan Tarculovski on
30 June at 2.15 p.m. in Courtroom III.
Trial Chamber II has invited representatives
of the Government of the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia and of the Republic
of Croatia to attend the hearing and to
explain the guarantees given in relation
to Tarculovski and Boskoski respectively.
In the coming week,
status conferences have been scheduled
in The Prosecutor v. Rasevic and Todovic
today at 2.15 p.m. in Courtroom II; in
The Prosecutor v. Milan Gvero and Radivoje
Miletic on Tuesday 28 June at 11 a.m.
in Courtroom II; in The Prosecutor
v. Rasim Delic also on Tuesday 28
June at 3 p.m. in Courtroom II (accused
not required to be present).
Office of the Prosecutor:
Jean-Daniel Ruch, Special
Political Advisor to the Prosecutor, made
the following statement:
In the case of Macedonia,
the perspective of receiving four non-indicted
cases back has created some anxieties
in Skopje. Because of the completion strategy,
the Office of the Prosecutor has no choice
but to transfer these cases, for the targets
do not meet the requirements set by the
Security Council. Their future lies solely
within the competence of the domestic
judiciary of the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia. Once the files are transferred,
it will be up to the local authorities
to proceed as they best see fit.
The preparation of these
transfers will still take time, and we
will further discuss the practical modalities
with Skopje.
Questions:
Asked, in relation to
the on-site visit of Trial Chamber II
to eastern Bosnia, if this was an exceptional
visit and what was the purpose of such
a visit, Landale replied that it was not
exceptional for Judges to undertake on-site
visits. He underlined that similar visits
had taken place in a number of other cases,
for instance the Strugar and Blagojevic
& Jokic cases. Their purpose was for
the Judges and representatives of the
Prosecution and Defence to see at first
hand locations relevant to the proceedings.
Asked whether a representative
of the OTP would attend the commemoration
of the 10th anniversary of
the Srebrenica genocide in Potocari since
Carla Del Ponte indicated that she would
not attend, Ruch answered that the Prosecutor
did not exclude her presence, however,
she would not attend if Mladic and Karadzic
were not in The Hague by the 11 of July.
Documents:
The Prosecutor
v. Boskovski and Tarculovski
20 June 2005 – Decision
on motions for leave to reply and for
extension of time to reply.
20 June 2005 – Decision
on prosecution’s motion for protective
measures for victims and witnesses.
The Prosecutor
v. Ljubisa Beara
17 June 2005 – Order
of pre-trial judge arising from status
conference.
The Prosecutor
v. Ivica Rajic
20 June 2005 – report
informing the trial chamber on the breaking
into the office of defence counsel Zeljko
Olujic in Zagreb, Marulicev TRG 2, Croatia,
on June 7, 2005.
The Prosecutor
v. Slobodan Milosevic
16 June 2005 – Prosecutions
submissions on the admissibility of potential
defence and prosecution exhibits concerning
General Obrad Stevanovic pursuant to the
trial chamber’s oral order of 7 June 2005..
16 June 2005 – Decision
on prosecution motion to admit into evidence
Ratko Mladic Yugoslav Army (VJ) personnel
certificate.
16 June 2005 – Verification
of accuracy of the transcript in Milosevic
hearing of 16 June 2005.
17 June 2005 – Appellant’s
Brief (Kosta Bulatovic).
20 June 2005 – Decision
on prosecution motion for certification
of trial chamber decision on prosecution
motion for voir dire proceeding.
21 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
application to strike appellant’s brief.
The Prosecutor
v. Momcilo Krajisnik
20 June 2005 – Order
for production of documents.
The Prosecutor
v. Radovan Stankovic
16 June 2005 – Notice
of appeal.
17 June 2005 – Submission
pursuant to your Rule 11 bis and your
Rule 66(C) of the rules on detention.
The Prosecutor
v. Sefer Halilovic
16June 2005 – Prosecution
response to defence motion for exclusion
of exhibits.
17 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
submission of proofing chart.
17 June 2005 – Defence
filing pursuant to rule 65 ter (G).
17 June 2005 – Prosecution
response to defence motion to exclude
the statement of the accused.
20 June 2005- Decision
on admission into evidence of the interview
of the accused.
20 June 2005 – Prosecution
request to registry to designate annex
I to the submission of the proofing Chart
as confidential.
20 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
response to the defence objection to the
admission of documents tendered from the
bar table.
21 June 2005 – Motion
for admission of written statement of
deceased witness pursuant to Rule 92 bis
(C).
21 June 2005 – Annex
II to prosecution response to defence
motion to exclude the statement of the
accused.
21June 2005 – Motion
for variation of protective measures.
The Prosecutor
v. Mico Stanisic
16 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
third motion for protective measures for
victims and witnesses.
The Prosecutor
v. Popovic, Beara, Drago Nikolic, Borovcanin,
Tolimir, Miletic, Gvero,Pandurevic, Trbic
17 June 2005- Accused
Vinko Pandurevic defence response to the
prosecuton’s motion for joinder of the
accused.
The Prosecutor
v. Milutinovic et al
17June 2005 – Response
of the government of the Netherlands to
"General Ojdanic’s ex parte request to
NATO and to the States pursuant to trial
chamber’s decision of 23 March 2005.
The Prosecutor
v. Momcilo Perisic
17 June 2005 – Prosecution
response to Perisic’s motion to enlarge
time to file preliminary motions.
17 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
consolidated response to Perisic’s motions
to strike portions of the indictment alleging
responsibility for other inhumane acts
and responsibility for reckless acts.
17 June 2005 – Prosecution
consolidated response to Perisic’s motions
to strike portions of the indictment alleging
command responsibility and for specificity.
The Prosecutor
v. Radoslav Brdanin
17 June 2005 – Reply
to prosecution response to request for
expanded page limit.
The Prosecutor
v. Naser Oric
17 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
motion for leave to amend the second amended
indictment.
17 June 2005 – Third
amended indictment.
17 June 2005 – Defence
filing pursuant to scheduling order.
The Prosecutor
v. Blagojevic and Jokic
16 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
status report.
17 June 2005 – Book of
authorities for the response brief of
Dragan Jokic.
20 June 2005 – Response
brief of Dragan Jokic.
20 June 2005 – Defence
of accused Mr Blagojevic response brief
on prosecution’s brief on appeal filed
on 9 May 2005.
The Prosecutor
v. Haradinaj et al.
20 June 2005 – Defence
submission on behalf of Ramush Haradinaj
in respect of preliminary motions.
The Prosecutor
v. Vinko Pandurevic
17 June 2005 – Defence
reply to prosecution’s response to request
for provisional release for Pandurevic.
The Prosecutor
v. Marijacic and Rebic
17 June 2005 – Order
on application for the issuance of a protection
order Rule 66 (A)(i) disclosure.
The Prosecutor
v. Stanisic and Simatovic
11 May 2005 – Request
for access to ex-parte materials filed
by the prosecution with the Prosecution
motion for leave to amend the amended
indictment in conjunction with extension
of time limit to file defence response.
26 May 2005 – Reply to
prosecution response to defence request
for access to ex parte materials filed
with the motion to amend the amended indictment.
20 June 2005 – Defence
motion to disclose ex-parte supporting
materials and for extension of time.
20 June 2005 – Prosecution
response to defence request for access
to ex-parte materials filed with the motion
to amend the amended indictment.
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