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IT-03-69-T 47813 D47813 - D47506 11 February 2013 MB UNITED NATIONS ___________________________________________________________________________ International Tribunal for the Case No. IT-03-69-T Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of Date: 11 February 2013 International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Original: English Former Yugoslavia since 1991 ___________________________________________________________________________ IN TRIAL CHAMBER I Before: Judge Alphons Orie, Presiding Judge Michèle Picard Judge Elizabeth Gwaunza Registrar: Mr. John Hocking THE PROSECUTOR -V- JOVICA STANIŠIĆ and FRANKO SIMATOVIĆ PUBLIC REDACTED VERSION ___________________________________________________________________________ STANIŠIĆ DEFENCE FINAL TRIAL BRIEF ___________________________________________________________________________ The Office of the Prosecutor Defence Counsel for Mr. Stanišić Mr. Dermot Groome Mr. Wayne Jordash Mr. Scott Martin Defence Counsel for Mr. Simatović Mr. Mihajlo Bakrač Mr. Vladimir Petrović 47812 PART I - INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 17 I. COLLAPSE OF THE PREMISE OF THE PROSECUTION CASE ...................................... 19 II. APPLICABLE LAW ................................................................................................................... 21 A. JOINT CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE: ALLEGED TOOLS OF THE JCE ................................................... 21 B. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE ..................................................................................................... 21 C. MATERIAL INCONSISTENCIES IN TESTIMONY ............................................................................ 22 D. ACCOMPLICE EVIDENCE ............................................................................................................ 22 SECTION I. THE ALLEGED CORE 28 ........................................................................................... 23 I. THE PROSECUTION HAS FAILED TO PROVE THE CORE OF ITS CASE REGARDING THE “28 ELITE TRAINERS” FOR 26 CAMPS .................................................... 23 A. PRELIMINARY MATTERS: INCONSISTENT ALLEGATIONS AND EVIDENCE ................................. 23 B. THE EVIDENCE OF THE ALLEGED “28 ELITE TRAINERS” ........................................................... 24 1. 16 of the “Group of 28” were Dead or had No Affiliation with the Accused or the Serbian DB after early March 1992 ............................................................................................................ 25 a. Milan Andić ........................................................................................................................................................ 25 b. Božo Božić and Rade Božić ............................................................................................................................... 25 c. [REDACTED] .................................................................................................................................................... 26 d. Boro Kovačević .................................................................................................................................................. 26 e. [REDACTED] .................................................................................................................................................... 26 f. Fnu Lnu aka “Komarać” ..................................................................................................................................... 26 g. Fnu Goran ........................................................................................................................................................... 27 h. Saša Medaković ................................................................................................................................................. 27 i. [REDACTED] ..................................................................................................................................................... 27 j. Dusan Orlović ..................................................................................................................................................... 27 k. Nikola Filipović (aka Pilipović) ......................................................................................................................... 28 l. Radomir Rašković ............................................................................................................................................... 28 m. Goran Starčević ................................................................................................................................................. 29 n. Borjan Vučković ................................................................................................................................................ 29 o. Ilija Vučković ..................................................................................................................................................... 30 2. There is an Absence of Any Evidence to Link Stanišić and Four of the “28 Elite Trainers” Until they Joined the JATD in the Summer 1993 or Later ............................................................ 31 a. Dragan Filipović ................................................................................................................................................. 31 b. Nikola Pupovac .................................................................................................................................................. 32 c. Zoran Rajić ......................................................................................................................................................... 33 d. Davor Subotić .................................................................................................................................................... 35 C. THERE WERE NOT 26 TRAINING CAMPS CREATED BY THE 28 ELITE TRAINERS ...................... 36 II. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 37 Case No. IT-03-69-T 2 Public Redacted Version 47811 A. NOTICE VIOLATION – ATTEMPTS TO BUILD A NEW CASE ........................................................ 38 SECTION II. DEBUNKING THE MYTHOLOGY THAT THE DB WAS A WAR MACHINE 41 I. STANIŠIĆ’S ROLE IN THE DB ................................................................................................. 41 A. STANIŠIĆ WAS AN APOLITICAL PROFESSIONAL ......................................................................... 41 B. STANIŠIĆ’S RESPECT FOR THE RULES ........................................................................................ 42 C. STANIŠIĆ’S FOCUS ON THE DB PROTECTING ETHNIC MINORITIES ........................................... 42 II. THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF THE DB ............... 42 A. THE MANDATE OF THE DB ........................................................................................................ 42 B. BUILT TO FIGHT EXTREMISM, NOT WAR ................................................................................... 43 1. The DB’s Focus on Fighting Extremism is Probative of Stanišić’s Lack of Criminal Intent 44 III. THE PROSECUTION’S TREATMENT OF THE DB AS A MILITARY ORGANISATION IS MISCONCEIVED ........................................................................................... 45 A. THE DB DID NOT POSSESS A MILITARY STRUCTURE WITH A RIGID CHAIN OF COMMAND ..... 46 a. No Available Military Sanctions ........................................................................................................................ 46 B. THERE WAS NO EFFECTIVE PUNISHMENT FOR NOT REPORTING THROUGH THE HIERARCHY .. 47 C. A CRITICAL DIFFERENCE: MILITARY RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT WAR CRIMES TO THEIR COMMANDERS .................................................................................................................................... 47 D. THERE WAS NO EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF REPORTING FROM THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION ... 48 1. Actions against Paramilitaries ............................................................................................... 48 2. Actions Against Suspected War Criminals and Government Officials .................................. 50 b. The DB’s Limited Resources Impaired its Investigations ................................................................................. 50 E. THE DB LACKED MILITARY RESOURCES ................................................................................... 51 1. Basic Facts Concerning the DB’s Material Resources .......................................................... 51 IV. SALIENT SPECIALISED ASPECTS OF THE DB ................................................................ 52 A. THE CREATION OF THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION: A CREATURE OF ITS TIME ....................... 52 1. The Late Introduction of Intelligence Component .................................................................. 52 2. De Jure Aspects of the Second Administration ....................................................................... 52 a. The Role of Tepavčević and the Second Administration ................................................................................... 53 3. Control of the Financing and Supply of the DB ..................................................................... 54 B. THE EIGHTH