Tag Archive for 'Karadzic'
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 [...]
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 [...]
November 25th, 2009 by Deirdre Montgomery
Karadzic is right in requesting more time. The Yugoslav Tribunal does not seem to appreciate thorough defences.
Radovan Karadzic is currently on trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in The Hague. Although this Court has successfully completed many cases over the last 15 years, the trials of major political leaders attract most [...]
November 2nd, 2009 by Deirdre Montgomery
Guest post by Niamh Hayes:
As has been well-documented, Radovan Karadžić refused to appear on the opening day of his trial on Monday, 26 October. Dr. Karadžić outlined his reasons for not doing so in a letter to the Tribunal on 21 October. In summary, Dr. Karadžić chose not to appear in protest at the Tribunal’s [...]
October 14th, 2009 by Cathy Mac Daid
Thanks to Sunniva Hansson, who prepared this post
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) yesterday upheld Radovan Karadzic’s appeal against the commencement date of his trial for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The Trial Chamber was ordered to delay the start of the trial until one week [...]
September 8th, 2009 by Deirdre Montgomery
The judgement in the contempt case against Florence Hartmann is due to be handed down on Monday 14th September.
The trial of Mico Stanisic and Stojan Zupljanin is also scheduled to begin on Monday, with the Prosecution’s opening statement expected to take one to two days, followed by the first prosecution witness, historical expert Robert Donia.
It [...]
July 11th, 2009 by Deirdre Montgomery
Thanks to Alexandra Lampert who authored this post.
On Wednesday, July 8th, a Trial Chamber of the ICTY rejected Radovan Karadzic’s challenge to its jurisdiction and request to dismiss his indictment. Since his arrest one year ago, Karadzic has repeatedly challenged the Tribunal’s ability to prosecute him on the basis of a cooperation agreement he says was [...]