Judges confirm new Karadžić indictment

The Hague Tribunal has confirmed the prosecution’s application for changes to the indictment against Radovan Karadžić, requested in September 2008.

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Tuesday, 17.02.2009.

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The Hague Tribunal has confirmed the prosecution’s application for changes to the indictment against Radovan Karadzic, requested in September 2008. In the new indictment, Karadzic is accused of genocide, but in addition to war crimes in Srebrenica in 1995, he is also accused of war crimes throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1992. Judges confirm new Karadzic indictment The indictment does not include the earlier count of complicity in genocide and violation of the Geneva Convention. The prosecution has also limited the number of municipalities in Bosnia-Hercegovina covered by the indictment, from 41 to 27. The court did not, however, approve several smaller changes for a lack of relevant evidence, read a statement. The decision was signed by Judge Ian Bonomy (presiding). According to the statement, the court is “surprised and disappointed” with the fact that the prosecution took so long to change the indictment and extend Karadzic’s criminal responsibility, even if the initial version was confirmed in 1995 and altered in 2000. This risks protracting the trial even further. Karadzic is expected to give his reaction to the indictment on February 20. He submitted a written statement on the altered indictment on January 28, calling on the court to be mindful of the length and legality of the proceedings, and warning against a repeat of the mistakes in the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, who died in The Hague after spending five years in custody, before his trial had ended. Karadzic, as the former political leader of the Bosnian Serbs, is accused of genocide and other crimes against Bosniaks and other non-Serbs in Bosnia-Hercegovina from 1992-1995. He did not enter a plea to the charges in August 2008, which Judge Bonomy noted as a not-guilty plea. Radovan Karadzic (Beta, archive)

Judges confirm new Karadžić indictment

The indictment does not include the earlier count of complicity in genocide and violation of the Geneva Convention.

The prosecution has also limited the number of municipalities in Bosnia-Hercegovina covered by the indictment, from 41 to 27.

The court did not, however, approve several smaller changes for a lack of relevant evidence, read a statement.

The decision was signed by Judge Ian Bonomy (presiding). According to the statement, the court is “surprised and disappointed” with the fact that the prosecution took so long to change the indictment and extend Karadžić’s criminal responsibility, even if the initial version was confirmed in 1995 and altered in 2000.

This risks protracting the trial even further.

Karadžić is expected to give his reaction to the indictment on February 20.

He submitted a written statement on the altered indictment on January 28, calling on the court to be mindful of the length and legality of the proceedings, and warning against a repeat of the mistakes in the trial of Slobodan Milošević, who died in The Hague after spending five years in custody, before his trial had ended.

Karadžić, as the former political leader of the Bosnian Serbs, is accused of genocide and other crimes against Bosniaks and other non-Serbs in Bosnia-Hercegovina from 1992-1995.

He did not enter a plea to the charges in August 2008, which Judge Bonomy noted as a not-guilty plea.

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