Lawyers for war crimes generals file notice of appeal
Defense lawyer teams for former Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač have filed a notice of appeal with the Hague Tribunal, it has been reported.
Tuesday, 17.05.2011.
16:31
Defense lawyer teams for former Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac have filed a notice of appeal with the Hague Tribunal, it has been reported. The move comes in a bid to challenge the verdict convicting the two men to 24 and 18 years in prison respectively, for war crimes committed during and after a Croatia's 1995 Operation Storm, which targeted the country's Serb-populated Krajina region. Lawyers for war crimes generals file notice of appeal Citing unofficial sources, the Croatian media said the prosecution had not appealed the Hague ruling. The Hague Trial Chamber passed judgments on Gotovina and Markac on April 15, sentencing them to 24 and 16 years in prison respectively for their role in a joint criminal enterprise the purpose of which was to forcibly and permanently eradicate the Serb population from Krajina during and after Operation Storm, while general Ivan Cermak was acquitted of all responsibility and released. Under the Hague rules, an appeal against a judgment by the Trial Chamber may be filed within a period of 75 days after submitting a notice of appeal. After that the other party has a period of 40 days to respond to the announcement of appeal, after which both parties are given additional 15 days to respond to the respondent's brief. After the expiry of the set deadlines, the chief judge will determine the composition of the appellate panel, which will set a date for a hearing. (Beta, file)
Lawyers for war crimes generals file notice of appeal
Citing unofficial sources, the Croatian media said the prosecution had not appealed the Hague ruling.The Hague Trial Chamber passed judgments on Gotovina and Markač on April 15, sentencing them to 24 and 16 years in prison respectively for their role in a joint criminal enterprise the purpose of which was to forcibly and permanently eradicate the Serb population from Krajina during and after Operation Storm, while general Ivan Čermak was acquitted of all responsibility and released.
Under the Hague rules, an appeal against a judgment by the Trial Chamber may be filed within a period of 75 days after submitting a notice of appeal.
After that the other party has a period of 40 days to respond to the announcement of appeal, after which both parties are given additional 15 days to respond to the respondent's brief.
After the expiry of the set deadlines, the chief judge will determine the composition of the appellate panel, which will set a date for a hearing.
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