ICTY / RADOVAN STANKOVIĆ

Radovan Stanković was recaptured over the weekend after nearly five years on the run, A former member of Serb paramilitary forces was indicted by the ICTY for crimes against humanity and war crimes, including rape committed in Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1992. FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:02
• Production Date: 23 January 2012
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA - ICTY
• Subject Topical: CRIMES; CRIMINAL JUSTICE
• Geographic Subject: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
• MAMS Id: U120123d

Description

STORY: ICTY / RADOVAN STANKOVIC
TRT: 1.02
SOURCE: ICTY
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 12 JULY 2002, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

Shotlist

12 JULY 2002, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

1. Wide shot, judge enters court room
2. Med shot, secretary of the court
3. Wide shot, Radovan Stankovic stands up and is guarded by UN guards, he then does the sign of the cross and sits down
4. Med shot, prosecutor
5. Med shot, Radovan Stankovic on his seat
6. Med shot, judge talking to Stankovic
7. Med shot, prosecutor
8. Med shot, judge talking to Stankovic
9. Med shot, Radovan Stankovic on his seat
10. Med shot, defence lawyer talking to judge
11. Med shot, judge talking to Stankovic
12. Med shot, judge

Storyline

The United Nations (UN) war crimes tribunal for the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s (ICTY) welcomed the arrest of Radovan Stankovic, a former member of a Serb paramilitary unit who faces multiple charges for crimes against humanity.

Stankovic was arrested over the weekend in Bosnia and Herzegovina, more than four years after he escaped from prison in May 2007.

Stankovic was first indicted by the ICTY, which is based in The Hague, in 1992. He was then transferred by the Tribunal to Bosnia and Herzegovina in September 2005, where he was convicted to 20 years in prison by the State Court for war crimes, including the rape and enslavement of Muslim women and girls. However, he escaped from prison in Foca two years after his sentencing.

Since then, the ICTY had repeatedly called for his arrest and emphasized the importance of apprehending him to make progress in bringing those responsible for war crimes in the region to justice.