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IT-04-74-T 607/78692 BIS UNITED D607- 494/78692 BIS NATIONS International Tribunal for the Case No.: IT-04-74-T Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Date : 29 May 2013 Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia ENGLISH since 1991 Original : French IN TRIAL CHAMBER III Before: Judge Jean-Claude Antonetti, Presiding Judge Árpád Prandler Judge Stefan Trechsel Reserve Judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua Registrar: Mr John Hocking Judgement of: 29 May 2013 THE PROSECUTOR v. Jadranko PRLIĆ Bruno STOJIĆ Slobodan PRALJAK Milivoj PETKOVIĆ Valentin ĆORIĆ Berislav PUŠIĆ PUBLIC JUDGEMENT Volume 5 of 6 The Office of the Prosecutor: Mr Kenneth Scott Mr Douglas Stringer Mr Roeland Bos Mr Pieter Kruger Ms Kimberly West Counsel for the Accused: Mr Michael Karnavas and Ms Suzana Tomanović for Jadranko Prlić Ms Senka Noţica and Mr Karim A. A. Khan for Bruno Stojić Ms Nika Pinter and Ms Natacha Fauveau-Ivanović for Slobodan Praljak Ms Vesna Alaburić and Mr Guénaël Mettraux for Milivoj Petković Ms Dijana Tomašegović-Tomić and Mr Draţen Plavec for Valentin Ćorić Mr Fahrudin Ibrišimović and Mr Roger Sahota for Berislav Pušić 606/78692 BIS Table of Contents ANNEX 1: GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................................. 1 ANNEX 2: PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND ........................................................................................... 20 I. Appointment of Judges and Competent Chambers ........................................................................................................20 II. Appointment of Counsel for the Accused ....................................................................................................................20 III. Pre-Trial Proceedings ..................................................................................................................................................24 A. Initial Indictment .....................................................................................................................................................24 B. Preliminary Motions Alleging Defects in the Form of the Indictment ....................................................................26 C. Preliminary Motions Challenging Jurisdiction ........................................................................................................28 D. Amended Indictment ...............................................................................................................................................30 E. Transfer and Initial Appearance ...............................................................................................................................31 F. Detention and Provisional Release ...........................................................................................................................32 G. Status Conferences ..................................................................................................................................................32 H. Filing of Pre-Trial Briefs .........................................................................................................................................32 I. Judicial Notice ..........................................................................................................................................................33 IV. On-Site Visit ...............................................................................................................................................................33 V. Trial Proceedings .........................................................................................................................................................34 A. Presentation of Prosecution and Defence Evidence ................................................................................................35 1. Presentation of the Prosecution Case ...................................................................................................................35 2. Presentation of the Defence Cases .......................................................................................................................37 B. Adoption of Guidelines for the Conduct of Trial Proceedings ................................................................................40 C. Duration and Scope of Cross-Examination and Re-Examination ............................................................................42 1. Duration of Cross-Examination ...........................................................................................................................42 2. Scope of Cross-Examination ...............................................................................................................................44 3. Scope of Re-Examination ....................................................................................................................................44 D. Judicial Notice .........................................................................................................................................................45 E. Request of the Republic of Croatia to Appear as Amicus Curiae ............................................................................45 F. Rule 98 bis Decision ................................................................................................................................................46 G. New Amended Indictment .......................................................................................................................................46 H. Replies .....................................................................................................................................................................47 I. Reopening of Cases ...................................................................................................................................................48 J. Request by the Prlić and Praljak Defence Teams for Disqualification of a Judge ....................................................49 K. Final Trial Briefs and Closing Arguments...............................................................................................................51 L. Provisional Releases ................................................................................................................................................52 1. List of Decisions on Requests for Provisional Release Rendered During Summer or Winter Judicial Recesses at the Tribunal ..........................................................................................................................................56 2. List of Decisions on Requests for Provisional Release Rendered During Periods of Adjournment ....................63 3. List of Decisions on Requests for Provisional Release Rendered Pending Delivery of Judgement Pursuant to Rule 65 (B) of the Rules as Amended on 28 October 2011 ..................................................................64 ANNEX 3: MAPS REGARDING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MOSTAR .............................................. 69 I. Important Locations in West Mostar .............................................................................................................................69 II. Mosques Destroyed or Significantly Damaged During the Siege of East Mostar ........................................................72 ANNEX 4: LIST OF WITNESSES .............................................................................................................. 74 SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE TRECHSEL: RECKLESSNESS, DOLUS EVENTUALIS, INDIRECT INTENT ................................................................................................................................... 107 DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE TRECHSEL: FORCED LABOUR PERFORMED BY NIHAD KOVAĈ, LEGAL FINDINGS REGARDING THE MUNICIPALITY OF JABLANICA (SOVIĆI AND DOLJANI) (COUNTS 15, 16 AND 17). ........................................................................... 112 Case No. IT-04-74-T i 29 May 2013 605/78692 BIS ANNEX 1: GLOSSARY Terms and Abbreviations Pertaining to the Trial Accused Ćorić Valentin Ćorić Accused Petković Milivoj Petković Accused Praljak Slobodan Praljak Accused Prlić Jadranko Prlić Accused Pušić Berislav Pušić Accused Stojić Bruno Stojić Appeals Chamber Appeals Chamber of the Tribunal Ćorić Defence Counsel for the Accused Ćorić Defence(s) Ćorić Defence, Petković Defence, Praljak Defence, Prlić Defence, Pušić Defence and Stojić Defence Indictment "Second Amended Indictment", public, 11 June 2008, superseding the "Indictment", public, 3 March 2004 and the "Amended Indictment”, public, 16 November 2005 Petković Defence Counsel for the Accused Petković Praljak Defence Counsel for the Accused Praljak Prlić Defence Counsel for the Accused Prlić Prosecution Office of the Prosecutor of the Tribunal Pušić Defence Counsel for the Accused Pušić Stojić Defence Counsel for the Accused Stojić The Accused Valentin Ćorić, Milivoj Petković, Slobodan Praljak, Jadranko Prlić, Berislav Pušić and Bruno Stojić Case No. IT-04-74-T 1 29 May 2013 604/78692 BIS Prosecution Pre-Trial Brief The Prosecutor v. Jadranko Prlić, Bruno Stojić, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petković, Valentin Ćorić and Berislav Pušić, Case No. IT-04-74-PT, "Prosecution Pre-Trial Brief", partly confidential, 19 January 2006, and "Prosecution Submission of Pre-Trial Brief with Exhibit Numbers", public, 2 June 2006