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ICTY Weekly Press Briefing
Date: 19 July 2000
Time: 11:30 a.m.

REGISTRY AND CHAMBERS
Jim Landale, Spokesman for Registry and Chambers made the following statement:

We have received copies of the Defence’s reply to SFOR’s submission in the Todorovic case. This follows the filing of SFORs’ submission on 9 July. Copies of both those documents are available after this.

We also have copies of the Prosecutions’ appeal brief in the Jelisic case. The briefs from both parties were due on 10 July, but on 7 July the Defence filed an urgent motion for an extension of time to file their brief. An extension was initially granted until 17 July, but on that date the Appeals Chamber ordered that "the time shall be provisionally extended to the 21 July to enable the Appeals Chamber to deliberate on and decide on the urgent motion."

In the Krajisnik case: On 14 July, Trial Chamber III denied in part Momcilo Krajisnik’s application for leave to be represented by experts and attorneys on a pro bono basis at the hearing on the preliminary motions scheduled for this afternoon at 1545 hours. The Trial Chamber ordered that only Professor Lukic may accompany assigned counsel at the hearing. Professor Lukic is an expert in constitution law and international law from the Republika Srpska.

We have copies of both of Krajisnik’s preliminary motions on the jurisdiction of the ICTY and on defects on the form of the indictment, and the Prosecutions’ response to them.

There will be a hearing on the motion for the provisional release of Radoslav Brdanin on Thursday at 1100 in Courtroom III. There are copies of the motion for provisional release available.

In addition, there will be a status conference in the Naletilic and Martinovic case on Thursday at 1600 in Courtroom II. We have copies of that scheduling order.

A reminder that at 1400 hours this Friday, the Appeals Chamber will render its Judgement in the Furundzija appeal. We will have copies of the Judgement and the summary read out in court by the Presiding Judge available after that hearing.

Also, just to let you know that an Albanian language version of the Milosevic indictment is now available. We hope to have other basic documents translated into Albanian in due course.

Finally, the latest copy of the Tribunal’s Judicial Supplement is now available. For those of you that don’t already know, the Judicial Supplement is produced by the Public Information Services’ Legal Unit each month in English and French, and contains all the significant legal developments that have taken place over that month.

Graham Blewitt, the Deputy Prosecutor, made no statement. No questions were asked.

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