| 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: Jim Landale, Spokesman for Registry and Chambers, made the following statement: Good afternoon, First, you should all have seen yesterday’s Decision from the Referral Bench to refer the case against Radovan Stankovic to Bosnia and Herzegovina. As we pointed out in our press release, this is the first time the Tribunal has referred one of its indictments to a national jurisdiction. According the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure and Evidence, the parties have 15 days within which to file a notice of appeal, should they wish to do so. You can find the Decision on the Tribunal’s website. Trial Chamber II has scheduled a hearing on Ramush Haradinaj’s motion for provisional release for next Tuesday 24 May at 2.30 p.m. in Courtroom III. The Trial Chamber has invited "an authorised representative of UNMIK to appear at that hearing to explain the guarantees UNMIK is able and willing to give," and "an authorised representative of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to appear at that hearing to explain the host country’s position vis-à-vis the Motion for Provisional Release". I would also note that the Milosevic trial next week is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday morning at the usual times, and then on Friday from 2.15 to 7 p.m. There will be status conferences in The Prosecutor v. Milan Martic tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. in Courtroom II; in The Prosecutor v. Vojislav Seselj on 30 May at 2.15 p.m. in Courtroom II; in The Prosecutor v. Stanisic and Simatovic on 3 June at 3 p.m. in Courtroom I (the accused are not required to be present). Office of the Prosecutor: Florence Hartmann of the Office of the Prosecutor made the following statement: The Prosecutor will be in Vienna tomorrow visiting the OSCE and in the course of her visit to Vienna she will also meet with Austrian officials, including the Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ursula Plassnik. Questions: Asked whether the Seselj case might be referred to a court in Serbia, Landale stated that he was not aware of any consideration being given to such a step. Asked if the OTP intended make further 11bis proposals, Hartmann said that the 11bis proposals until now had been initiated by the OTP and that the Prosecution had not and would never contemplate the deferral of a case like the Seselj case. The Prosecution was eager to start the Seselj trial as soon as possible, Hartmann said. Documents: The Prosecutor v. Radovan Stankovic 12 May 2005 – Submission pursuant to your Rule 73 (A) The Prosecutor v. Milan Martic 16 May 2005 – Defence’s request for leave to reply to prosecution’s response to second motion for provisional release and reply. The Prosecutor v. Mico Stanisic 17 May 2005 – Prosecution’s response to defence’s motion for provisional release. The Prosecutor v. Jadranko Prlic et al 16 May 2005 – Urgent motion for permission to attend funeral (partly confidential). The Prosecutor v. Momcilo Perisic 11 May 2005 – Momcilo Perisic’s motion for provisional release. The Prosecutor v. Gojko Jankovic 26 April 2005 – Response from the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to questions posed by referral bench in its decision dated 15 April 2005 regarding further information in context prosecutors motion under Rule 11 bis. 12 May 2005 – Gojko Jankovic’s defence preliminary motion on the form of the amended indictment. The Prosecutor v. Ivan Cermak and Mladen Markac 12 May 2005 – Accused Mladen Markac’s opposition to prosecution’s motion to amend the indictment and request for clarification of the procedural status. The Prosecutor v. Sefer Halilovic 12 May 2005 – Decision on parties requests regarding deposition evidence of one witness. The Prosecutor v. Ramush Haradinaj et al. 12 May 2005 – Defence’s reply to prosecution’s response to defence motion on behalf of Ramush Haradinaj for provisional release. In re: the Republic of Macedonia 12 May 2005 – Prosecutor’s notification of deferral. |