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Appeals Judgement for Sefer Halilović to be rendered on 16 October 2007

APPEALS JUDGEMENT FOR SEFER HALILOVIĆ TO BE RENDERED ON 16 OCTOBER 2007


 Press Advisory
(Exclusively for the use of the media. Not an official document)

The Hague, 11 October 2007

CVO/MOW/PA321e

The Appeals Chamber will render its judgement in the case against Sefer Halilović on Tuesday, 16 October at 2:15 pm in courtroom III.


In its judgement of 16 November 2005, the Trial Chamber found Sefer Halilović, former Deputy Commander and Chief of Main Staff of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ABiH), not guilty of all charges regarding his alleged command responsibility for murders committed by members of ABiH troops in the villages of Grabovica and Uzdol in the Jablanica and Prozor areas of
Herzegovina in September 1993.


The Prosecution filed its notice of appeal against the judgement on 16 December 2005 . Subsequently, they filed their appeal brief on 1 March 2006 . The appeals hearings were held on 10 and 11 July 2007 . The Defence did not file an appeal.


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Full text of the Trial Chamber judgement can be found at :


http://www.un.org/icty/halilovic/trialc/judgement/index.htm