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Please note that this is not a verbatim transcript of the Press Briefing. It is merely a summary. ICTY Weekly
Press Briefing REGISTRY AND
CHAMBERS Good morning, As you can see there is no one to represent the Office of the Prosecutor today. The 29th Plenary Session of the Judges is taking place today. They will be discussing a range of different issues and are expected to approve the draft Annual Report for 2002 – 2003, as well as discuss proposed new amendments to the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure and Evidence. I will of course update you on any developments. Among the court documents we have received since the last briefing, the following are brought to your attention: In the Appeals Chamber: On 15 July, in The Prosecutor v. Nikola Sainovic and Dragoljub Ojdanic, we received an "Order" from a Bench of the Appeals Chamber (Judge Shahabuddeen, presiding, Judges Pocar and Guney), in which the Bench ordered that "General Ojdanic’s Appeal from Decision on Motion Challenging Jurisdiction and Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief" remain suspended until further order from the Bench. On 16 July, in The Prosecutor v. Enver Hadzihasanovic, Mehmed Alagic and Amir Kubura, we received from the Appeals Chamber (Judge Meron, Presiding, Judges Pocar, Shahabuddeen, Hunt and Guney) the "Decision on Interlocutory Appeal Challenging Jurisdiction in Relation to Command Responsibility", in which the Appeals Chamber unanimously dismissed the appeal insofar as it related to the first ground of appeal, and allowed it, by majority (Judge Shahabuddeen and Judge Hunt dissenting), insofar as it related to the second ground of appeal. Judge Shahabuddeen appended a partial dissenting opinion and Judge Hunt appended a separate and partially dissenting opinion. In the Trial Chambers: On 9 July in The Prosecutor v. Zeljko Meakic, Momcilo Gruban, Dusan Fustar and Dusko Knezevic, we received Trial Chamber III’s "Order Postponing Pre-Trial Conference", in which the Trial Chamber cancelled the pre-trial conference scheduled for 23 July 2003 and scheduled a status conference before the pre-trial Judge commencing at 3 p.m. on the same day. On 11 July in the same case, we received Trial Chamber III’s "Decision on Defendant Dusan Fustar’s Emergency Motion Seeking A Temporary Provisional Release to Attend the 40-Day Memorial of His Father’s Death", in which the Trial Chamber granted the Motion subject to the necessary arrangements being made with the Registrar and subject to certain specific terms and conditions set out in the Decision. On 15 July in The Prosecutor v. Mile Mrksic, Miroslav Radic and Veselin Sljivancanin, we received Trial Chamber II’s "Decision Granting Radic’s Motion to Postpone Decision on Provisional Release". On 16 July, in The Prosecutor v. Fatmir Limaj, Haradin Bala and Isak Musliu, we received the Trial Chamber’s "Decision to Invite the Special Representative of the Secretary General to Submit a Statement", in which the Trial Chamber invited "Mr. Michael Steiner to provide to the Chamber, if he so wishes, a statement on his knowledge, if any, of facts potentially relevant for the Chamber’s assessment of the risk that the Accused would evade Justice or pose any danger to any witness, victim or other person and to do so, if possible, before Friday 25 July 2003". On 16 July, in The Prosecutor v. Nikola Sainovic and Dragoljub Ojdanic, we received from Trial Chamber III a "Decision on Defence Request for Certification of Appeal Against the Decision of the Trial Chamber on Motion for Additional Funds", in which the Trial Chamber granted the application for certification on appeal. In terms of other court documents: On 11 July, in The Prosecutor v. Nikola Sainovic and Dragoljub Ojdanic, we received "General Ojdanic’s Request for Certification to Appeal Decision on Motion for Additional Funds". On 11 July, in The Prosecutor v. Sefer Halilovic, we received the "Registry Comments on Defence Motion Concerning Financial Problems". On 14 July, in The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic, we received the "Amicus Curiae Submissions on the Law of Self-Defence as Stipulated in Parts (B) and (C) of the Order of the Chamber to the Amicus of 11 December 2002". On 14 July, in The Prosecutor v. Milan Martic, we received the "Prosecution’s Motion to File Amended Indictment Pursuant to Trial Chamber’s Decision on Preliminary Motion Against the Amended Indictment". On 14 July, in The Prosecutor v. Dario Kordic and Mario Cerkez, we received "Cerkez’s Reply to Prosecution’s 4 July Submission". On 14 July, in The Prosecutor v. Momir Nikolic, we received "Momir Nikolic’s Sentencing Brief". On 14 July, in The Prosecutor v. Mladen Naletilic and Vinko Martinovic, we received the "Appeal Brief of the Prosecution". On 14 July, in The Prosecutor v. Vidoje Blagojevic and Dragan Jokic, we received "Mr. Jokic’s Motion to Exclude Statements and Response to Prosecution’s Motion for Clarification of Oral Decision Regarding Admissibility of Statements". On 14 July in The Prosecutor v. Mile Mrksic, Miroslav Radic and Veselin Sljivancanin, we received Sljivancanin’s "Appeal Regarding Choice of Legal Representation". On 16 July, in The Prosecutor v. Naser Oric, we received the "Submission of Amended Indictment". Copies of all the documents I have mentioned are available to you on request. Questions: A journalist asked for a comment on an article which was published in Vecernje List in Zagreb stating that the lawyer Ante Nobilo at one time supplied the editor-in-chief of Vjesnik, Mr. Mesic’s statement to the ICTY investigators as part of their investigation against General Blaskic. Landale replied that the Registry was aware of these reports and was looking into the matter. He added that all reports of this kind would be taken very seriously. ***** |