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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: 26.11.2003
Time: 12.20 p.m.
REGISTRY
AND CHAMBERS:
Jim
Landale, Spokesman for Registry and Chambers, made the following opening statement:
Good
afternoon,
First, the initial appearance
for Milan Babic will be held this afternoon at 3 p.m. in Courtroom I before
Trial Chamber I.
The first meeting of
the Implementation Task Force (ITF) for the establishment and operation of the
Special War Crimes Chamber of the Court of BiH will be held in Sarajevo next
week, from Monday 1 December to 3 December. The ITF is composed of several working
groups dealing with specific issues such as witness protection, trial management
and investigations. These groups, composed of representatives from the Office
of the High Representative (OHR), the BiH Government, the ICTY, the OSCE and
others, are scheduled to meet on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On Friday, there
will be meeting of the Joint Executive Board to review the progress made by
the working groups. The Joint Executive Board is co-chaired by the BiH Ministry
of Justice and the OHR. President Meron will be attending on behalf of the ICTY.
Meanwhile, next week
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in The Hague, the Tribunal will be hosting
the first in a series of conferences for the purpose of assisting the ICTY and
specifically its Victims and Witnesses Section (VWS) to help build referral
networks of health and welfare professionals who will provide preparation and
follow-up services to meet the health needs of witnesses in the former Yugoslavia.
The participants in the conference will be psychiatrists, medical doctors, psychologists
and social workers from the areas where most of our witnesses reside. The VWS
is using the conference to teach the participants more about the ICTY, and it
is hoping they will agree to develop protocols on how ICTY witnesses can access
their services. There will be three further conferences for Croatia, Serbia
and Montenegro and Kosovo.
With regard to the
court schedule and in addition to the ongoing trials
In chronological order:
The Sentencing Hearing in
The Prosecutor v. Ranko Cesic will be held on 27 and 28 November starting
at 3 p.m.
The Pre-Trial Conference
in The Prosecutor v. Hadzihasanovic and Kubura will be held on Friday,
28 November commencing at 9 a.m. in Courtroom III.
The status conference in
The Prosecutor v. Naser Oric will be held on Friday, 28 November, commencing
at 3 p.m.
In The Prosecutor v.
Momir Nikolic, the Sentencing Judgement will be rendered on 2 December 2003,
commencing at 3 p.m. in Courtroom III.
The trial in The Prosecutor
v. Hadzihasanovic and Kubura will commence on 2 December. This trial will
be conducted by a francophone Trial Chamber, with Judge Antonetti presiding.
The initial appearance in
The Prosecutor v. Dusko Jovanovic, will take place on 4 December 2003,
at 14:30 hours.
The initial appearance in
the contempt of court case of Milka Maglov in The Prosecutor v. Radoslav
Brdjanin, will take place on 4 December 2003, at 16:00 hours.
The Appeals Hearing in The
Prosecutor v. Tihomir Blaskic will be held from 8 until 11 December and
then from 15 to 17 December.
In The Prosecutor v.
Dragan Obrenovic, the Sentencing Judgement will be rendered on 10 December
2003, commencing at 3 p.m. in Courtroom I.
The Pre-Trial Conference
in The Prosecutor v. Sefer Halilovic will be held on 15 December at 3
p.m.
There will be a status conference
in The Prosecutor v. Mitar Rasevic on 18 December at 12.30 p.m.
In The Prosecutor v.
Dragan Nikolic, the Sentencing Judgement will be rendered on 18 December
at 2 p.m.
There will be a status conference
in The Prosecutor v. Milomir Stakic on 18 December at 2.30 p.m. before
the Pre-Appeal Judge, Judge Meron.
Office of the Prosecutor:
Florence Hartmann, Spokeswoman
for the Office of the Prosecutor, made no statement.
Questions:
Two questions were raised
in relation to the whereabouts of Milan Babic to which both Landale and Hartmann
declined to comment.
Briefing
Documents:
Please find below the list
of documents were made available to the media this week.
Prosecutor
v. Slobodan Milosevic:
19 November 2003 "Amici
Curiae Submissions in Response to Trial Chamber Further Decision on Prosecution
Motion for Judicial Notice of Adjudicated Facts Dated 6 November 2003".
21 November 2003 "Decision
on Prosecution Motion for Trial Related Protective Measures for Witness B-1746".
21 November 2003 "Decision
on Prosecution’s Fourth Omnibus Motion for Leave to Amend the Witness List and
Request for Protective Measures".
21 November 2003 "Decision
on Prosecution Motion for Trial Related Protective Measures for Witness B-1353".
Prosecutor
v. Simic, Tadic and Zaric:
18 November 2003 "Letter
to the President and the Registrar of the ICTY from the Defence for Simo Zaric".
Prosecutor
v. Vojislav Seselj:
20 November 2003 "Decision
on Certain Allegations Made in Motion Number 23".
Prosecutor v. Milutinovic,
Sainovic and Ojdanic:
21 November 2003 "General
Ojdanic’s Third Application for Provisional Release".
Prosecutor
v. Radislav Krstic:
18 November 2003 "Motion
for the Filing of Rule 68 Evidence, Admission of Rebuttal Evidence and Admission
of 115 Evidence in Response to the Defence Supplemental Motion to Present Additional
Evidence Pursuant to Rule 115".
24 November 2003 "Submission
of the Testimony of Dragan Obrenovic Pursuant to the Order of the Appeals Chamber
Granting Appelant’s Rule 115 Motion".
24 November 2003 "Submission
of the Testimony of Richard Butler Pursuant to the Order of the Appeals Chamber
Granting Appenant’s Oral Rule 115 Motion".
Prosecutor
v. Naletilic and Martinovic:
18 November 2003 "Decision
on the Request for Presentation of Additional Evidence".
Prosecutor
v. Ranko Cesic:
21 November 2003 "Supplementary
Information Relating to Sentencing".
Prosecutor
v. Kordic/Cerkez:
24 November 2003
"Prosecution’s Response to "Mario Cerkez’s Motion for Provisional
Release".
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