The following month will be of exceptional significance for the International Tribunal because two first-instance verdicts will be imposed – one in the procedure against Radovan Karadžić and the other in the procedure against Vojislav Šešelj.
This was stated by the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Carmel Agius at yesterday’s seminar on the work of the International Tribunal in Hague.
In front of more than 90 diplomats, Agius said that the work on other cases is being conducted at a pace which enables their timely completion.
Speaking of his priorities and plans for the coming two years, Agius highlighted that the first and the most important is meeting the deadline for the closing of the International Tribunal until the end of 2017.
Following this, Agius mentioned ensuring the efficiency of the procedures without compromising the fairness and quality of judicial proceedings and the consolidation of the image of the International Tribunal and the influence of its work.
What Agius pointed out to be of crucial importance in the remaining two years is the continuation of International Tribunal’s commitment to the strengthening of peace and security at the territory of the former Yugoslavia, termination of impunity for perpetrators of international crimes, and prevention of the same crimes in the region.
Agiius concluded that the Court conduction until its closing in 2017 must be executed in an efficient, professional and exemplary way.
(Source: klix.ba)
