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ICTY Weekly Press Briefing - 29th Mar 2006

ICTY Weekly Press Briefing

ICTY Weekly Press Briefing

  ICTY WEEKLY PRESS BRIEFING Latest
Developments

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


Date:
29.03.2006

Time: 12:00


Registry
and Chambers:


Alexandra Milenov, Liaison Officer for
Registry and Chambers, made the following
statement:


Good Afternoon.


The President of the Tribunal, Judge
Fausto Pocar, will be traveling to Brussels
on Friday for a donors conference to
fund the State Court for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Tribunal was actively involved in
establishing the State Court, which is
the first state-level specialized judicial
body dealing with war crimes. The Tribunal
has continued to work in partnership
with the State Court in various areas
in its first year of operation, and is
encouraged by its progress thus far.
The Tribunal remains committed to supporting
the State Court, and other judiciaries
in our common effort to see to it that
war criminals are brought to justice.


The Tribunal is pleased to announce
that the remodeling of our courtrooms
has now been completed. The remodeling
project was carried out in order to permit
trials of multiple accused, and to expand
the courtrooms’ translation capacity.
The Tribunal’s Registrar stated
that "having three state-of-the-art operational
courtrooms was crucial in light of the
Tribunal's workload." The courtroom remodeling
was carried out on time and within budget
thanks to the efforts of Tribunal staff
and Dutch contractors and sub-contractors.
The remodeling project was funded entirely
from savings from the Tribunal’s
2004/2005 budget.


The Tribunal’s Outreach Programme
is participating this coming weekend
in a training seminar for journalists
organised in Split, Croatia, by the Zagreb-based
NGO Documenta. The aim of the seminar
is to help journalists acquire skills
for reporting on war crimes trials before
the ICTY and local courts. The Tribunal
will be represented by OTP Spokesperson
Florence Hartmann and ICTY Registry's
Liaison Officer in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Matias Hellman.


This week the Tribunal’s Outreach
Programme welcomed two visits of students
from the region. The first group of around
45 students were from Ljubljana, while
the second larger group of nearly 70
students were from Kragujevac in Serbia
and Montenegro. Both groups received
introductory presentations on the Tribunal,
with time for questions and answers and
attended trials.


I would also like to mention that the
Tribunal’s Outreach Programme continues
its efforts to engage local communities.
Registry Liaison Officer Matias Hellman
traveled to Prijedor last Monday and
met with victims’ groups to discuss
last week’s Appeals Chamber Judgement
against Milomir Stakic. He explained
that the judgement confirms that the
highest level political leader in Prijedor
was responsible for persecuting Bosnian
Muslim and Bosnian Croat civilians, among
other crimes.



In terms of the courtroom schedule,
closing arguments in the trial against
Bosnian Army officer Naser Oric will
start on Monday 3 April until Thursday
6 April at 9:00 and at 14:15 on Friday
7 April in courtroom I.


As a reminder for tomorrow 9:00 in Courtroom
I, there will be a regular status conference
in the case against a number of the highest-level
leaders of the Bosnian Croat wartime
entity, and one of the Republic of Croatia,
the Prlic et al. case.



A further initial appearance of Milan
Lukic, A Bosnian-Serb paramilitary leader,
will take place on 31 March at 9:00 in
courtroom I. The accused will be asked
to enter a plea on charges in the amended
indictment.



A status conference will also be held
in the case against some of the highest-level
Serb and Yugoslav political military
and police leaders, Milutinovic et al.
case, on Friday, 31 March at 10:00 in
courtroom III. (Accused are on provisional
release).



There will be a regular status conference
in the case nine accused charged with
crimes committed in Srebrenica in 1995,
the Popovic et al. case on Tuesday, 4
April at 14:15 in courtroom I.



The trial against Milan Martic, a high-level
political leader of the war-time Croatian
Serb entity, continues this Thursday
and Friday at 9:00 in courtroom II. The
trial continues next week Monday and
Tuesday at 9:00 In Courtroom III and
Wednesday and Thursday at 14:15 in courtroom
I.



The trial against Yugoslav Army officers
Mile Mrksic, Miroslav Radic and Veselin
Slivancanin continues this Friday at
9:00 in courtroom I. It will sit next
week Monday and Tuesday at 14:15 in courtroom
I and in courtroom II on Wednesday through
Friday at 9:00.


The trial against Momcilo Krajisnik,
a former high-level leader of the Bosnian
Serb political entity, will continue
this week on Thursday and Friday afternoon
at 14:15 in courtroom II. The trial will
sit next week Monday at 14:15 in courtroom
II and Tuesday through Friday at 9:00
in courtroom II.


Office of the Prosecutor:


Florence Hartmann, Spokesperson for
the Office of the Prosecutor, announced
that the Prosecutor was currently in
Banja Luka and Belgrade and that she
would be meeting with EU Enlargement
Commissioner Olli Rhen on Friday, 31
March in Brussels.


Questions:


Asked if there were any results
on the Tribunal enquiry or the Dutch
enquiry into the death of Slobodan Milosevic,
Milenov answered that the Tribunal had
not received anything further from the
Dutch authorities and that the internal
enquiry was still underway. Milenov said
that she could not comment on the Dutch
enquiry and when further results could
be expected.


In terms of the internal enquiries,
Milenov pointed out that there were two
that were ongoing at the moment, one
into the death of Milan Babic and the
other into the death of Slobodan Milosevic.
Both enquiries were being headed by Vice
President Judge Kevin Parker and involved
interviewing witnesses and reviewing
documentation, said Milenov. The enquiries
were well under way and until they were
completed not much could be said.


Asked if there were any results
on the external probe into the Detention
Unit, Milenov answered that the Tribunal
was in the process of finalizing this
week with a Scandanavian country to conduct
an audit into the Detention Unit. Milenov
said that as soon as the arrangements
were finalized it would be announced.


Documents:


Signature Date


Case
Description

Document
Title

27-Mar-06

Boskoski
et al

Prosecution's
Response To The Defence Motion
For Extension Of Time Filed On
23 March 2006 By Counsel For Accused
Boskoski

27-Mar-06

Gotovina

Defendant's
Ante Gotovina's Motion For Extension
Of Time To Respond To Outstanding
Prosecution Motions, And Request
For Expeditious Filings

28-Mar-06

Gotovina

Prosecution's
Response To Defendant Ante Gotovina's
Motion For Extension Of Time To
Respond To Outstanding Prosecution
Motions And Request For Expeditious
Filings

24-Mar-06

Haradinaj
et al

Order
To Prosecution Regarding Time For
Filing A Response

28-Mar-06

Krajisnik

Defence
Filing Of Revised 65 Ter Summary
For Svetlana Cenic

29-Mar-06

Limaj
et al (Appeal)

Public
Redacted Prosecution's Brief On
Appeal

27-Mar-06

Limaj
et al (Appeal)

Defence
Application For Extension Of Time
To File Response To Prosecution
Brief On Appeal

24-Mar-06

Milutinovic
et al.

Submission
Of The Registrar Pursuant To Rule
33(B) On The Provisional Release
Of Nikola Sainovic, Dragoljub Ojdanic
And Nebojsa Pavkovic

24-Mar-06

Oric

Defence
Response To Prosecution's Final
Brief

27-Mar-06

Perisic

Vinko
Pandurevic's Defence Notification
On Joining The "Requete Du General
Miletic Aux Fins D'acces A Des
Informations Confidentielles Dans
L'affaire Perisic"

28-Mar-06

Perisic

General
Miletic's Motion For Access To
Confidential Material In The Perisic
Case

27-Mar-06

Popovic
et al

Decision
On Prosecution Motion For Variation
From Word Limits

24-Mar-06

Popovic
et al

Popovic
Defence Notification On Joining
The "Requete Du General Miletic
Aux Fins D'acces A Des Informations
Confidentielles Dans L'affaire
Stanisic Et Simatovic" Seeking
The Access To All Confidential
Material In The Stanisic And Simatovic
Case

28-Mar-06

Popovic
et al

Page
Number D1443 Was Skipped By Mistake,
No Actual Is Missing

24-Mar-06

Popovic
et al

Decision
On Joint Defence Motion Seeking
Certification Of The Trial Chamber's
Decision On The Joint Defence Motion
Seeking The Trial Chamber To Order
The Registrar To Provide The Defence
With Bcs Transcripts Of Proceedings
In Two Past Cases Before The Int

24-Mar-06

Prlic
and Others

Decision

27-Mar-06

Prlic
and Others

Slobodan
Praljak's Pre-Trial Brief Pursuant
To Rule 65ter (F)

28-Mar-06

Prlic
and Others

Demande
De Slobodan Praljak Pour Pouvoir
Faire Une Déposition Conformément À L'article
84 A) Du Règlement

24-Mar-06

Prlic
and Others

Prosecution
Submission Of Statement Of Expert
Witness Pursuant To Rule 94 Bis

24-Mar-06

Rasevic & Todovic

Second
Joint Amended Indictment

24-Mar-06

Seselj

Submission
No 141 [To Not Accept The Expert
Report Of Anthony Oberschall Dated
17 January 2006]

24-Mar-06

Seselj

Procès-Verbal
Of Reception Of Documents

24-Mar-06

Stanisic & Simatovic

Prosecution
Response To Simatovic's Defence
Preliminary Motion On The Second
Amended Indictment'