28 Jun 2012

ICTY / KARADZIC

The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today (28 June) dismissed Radovan Karadzic’s motion for acquittal on ten counts of genocide but granted acquittal for one count. Karadzic is charged with crimes against humanity and violations of the laws of war committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. UNTV

Posted at: June 28, 2012 3:52 pm

Duration: 01:32

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STORY: ICTY/ KARADŽIĆ
TRT: 1.32
SOURCE: ICTY 
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS

DATELINE: 28 JUNE 2012, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

SHOTLIST:

1. Wide shot, judges enter the chamber
2. Wide shot, Radovan Karadžić standing up
3. Wide shot, judges sit down
4. Med shot, Karadžić
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Oh-Gon Kwon, Presiding Judge for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY):
"On the 11th of June 2012 the accused moved for a judgment of acquittal on each of the 11 counts in the indictment. The prosecution responded on the 11th of June 2012 opposing the motion."
6. Med shot, Prosecutor
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Oh-Gon Kwon, Presiding Judge for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY):
"The trial chamber shall by oral decision and after hearing the oral submission of the parties, enter a judgment of acquittal on any count if there is no evidence capable of supporting a conviction."
8. Med shot, Karadžić
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Oh-Gon Kwon, Presiding Judge for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY):
"As discussed earlier, the chamber has heard evidence indicating that genocidal acts took place in the Srebrenica in the summer of 1995 and that they were committed with the requisite specific intent for genocide. In light of all the evidence presented the chamber is of the view that the accused genocidal intent may be inferred from the evidence received on the systematic nature and scale of the crimes committed in Srebrenica."
10. Med shot, Karadžić
11. Wide shot, judges leave the chamber

STORYLINE:

The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today (28 June) dismissed Radovan Karadžić's oral motion for a judgment of acquittal on ten counts of the indictment but granted his motion in relation to one count of the indictment in which he was charged with genocide for the crimes committed between March and December 1992 in several municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 
The Prosecution charges Karadžić, former President of Republika Srpska, head of the Serb Democratic Party and Supreme Commander of the Bosnian Serb Army, with 11 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995.

The Chamber noted that although it has heard evidence of culpable acts systematically directed against Bosnian Muslims and/or Bosnian Croats in the Municipalities, and of the repetition of discriminatory acts and derogatory language, the nature, scale, and context of these culpable acts do not reach the level from which a reasonable trier of fact could infer that they were committed with genocidal intent.

The Chamber dismissed the accused's request for a judgment of acquittal on the remaining ten Counts in the Indictment.

Karadžić was indicted on 25 July 1995 and was transferred into the Tribunal's custody on 30 July 2008 after more than 13 years spent evading arrest. The trial began on 26 October 2009. The Defence case is scheduled to open on 16 October 2012.

Since its establishment, the Tribunal has indicted 161 persons for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 2001. Proceedings against 126 have been concluded. Proceedings are currently ongoing for 35 Accused.