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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: 15.06.2005
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, President Meron addressed the Security
Council in New York on Monday. President
Meron had already submitted his six-monthly
written assessments and report to the
Security Council in New York, pursuant
to Security Council resolution 1534, as
well as the assessment by the Prosecutor,
and they were released at Headquarters
in New York. In his report, President
Meron set out in detail the progress made
towards the implementation of the Tribunal’s
completion strategy. Copies are available
from the Media Office.
Last Thursday, Judge
Florence Mumba visited Neum, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, as a guest of the Association
of Judges of the Federation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina and the Association for
Criminal Law and Criminology of the Federation
of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Judge Mumba
gave a keynote speech on the topic "Sentencing
for war crimes" in the largest annual
gathering of criminal law practitioners
from all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The visit was facilitated by the Outreach
Programme of the Tribunal.
The initial appearances
of Ivica Marijacic and Markica Rebic,
and Stjepan Seselj and Domagoj Margetic
were held yesterday 14 June 2005 at 1000
a.m., at 2.15 p.m. respectively. All four
entered pleas of not guilty.
The appeal hearing in
The Prosecutor v. Miroslav Deronjic
has been rescheduled for this Friday,
17 June 2005, starting at 2.15 p.m.
The pre-defence conference
in the Halilovic trial is due to be held
on Thursday 23 June at 2.15 p.m. in Courtroom
III, followed by the opening of the Defence
case the next day 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.
In the coming week, status
conferences have been scheduled in The
Prosecutor v. Simic et al. this afternoon
at 2.15 p.m. in Courtroom I; in The
Prosecutor v. Ljubisa Beara this afternoon
at 2.30 p.m. in Courtroom III; in The
Prosecutor v. Blagojevic and Jokic
on Friday at 5 p.m. in Courtroom I; in
The Prosecutor v. Dragomir Milosevic
on Tuesday 21 June at 2.15 p.m. in Courtroom
II; in The Prosecutor v. Stakic
also on Tuesday at 4.15 p.m. in Courtroom
II; and in The Prosecutor v. Rasevic
and Todovic on Wednesday 22 June at
2.15 p.m. in also in Courtroom II.
Office of the Prosecutor:
Florence Hartmann, Spokesperson
for the Office of the Prosecutor, made
the following statement:
I would just like to
inform you that today the Prosecutor is
in Washington meeting Condaleeza Rice,
Nicholas Burns and officials from the
Secretary of Defence of the US government.
Landale added that President
Meron would also be present at the meeting
with the Secretary of State.
Questions:
There were no questions.
Documents:
The Prosecutor
v. Momcilo Krajisnik
8 June 2005 – Defence
Submissions: Summary of current position
on self-representation by Mr Krajisnik.
10 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
response to Savo Todorvic’s motion for
access to confidential material relating
to KP Dom Foca.
10 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
response to Gojko Jankovic’s motion for
access to confriential material relating
to the municipality of Foca.
10 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
reply to defence response to prosecution’s
fifteenth motion for the admission of
evidence pursuant to rule 92bis.
The Prosecutor
v. Slobodan Milosevic
10 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
response to Gojko Jankovic’s defence motion
for the access to confidential and under
seal material in the Milosevic case relating
to the municipality of Foca.
13 June 2005 – Assigned
counsel submissions on the admissibility
of potential defence and prosecution exhibits
concerning General Stevanovic pursuant
to the trial chamber’s oral order of 7
June 2005.
13 June 2005 – Prosecution
response to Savo Todovic’s defence motion
for access to confidential and under seal
material in the Milosevic case relating
to the Foca penitentiary and correction
facility.
The Prosecutor
v. Stanisic and Simatovic
13 June 2005 – Defence
motion for extension of time to file response
to prosecution motion for joinder.
7 June 2005 – Memorandum
Of Stanisic Defence For status Conference
Of June 3 2005.
The Prosecutor
v. Boskovski and Tarculovski
13 June 2005 – Correspondence
from Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
14 June 2005 – Decision
on Boskovski’s motion challenging jurisdiction.
14 June 2005 – Motion
on behalf of Boskovski for leave to file
a reply and to vary the time limit for
filing the reply to the Prosecution’s
response to provisional release.
The Prosecutor
v. Pavle Strugar
13 June 2005 – Decision
on "Defence request for variation of time
limit to file response to Prosecution’s
appeal brief."
The Prosecutor
v. Naser Oric
10 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
motion for leave to remove prosecution’s
exhibit 561 for purpose of investigation.
The Prosecutor
v. Vinko Pandurevic
27 May 2005 – Guarantee.
14 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
response to request for provisional release
for accused Vinko Pandurevic.
14 June 2005 – Prosecution’s
response to accused Vink Pandurevic’s
motion objecting to the form of the indictment.
The Prosecutor
v. Radoslav Brdanin
10 June 2005 – Motion
for extension of time to file a consolidated
brief and for enlargement of page limit.
The Prosecutor
v. Mejakic et al.
10 June 2005 – Joint
defence response to the prosecutor’s supplemental
submission.
The Prosecutor
v. Mrksic et al.
10 June 2005 – joint
defence response to the prosecutor’s motion
to withdraw the motion and request for
referral of the indictment to another
court under rule 11bis.
10 June 2005 – Submission
of Serbia and Montenegro related to "Prosecutor’s
motion to withdraw the motion and request
for referral of the indictment to another
court under rule 11bis" dated 9 June 2005.
The Prosecutor
v. Tolimir et al
10 June 2005 – Certificate.
The Prosecutor
v. Popovic, Beara, Drago Nikolic, Borovcanin,
Tolimir, Miletic, Gvero,Pandurevic, Trbic
10 June 2005- Prosecution’s
motion for joinder of accused.
The Prosecutor
v. Nebojsa Pavkovic
13 June 2005 – Decision
on counsel.
The Prosecutor
v. Sefer Halilovic
10 June 2005 – Prosecutor’s
Supplemental Argument as to the admissibility
of Vehbija Karic’s prior statement.
10 June 2005 – Most relevant
portions of prosecution interview with
Sefer Halilovic.
13 June 2005 – Motion
for postponement of start of defence and
other deadlines.
13 June 2005 – Decision
on defence motion for postponement of
start of defence and other deadlines.
The Prosecutor
v. Milan Martic
13 June 2005 – Response
to prosecution’s motion for joinder.
The Prosecutor
v. Naletilic and Martinovic
13 June 2005 – Decision
on "Slobodan Praljak’s motion for access
to confidential testimony and documents
in Prosecutor v. Naletilic and Martinovic
and Jadranko Prlic’s notice of joinder
and to Slobodan Praljak’s motion for access."
The Prosecutor
v. Vojislav Seselj
Partly confidential:
Prosecution’s submission of provisional
exhibit list.
The Prosecutor
v. Drago Nikolic
14 June 2005 – Defence
notive pursuant Rule 72.
The Prosecutor
v. Marijacic and Rebic
14 June 2005 – Defendant
Marijacic’s motion to dismiss the indictment
pursuant to Rule 72…
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