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STORY: UN / KARADZIC
SOURCE: UNTV/ ICTY
TRT: 1.54
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 12 OCTOBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE
FILE – ICTY - 31 JULY 2008, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
1. Various shots, preliminary hearing
12 OCTOBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY
2. SOUNDBITE (English) John Hocking, Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY):
“It’s been quite quick in working through the pre-trial phase of the trial, and it is now ready to go.”
FILE – ICTY - 31 JULY 2008, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
3. Various shots, preliminary hearing
12 OCTOBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY
4. SOUNDBITE (English) John Hocking, Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY):
“The tribunal has indicted 161 persons; we now have only two fugitives at large – that’s Mr. Mladić and Mr. Hadžić. We completed our trials against 121 of those a ccused and the last trial will start in December the Tolimir case, will be the last trial that we start. We are running six trials everyday, involving some twenty accused, including Mr. Karadžic.”
FILE – ICTY - 31 JULY 2008, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
5. Various shots, preliminary hearing
12 OCTOBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY
6. SOUNDBITE (English) John Hocking, Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY):
“I am confident and very hopeful that Mr. Mladić and Mr. Hadžić will be arrested prior to the clos ing of the tribunal. I think it’s very important for the legacy of the tribunal and as recognition of the work that it’s done to date that those two fugitives be handed over to the tribunal. What will happen when the tribunal finishes its work is that we will establish a residual mechanism.”
FILE – ICTY - 31 JULY 2008, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
7. Various shots, preliminary hearing
The genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžic before the United Nations war crimes tribunal for crimes committed during the 1990s Balkan conflicts is set to begin on Monday, 26 October 2009.
The Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), John Hocking told UNifeed that the time frame of the pre-trial phase since Karadžic arrived in The Hague last summer has been “quite quick” and the trial “is now ready to go”.
Karadžić, former President of Republika Srpska, head of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) and Supreme Commander of the Bosnian Serb Army (VRS), is one of the highest ranking officials to be indicted by the Tribunal.
He is charged with two counts of genocid e and a multitude of other crimes committed against Bosnian Muslim, Bosnian Croat and other non-Serb civilians in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992-1995 war. His initial indictment was confirmed on 25 July 1995 and was arrested on 21 July 2008 in Serbia and transferred to the Tribunal, after more than 13 years on the run.
Hocking gave a detailed accounting of the workings of the tribunal and said that it has indicted 161 persons and has completed trials against 121 of those accused, “running six trials everyday”.
The last of the scheduled trials, the Tolimir case, is set to start in December. Zdravko Tolimir is charged with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war.
Two fugitives, Go ran Hadžić and Ratko Mladić , remain at large.
Hocking expressed confidence and hope “that Mr. Mladić and Mr. Hadžić wil l be arrested prior to the closing of the tribunal” and said that it will be “very important for the legacy of the tribunal and as recognition of the work that it’s done to date” that they are handed over.
He added that the tribunal will establish “a residual mechanism” in case they are apprehended at a later date.
Hadžić, former President of the Republic of Srpska Krajina (RSK) faces charges in relation to the persecutions of Croat and other non-Serb civilian population based on political, racial or religious grounds.
Mladić, Commander of the Bosnian Serb Army (VRS) on 12 May 1992 is indicted for genocide and complicity in genocide .
There have been reports that Karadzic is refusing to attend the opening of the trial which might cause further delays.
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