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1 Friday, 10 February 2012
2 [Open session]
3 [Status Conference]
4 [The appellants entered court]
5 [The appellant Gvero not present]
6 --- Upon commencing at 10.58 a.m.
7 JUDGE ROBINSON: Please call the case, Mr. Registrar.
8 THE REGISTRAR: Good morning, Your Honour.
9 This is case number IT-05-88-A, the Prosecutor versus
10 Vujadin Popovic et al. Thank you.
11 JUDGE ROBINSON: Appearances for the Prosecution.
12 MR. SCHNEIDER: Good morning, Your Honour. Todd Schneider on
13 behalf of the Office of the Prosecution, along with Francois Boudreault
14 and Janet Stewart.
15 JUDGE ROBINSON: Thank you. For the Defence.
16 MR. ZIVANOVIC: Good morning, Your Honours. For Vujadin Popovic,
17 Zoran Zivanovic as counsel. Thank you.
18 JUDGE ROBINSON: Thank you.
19 MR. OSTOJIC: Good morning, Your Honour. John Ostojic on behalf
20 of Ljubisa Beara.
21 JUDGE ROBINSON: Yes.
22 MS. NIKOLIC: [Interpretation] Good morning. Jelena Nikolic for
23 Mr. Drago Nikolic. Thank you.
24 JUDGE ROBINSON: Thank you. And ...
25 MS. FAUVEAU: Good morning, Your Honour. Natacha Fauveau
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1 Ivanovic for General Miletic.
2 JUDGE ROBINSON: Thank you.
3 MR. JOSSE: Your Honour, David Josse, along with my lead counsel
4 Dragan Krgovic, for the absent Milan Gvero.
5 JUDGE ROBINSON: Now Mr. Pandurevic.
6 MR. DAVIS: [Via teleconference] Good morning, Your Honour. It's
7 Simon Davis for Vinko Pandurevic. Good morning, everyone. Good morning,
8 Mr. Pandurevic. I'm sorry that I'm not with you today and for any
9 inconvenience and/or disappointment this may have caused due to court
10 commitments in the UK. I am grateful to the Court for arranging the
11 telephone link facility so that I may participate in the hearing.
12 JUDGE ROBINSON: Well, thank you very much. Inconvenience,
13 certainly yes. I'm not sure about the disappointment. But we're very
14 glad to -- that you are there, and I just wanted to ensure that
15 Mr. Pandurevic -- Mr. Pandurevic, you have consented to this procedure?
16 THE APPELLANT PANDUREVIC: [Interpretation] Yes, Your Honour.
17 Yes. I have. I understand fully.
18 JUDGE ROBINSON: Yes. That was a question, not a statement.
19 Let me begin by giving a brief summary of the pending motions
20 before the Chamber.
21 First, with respect to the briefing process, the B/C/S
22 translation of the trial judgement in this case was filed on the
23 3rd of January, 2012. On the same day, the Appeals Chamber issued an
24 order, setting a time-limit to file any amended grounds of appeal. The
25 order sets the date by which any amendments are to be filed as
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2 Secondly, with respect to pending motions there are the
3 following.
4 Two motions filed under Rule 115 on behalf of Mr. Popovic. These
5 are the third and fourth motions under Rule 115 filed confidentially by
6 counsel for Mr. Popovic on 15th of August and 19 September, 2011,
7 respectively. All responses and replies to these motions were filed and
8 these motions remain under consideration by the Appeals Chamber.
9 A motion was filed confidentially by the Prosecution on the
10 18th of November, 2011, seeking -- yes?
11 MR. SCHNEIDER: I apologise, Your Honour. Perhaps we could move
12 into private session to discuss that and other pending confidential
13 motions.
14 JUDGE ROBINSON: Yes, let's move into a private session.
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19 [Open session]
20 THE REGISTRAR: We're back in open session, Your Honour. Thank
21 you.
22 [Trial Chamber and Legal Officer confer]
23 JUDGE ROBINSON: A motion was filed by the accused in the
24 Radovan Karadzic proceedings on the 8th of December, 2011, for access to
25 confidential material in the appellant proceedings of the Popovic case.
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1 The Prosecution filed its reply on 12th December 2011, and the Chamber is
2 to give a decision shortly.
3 May I now ask the appellants whether they wish to raise any
4 concerns regarding their health or the conditions of their detention.
5 Mr. Popovic.
6 THE APPELLANT POPOVIC: [Interpretation] Thank you for your
7 concern. I have no problems to raise.
8 JUDGE ROBINSON: I'm glad to hear that. Thanks.
9 Mr. Beara.
10 THE APPELLANT BEARA: [Interpretation] Nothing to raise.
11 Everything is in good order.
12 JUDGE ROBINSON: Thanks.
13 Mr. Nikolic.
14 THE APPELLANT NIKOLIC: [Interpretation] Mr. President, I'm in
15 good health. I have no objections or remarks to make with regard to the
16 conditions in detention. Thank you.
17 JUDGE ROBINSON: Thank you.
18 Mr. Miletic.
19 THE APPELLANT MILETIC: [Interpretation] Mr. President, I have --
20 I'm experiencing no problems. Thank you.
21 JUDGE ROBINSON: Mr. Pandurevic.
22 THE APPELLANT PANDUREVIC: [Interpretation] Your Honour, the
23 conditions in detention are good and my health is in good state. Thank
24 you.
25 JUDGE ROBINSON: May I ask whether any of the counsel would have
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2 MR. SCHNEIDER: No, Your Honour. Thank you.
3 JUDGE ROBINSON: Doesn't appear so.
4 It only remains for me to express my gratitude to the Registry
5 for very quickly arranging the telephone connection with London, and we
6 are very grateful to you, Mr. Simon Davis.
7 MR. DAVIS: [Via teleconference] Thank you, Your Honour. And
8 thank you for allowing me to participate in this way.
9 JUDGE ROBINSON: Not at all.
10 MR. DAVIS: [Via teleconference] Good morning.
11 JUDGE ROBINSON: There being no other matters, the hearing is
12 adjourned.
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