Case N°IT-98-34
BEFORE THE TRIAL CHAMBER
Before: Judge Liu Daqun, Presiding
Judge Maureen Harding Clark
Judge Fatoumata Diarra
Registrar: Mr. Hans Holthuis
Order of: 14 February 2003
PROSECUTOR
v.
MLADEN NALETILIC aka "TUTA"
and
VINKO MARTINOVIC aka “STELA"
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ORDER
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The Office of the Prosecutor:
Mr. Kenneth Scott
Counsel for the Accused:
Mr. Kresimir Krsnik, for Mladen Naletilic
Mr. Branko Seric, for Vinko Martinovic
TRIAL CHAMBER I, SECTION A ("the Chamber") of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 ("the Tribunal"):
BEING SEIZED OF the "Prosecution Final Trial Brief", filed confidentially on 23 October 2002, the "Final Brief of the Accused Mladen Naletilic aka Tuta", filed confidentially on 23 October 2002, and the "Final Trial Brief in the Defence of Vinko Martinovic", filed confidentailly on 23 October 2002 ("the Final Briefs");
CONSIDERING that the Defence for Mladen Naletilic and the Defence for Vinko Martinovic failed to submit particular sentencing arguments in their Final Briefs and that the sentencing submissions by the Prosecution were not sufficiently detailed to satisfy the Chamber;
CONSIDERING that Rule 86 (C) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Tribunal ("the Rules") obliges the parties to address "matters of sentencing in closing arguments"; that, however, during the closing arguments that took place from 28 to 31 October 2002 neither the Prosecution, nor the Defence for Mladen Naletilic and the Defence for Vinko Martinovic submitted any arguments on sentencing aspects to the Chamber;
CONSIDERING that Article 24 (2) of the Amended Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ("the Statute") obliges the Chamber to take into account the individual circumstances of a person when deciding whether and what kind of sentence shall be imposed on that person;
CONSIDERING FURTHER that Rule 101(B) (i)–(iv) of the Rules requires the Chamber, in addition to taking into account the factors mentioned in Article 24 (2) of the Statute, to consider the following additional factors:
CONSIDERING that it is for the parties to submit to the Chamber detailed information and arguments in relation to each of the accused on these aspects and that the Chamber is obliged to take into consideration such information and arguments in the course of its deliberations pursuant to Rule 87 of the Rules;
FOR THE FOREGOING REASONS AND PURSUANT TO RULE 54 AND RULES 86 (C) AND 101 (B) OF THE RULES;
HEREBY ORDERS
Done in English and French, the English version being authoritative.
Dated this fourteenth day of February 2003,
At The Hague,
The Netherlands
Judge Liu Daqun
Presiding Judge
[Seal of the Tribunal]