14 Oct 2009

UN / KARADZIC

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who is accused of waging genocide against Bosnia’s Muslim population in the early 1990s, will go on trial this month, after a war crimes court ruled against two appeals. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Tribunal Registrar John Hocking comments on the upcoming trial. UNTV / FILE

Posted at: October 14, 2009 6:41 pm

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STORY:  UN / KARADZIC
SOURCE: UNTV
TRT: 1.24
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS

DATELINE: 12 OCTOBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE

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FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1.	Wide shot, exterior UN building

12 OCTOBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY

2.	Wide shot, Hocking
3.	SOUNDBITE (English) John Hocking, Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY):
"Mr. Karadžic is representing himself. He chose to represent himself, he has the right to do this, under the statute of the ICTY but he has a large team of legal advisers supporting him and we at the tribunal are doing all that we can to facilitate his right to represent himself."
4.	Close up, hands
5.	SOUNDBITE (English) John Hocking, Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY):
"One of the key aspects of our trials is that they are both fair and expeditious. Now, a fair trial and an expeditious trial means that it needs to move as smoothly and as quickly as possible. A trial that drags on for many, many years is not in the best interest of the accused."

MARCH 1993, UNITED NATIONS HEADQUATERS, NEW YORK CITY

6.	Various shots, Radovan Karadžic briefing journalists during a press conference at United Nations headquarters

STORYLINE:

The genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžic before the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the 1990s Balkan conflicts will start on 26 October at the latest, after his appeal for immunity was turned down.

Karadžic was appealing the rejection in July by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of his claim to immunity from prosecution due to an agreement he says he struck in 1996 with US officials led by Richard Holbrooke.

The Registrar of the ICTY, John Hocking told UNifeed that Karadžic, who "has a large team of legal advisers" is representing himself and the tribunal is doing all it can to "facilitate his right" to do so.

The ICTY's appeals chamber said on Monday that Karadžic may present during the course of his trial evidence supporting his allegations, which could be considered for the purpose of sentencing.

Hocking said that one of the key aspects of ICTY trials is that they are both "fair and expeditious" as "a trial that drags on for many, many years is not in the best interest of the accused."

After more than a decade as a fugitive, Karadžic – who served as the president of Republika Srpska and commander of Bosnian Serb forces during part of the 1990s – was arrested a year ago and transferred to The Hague to stand trial on charges of genocide, complicity in genocide, extermination, murder, willful killing, persecutions, deportations, inhumane acts and other crimes.

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