Measures must be put in place to ensure that all accused are brought to justice, even after the Tribunal's mandate has expired.

2nd 772 (1986)), reviewed the trial judge's evidentiary hearing and reaffirmed the denial of a new trial

Since the first trial started in January 1997, the ICTR has handed down nineteen judgements involving twenty five accused.

The report also addresses three very topical issues the right to a fair trial in the context of the fight against terrorism, the activities of the International Criminal Court and the establishment of the Iraqi Special Tribunal.

The second hurdle stems from the fact that Cambodia's tribunal will be the first internationalized court in which domestic judges form a majority.

It is crucial that the message and legacy of the Tribunal not be lost by a closing of its doors without all remaining fugitives being tried.

Since the establishment of the Tribunal in 1994, my Government has strongly advocated for the transfer of some cases for trial in Rwanda.

It is important for the struggle against impunity that all the indictees be prosecuted, whether at the ICTR or elsewhere.

Before the Superior Court, they stated that they would prefer to introduce such new evidence before him, rather than at a new trial.

Thus, from the inception of the Tribunal to 25 May 2005, in 20 trials, a total of 36 persons have been convicted and 3 persons acquitted.

Prosecuting that decision would have inflamed suspicions of an anti Serbian plot choosing not to prosecute would have incited countervailing charges that the Tribunal was not fulfilling its mandate.

The ICC is meant to ensure that the perpetrators of such crimes as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity will be tried either in their national jurisdictions or through the ICC.

4.5 The State party concludes that the author was afforded a fair trial before the Trial Court.

She said that the availability of proceedings before ICC would provide incentives to States to prosecute their own soldiers.

The Special Court is playing a vital role in bringing to justice those who bear the greatest responsibility for crimes committed during the conflict in Sierra Leone.

This is, after all, the court s first test of fairness before the trials of Duch and four of Pol Pot s other henchmen begin next year.

As the Special Court for Sierra Leone approaches its fourth year of operation, all nine accused persons who are in custody in Freetown are currently on trial.

While referring cases to the region, the Tribunal has been careful to ensure that a fair trial will be accorded to those defendants transferred and has placed an obligation upon the Prosecutor to provide regular reports to the Tribunal on the progress of the referred cases.

Having accepted the jurisdiction of a court in this manner, that State would no doubt want to be certain of access to that court for trial of persons alleged to have committed offences of that kind.

There is no underplaying the significance of the court s unanimous decision to convict the first Philippine president ever to undergo a criminal trial.

Ahmad Jihani, Libya s representative to the International Criminal Court, recently told me that, we as Libyans cannot begin Saif s trial.

In conclusion, allow me to emphasize once again that it is crucial that the Tribunal not close its doors until all remaining fugitives are tried.

6.2 The State party emphasizes that the Superior Court invited counsel for the corporation to add to his evidence if he wished to do so in the context of a new trial.

The competent criminal court began trying the defendants in the terrorism cases and bombings which had occurred in various parts of Yemen.

71. Paragraphs 528 to 545 of the report usefully explore the issues relating to assistance from States in support of the prosecution of alleged offenders before an international court.

The courtroom where the new trial against Khodorkovsky and Lebedev is taking place is slightly larger than a spacious classroom. And it is full of heavily armed guards.

Has jurisdiction to try the President for treason and members of the cabinet for crimes and misdemeanours committed in the exercise of their duties.

But when two of them, with nothing to lose, defended themselves in court, the result was the longest libel trial in British legal history and a public relations disaster for the corporate giant.

Under Rule 11bis, the ICTY remains able to revoke the transfer of a case, should it assess that a fair trial is not being conducted.

And on January 26, the ICC will begin its first trial that of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, a former Congolese warlord.

Activist and artist Atena Farghadani is scheduled to stand trial on Tuesday, May 19 for a cartoon that criticized the Iranian government.

Regarding Zupljanin, my plan is to have a joint trial with an accused, Mico Stanisic, who has already appeared before the ICTY.

With respect to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, we hope that, in the course of next year, the trials of the 17 accused awaiting trial will begin, whether those trials take place at the Tribunal itself or under national jurisdictions in accordance with the criteria set by the Prosecutor for the referral of cases to national courts.

African Misrule on Trial

the right to a public and expeditious trial

The Seromba trial commenced on 20 September 2004. The Muvenyi trial started on 28 February 2005.

Secondly, the Tribunal has forged ahead with the joinder of cases into single trials of multiple accused as a measure for saving the time it would take to try each case individually.

The Committee cannot accept this argument since the author's being tried by the Supreme Court did not depend on his wishes but was established by the criminal procedure of the State party.

The Draghi Put on Trial

A President in the Dock

Also, the importance of trying Taylor and Johnny Paul Koroma before the Special Court cannot be overemphasized because of the strong impact that this would have on the perception that the people of Sierra Leone and of Africa have of the Special Court and of similar institutions, and on the Court's contribution to combating the culture of impunity.

2.7 On 24 February 1997 the author instituted amparo proceedings in the Constitutional Court, claiming that her right to an adversary procedure and her right to a defence had been breached.

Thanks to the full use of the nine ad litem judges working with the nine permanent judges, as well as a fourth courtroom funded by the Governments of Norway and the United Kingdom, the output has continued to increase.

It is of the utmost importance to the people of northern Uganda, as well as to the healing of the whole nation, that the leadership of the LRA be tried by the ICC.

The struggle against international terrorism will be further enhanced if the most serious crimes committed by terrorists are tried before the International Criminal Court and prosecuted under its Statute (provided that the relevant national court cannot or will not prosecute).