Radovan
STANKOVIC,
born on 10 March 1969
in Trebica, Municipality of Foca, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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by SFOR: 9 July 2002
Transferred to ICTY: 10 July 2002
Initial Appearance: 12 July 2002, "not guilty"
plea entered for all counts on the Indictment.
Further Appearance: 6 March 2003, no plea was
entered
Further Appearance: 4 April 2003, “not
guilty” plea entered for all added counts on the
amended Indictment
Pre-trial stage |
Gojko
JANKOVIC
See case IT- 98-23/2
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Dragan
ZELENOVIC
See case IT- 98-23/2 |
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The Indictment ("Foca")
The Original Indictment, confirmed on 26 June 1996, included seven
other accused. Dragan Gagovic and Janko Janjic are deceased. The
Prosecutor was subsequently granted leave to withdraw Gagovic from
the Indictment on 30 July 1999.
Dragoljub Kunarac was severed from the original Indictment in an
amended Indictment, confirmed on 19 August 1998. On 3 September
1999, a Second Amended Indictment was confirmed joining Dragoljub
Kunarac and Radomir Kovac (IT-96-23).
An amended Indictment was confirmed against Dragan Zelenovic, Gojko
Jankovic, Janko Janjic, Zoran Vukovic and Radovan Stankovic on 7
October 1999. Dragan Zelenovic and Gojko Jankovic remain at large,
Janko Janjic is deceased, Radovan Stankovic has been arrested on
9 July 2002 and transferred to the Tribunal the next day (see Stankovic
case information sheet, IT-96-23/2). Following the detention of
Zoran Vukovic, a redacted Indictment was filed on 21 February 2000
containing only the factual allegations and charges against him
(IT-96-23/1).
Dragoljub Kunarac, Radomir Kovac and Zoran Vukovic, were tried
in a joint trial which commenced on 20 March 2000. On 22 February
2001, the Trial Chamber rendered its Judgement, convicting Dragoljub
Kunarac to 28 years’ imprisonment, Radomir Kovac to 20 years’
imprisonment and Zoran Vukovic to 12 years’ imprisonment.
The Appeals Chamber affirmed these sentences on 12 June 2002.
An amended Indictment against Radovan Stankovic was filed on 5
October 1999. The Prosecution filed a Motion Seeking Leave to Amend
the Amended Indictment on 20 November 2002. The Trial Chamber granted
leave to amend the Amended Indictment on 28 February 2003.
On 3 March 2003, the Prosecution filed a separate Indictment against
Radovan Stankovic and on 8 December 2003, a Third Amended Indictment
was filed on 8 December 2003 and confirmed on 24 February 2004..
Factual allegations:
The Second Amended Indictment against Radovan Stankovic was filed
on 3 March 2003 following a Decision by the Trial Chamber of 28
February 2003. The Indictment alleges that on 8 April 1992 Serb
forces launched a first military attack against the non-Serb population
of the town of Foca. The take-over of the town was complete by 16
or 17 April 1992 and the surrounding villages continued to be under
siege until mid-July 1992.
Once towns and villages were securely in their control, Serb military,
police, paramilitary and sometimes Serb villagers started ransacking
or burning Muslim houses and apartments and rounding up and capturing
Muslims. The Indictment goes on to allege that some Muslims were
beaten or killed in the process.
The Indictment alleges that Serb forces separated the non-Serb
men from the women. The Foca Kazneno-Popravni Dom (“KP Dom”)
was the primary detention facility for men in Foca. Muslim women,
children and the elderly were detained in houses, apartments and
motels in the town of Foca or in surrounding villages. There were
also detainees at short and long-term detention centres such as
Buk Bijela, Foca High School and Partizan Sports Hall. It is alleged
that that the women and girls had to live in intolerably unhygienic
conditions and that they were mistreated in many ways including,
for many of them, being raped repeatedly.
According to the Indictment, some women and girls were taken out
of the larger detention centres to privately owned apartments, such
as ulica Osmana Djikica 16, Karaman’s house, or the house
in Trnovace. They were forced to cook, clean and serve the residents,
who were Serb soldiers. These women and girls were also subjected
to repeated sexual assaults.
Radovan Stankovic was a soldier in the Miljevina Battalion of the
Foca Tactical Brigade. The Miljevina Battalion was commanded by
Pero Elez during the times relevant to the Indictment.
Charges:
The Indictment charges Radovan Stankovic on the basis of
individual criminal responsibility (Article 7(1) of the Statute
of the Tribunal) with:
Four counts of crimes against humanity (Article 5 – enslavement;
rape) and
Four counts
of violations of the laws or customs of war (Article 3 –
rape; outrages upon personal dignity)
Trial Chamber I:
Judge Liu Daqun (Presiding), China
Judge Amin El Mahdi, Egypt
Judge Alphons Orie, Netherlands
Counsel for the Prosecution:
Mr. Jan Wubben
Counsel for the Defence:
Mr. Milenko Radovic
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