ICTY / STANISIC ZUPLJANIN APPEAL

The International Criminal Tribunal from the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) dismissed appeals submitted by two former Bosnian Serb officials to have their sentences reversed on grounds that their right to a fair trial was violated. ICTY

• Video Length: 00:01:31
• Production Date: 30 June 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA - ICTY
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS; WAR CRIMES
• Geographic Subject: SERBIA
• MAMS Id: 1661425
• Parent Id: 1661425
• Alternate Title: unifeed160630h

Description

STORY: ICTY / STANISIC ZUPLJANIN APPEAL
TRT: 1:31
SOURCE: ICTY
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 30 JUNE 2016, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

Shotlist

30 JUNE 2016, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

1. Various shots, judges enter courtroom
2. Various shots, people in courtroom
3. Wide shot Stanisic and Zupljanin
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Carmel Agius, President, International Criminal Tribunal from the former Yugoslavia (ICTY):
“The appeals chamber pursuant to article 25 of the statute and rules 117 and 118 of the rules of evidence and procedure, noting the respective written submissions of the parties and the arguments the presented at the appeal hearing on the 16th December 2015, sitting in open session, dismisses Mico Stanisic’s appeal in its entirety, dismisses Stojan Zupljanin’s appeal in its entirety.”
5. Med shot, Stanisic
6. Med shot, Zupljanin
7. Med shot, judge Agius
8. Med shot, Stanisic
9. Med shot, judge Agius
10. Med shot, Zupljanin crossing himself
11. Med shot, judge Agius

Storyline

The International Criminal Tribunal from the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) dismissed appeals submitted by two former Bosnian Serb officials to have their sentences reversed on grounds that their right to a fair trial was violated.

Mico Stanisic and Stojan Zupljanin were sentenced to 22 years each in 2013, after they were convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992.

Their appeal was based on the participation of Judge Frederik Harhoff in the sentencing. The defence claimed that Harhoff was “on a mission to convict” the two. The court concluded that the appellants “have failed to demonstrate that a reasonable observer, properly informed of all the relevant circumstances, would reasonably apprehend bias on the part of Judge Harhoff in this case”.

Despite granting the prosecution’s second ground of appeal, ICTY’s Appeals Chamber declined to enter new convictions against Stanisic and Zupljanin. The prosecution had argued that the trial chamber failed to enter convictions for the crimes of murder, torture, deportation, and forcible transfer as crimes against humanity.

Stanisic and Zupljanin will remain in the he custody of the tribunal pending the finalisation of arrangements for their transfer to the state where the remainder of their sentence will be served.