Tag Archive for 'ICTY'
August 26th, 2010 by Deirdre Montgomery
Early Release for Krajisnik Denied
In a Decision rendered during the court recess, ICTY President Robinson, denied early release to Momčilo Krajišnik. Krajišnik, who has been serving his sentence in the UK since September 2009, would have been eligible for release there on 2 April 2010, having served half of his 20 year sentence (including time [...]
August 4th, 2010 by Steven Kay QC
Steven Kay QC and Gillian Higgins have posted a resume of the right to self-representation of an accused at the ICTY under the title : “The Right of Self-Representation – The Lawyers in the Eye of the Storm”.
This article has been written by them for the ICLB, in response to the numerous requests received for [...]
July 20th, 2010 by Steven Kay QC
Steven Kay QC and Gillian Higgins of the ICLB filed their Final Brief on behalf of Ivan Čermak in The Prosecutor v. Gotovina, Čermak and Markač on Friday 16 July. The brief was filed confidentially due to protection measures but a public version of the document will be available at a future date.
Images courtesy of the ICTY website
July 14th, 2010 by Alex Fielding
For the first time in ICTY history, an Appeals Judgement will be reviewed in the case of Veselin Šljivančanin. The ICTY has seen eleven previous applications filed by the Defence or the Prosecution (one case) and each has been rejected.
Today’s decision of the Appeals Chamber (Judge Meron, Presiding, Judge Guney, Judge Pocar, Judge Liu, [...]
June 10th, 2010 by Cathy Mac Daid
Seven former Bosnian Serb military and police officials were convicted today by Trial Chamber II of the ICTY for a range of crimes committed in 1995 in relation to the fall of the enclaves of Srebrenica and Žepa, eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Trial Chamber found that there was a joint criminal enterprise to murder and [...]
June 2nd, 2010 by Alex Fielding
On June 3, the ICTY Appeals Chamber will hold an extraordinary public hearing in Courtroom 1 to consider whether the case of former JNA General Veselin Šljivančanin will be reopened.
As reported on the ICLB blog, Šljivančanin has made a number of motions to reopen his case following the Appeals Judgement which quashed his acquittal [...]
May 19th, 2010 by Deirdre Montgomery
The ICTY Appeals Chamber, Judge Robinson Presiding, today affirmed the acquittal of Ljube Boškoski, former Minister of Interior of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) from May 2001 until November 2002, and affirmed the conviction of Johan Tarculovski, a former police officer, for responsibility for crimes committed against ethnic Albanians during a police operation [...]
May 17th, 2010 by Dr. Guénaël Mettraux
On 23-24 February 2010, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia staged an international conference, titled “Assessing the Legacy of the ICTY”, in The Hague, Netherlands, gathering more than 350 participants from the international community as well as the countries of the former Yugoslavia, to discuss aspects of the Tribunal’s legacy, particularly in the [...]
March 16th, 2010 by Cathy Mac Daid
Gideon Boas is a former senior legal officer of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and is now a senior lecturer at the Monash University law school, Melbourne. He recently published an article criticizing the management of the Karadzic trial and the right to self-representation at the ICTY in the Sydney Morning Herald.
The article is [...]
February 26th, 2010 by Cathy Mac Daid
The trial of Zdravko Tolimir, former high ranking official of the Bosnian Serb Army (VRS) is set to begin today, Friday 26 February, at 14:15 at the ICTY. He is the last Accused in the Tribunal’s custody to be put on trial. Tolimir is charged with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, crimes against humanity and violations [...]
February 8th, 2010 by Cathy Mac Daid
Last week a new order, signed by Judge O Gon Kwon, was made against Vojislav Seselj for contempt of court, he is accused of disclosing information that may reveal the identity of 11 protected prosecution witnesses in a book he authored. The title of the book was not disclosed. In July 2009, Seselj was found guilty [...]
January 29th, 2010 by Deirdre Montgomery
Guest Post by Alex Fielding:
Novak Lukic, counsel for Veselin Šljivančanin, held a press conference today in The Hague to announce that he and co-counsel Stephane Bourgon had filed an “Application on Behalf of Veselin Sljivancanin for Review of the Appeals Chamber Judgment of 5 May 2009”. As reported by the ICLB blog here, this application [...]
January 23rd, 2010 by Deirdre Montgomery
Sefer Halilovic, a former General and first Commander of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was one of the first high-ranking officers to be acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
He has now published a memoir of his time and experience before the Yugoslav Tribunal (Sefer Halilovic, “Nije Kriv” – [...]
January 13th, 2010 by Cathy Mac Daid
The trial of Vojislav Seselj at the ICTY recommenced yesterday after a break of some 11 months. Seselj is charged with crimes against humanity in Croatia, Vojvodina and BH.
The trial commenced on 27 November 2006, in the absence of Seselj who had been on a hunger-strike since 10 November and refused to appear in court. On 1 [...]
December 29th, 2009 by Deirdre Montgomery
Guest Post by Alex Fielding.
Veselin Šljivančanin, a former officer in the Yugoslav People’s Army, will serve his 17-year prison sentence in Slovakia, subject to a domestic court’s approval, according to Slovak Justice Minister Viera Petrikova.
On 27 September 2007, Šljivančanin was convicted of aiding and abetting the torture and inhumane treatment of Croatian civilians at the [...]
December 28th, 2009 by Deirdre Montgomery
The ICTY indictment in the contempt case against Tabakovic has now been made public. It can be read here: http://www.icty.org/x/cases/contempt_tabakovic/ind/en/091222.pdf