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ICTY Weekly Press Briefing - 7th Apr 2004

ICTY Weekly Press Briefing - 7 April 2004

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note that this is not a verbatim transcript of the Press Briefing.
It is merely a summary.


ICTY Weekly Press Briefing

Date: 07.04.2004

Time: 12:00


REGISTRY AND CHAMBERS

Jim Landale, Spokesman for Registry and Chambers, made the following
statement


Good afternoon,


I would just draw your attention to the Judgement on Motions
for Acquittal Pursuant to Rule 98 bis in The Prosecutor
v. Blagojevic and Jokic
which was rendered on 5 April. In the
Judgement, Trial Chamber I inter alia entered:


a judgement of acquittal in respect of Vidoje Blagojevic on
Counts 2 to 4 of the Indictment insofar as his individual criminal
responsibility is alleged, under Article 7(1) of the Statute,
for planning, instigating, ordering and committing the crimes;

a judgement of acquittal in respect of Vidoje Blagojevic on
Counts 5 and 6 of the Indictment insofar as his individual criminal
responsibility is alleged, under Article 7(1) of the Statute,
for planning, instigating, ordering and committing the crimes

a judgement of acquittal in respect of Dragan Jokic on Counts
2 to 5 of the Indictment insofar as his individual criminal responsibility
is alleged, under Article 7(1) of the Statute, for planning, instigating,
ordering and committing the crimes


The full text of the Judgement will be available to you after this
briefing.


With regard to the rest of the court schedule and in addition
to the ongoing trials:



Yesterday we received a Scheduling Order postponing the Status
Conference in The Prosecutor v. Halilovic that was due to
be held today to a date and time to be fixed.



There will be a status conference in The Prosecutor v. Momir
Nikolic
before the Pre-Appeal Judge, Judge Guney, tomorrow,
8 April starting at 3 p.m. in Courtroom I.



The Closing Arguments in The Prosecutor v. Radoslav Brdjanin will
now be held from 19 to 22 April 2004 instead of 20 to 23 April as
previously announced.



Office of the Prosecutor:



Jean-Daniel Ruch, Special Advisor to the Prosecutor
made the following statement:



The Prosecutor will be in Paris today where she will meet with
Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie and other senior officials
at the French Foreign Ministry. It is a regular working visit.



Questions



A journalist asked whether the Tribunal could confirm that the
Scottish Judge Lord Bonomy had been appointed as a replacement Judge
Landale replied that he could not comment since the process was
for the United Nations Secretary-General to appoint a replacement
Judge and that at this point he was not aware of any appointment
being made.


The Journalist then asked whether Lord Bonomy was one of the Judges
who had been put forward by the British Government. Landale suggested
the journalist direct her question to the British authorities.



Asked about a secret visit of Carla Del Ponte to Sarajevo yesterday,
Ruch replied that it was not a "secret" visit but a working
visit and that the Prosecutor had met with the SFOR commander. He
added that he could not comment on the contents of the discussions.



Press Briefing Documents


The Prosecutor v. Blagojevic/Jokic



05 April 2004 "Judgement on Motions for Acquittal Pursuant
to Rule 98 Bis".



The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic



31 March 2004 "Order Formally Admitting Exhibits Tendered
Through Witness Hrvoje Sarinic".


The Prosecutor v. Momcilo Krajisnik



31 March 2004 "Decision on Two Expert Witnesses (Nielsen &
Riedelmayer)".



The Prosecutor v. Radovan Stankovic



31 March 2004 "Prosecutor’s Submissions Pursuant to Rule 65
ter (E)".



The Prosecutor v. Hadzihasanovic/Kubura



30 March 2004 "Decision on Motion of the Accused Hadzihasanovic
regarding the Prosecution’s Examination of Witnesses on Alleged
Violations not Covered by the Indictment".



02 April 2004 "Decision on Interlocutory Appeal Relating to
the Refreshment of the Memory of a Witness".



The Prosecutor v. Cermak/Markac



31 March 2004 "Order Assigning a Pre-Trial Judge".



The Prosecutor v. Mario Cerkez



31 March 2004 "Notice of Withdrawal of Certain of Dario Kordic’s
Amended Grounds of Appeal".



The Prosecutor v. Drago Josipovic



02 April 2004 "Decision on Motion for Review".



The Prosecutor v. Prlic and others



05 April 2004 "Order on Prosecutor’s Motion to List the Seal
of Confidentiality on the Indictment, the Redacted Indictment Against
Valentin Coric and Berislav Pusic, the "Ordonnance Confidentielle
et Ex Parte


Relative a L’Examen de l’Acte d’Accusation" and Warrants of
Arrest and Order for Surrender".



The Prosecutor v. Radoslav Brdanin



06 April 2004 "Request to Trial Chamber Under Rule 73 to Certify
Permission to Appeal Decision on Motion for Acquittal Under Rule
98 Bis Dated 19 March 2004".



The Prosecutor v. Veselin Sljivancanin



06 April 2004 "Order on Defence Request for the Review of
the Registrar’s decision of January 30, 2004".



The Prosecutor v. Miodrag Jokic



Renewed Request for Variation of Time-Limits to File a Notice of
Appeal".



The Prosecutor v. Sefer Halilovic



06 April 2004 "Prosecution’s Further Reply to Defence Reply
Re Objection to Prosecution Continued Disclosure".


The Prosecutor v. Radislav Krstic



06 April 2004 "Reasons for the Decisions on Application for
Admission of Additional Evidence on Appeal".



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