After a three-week summer recess, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague will resume its work on Tuesday with testimonies of witnesses at the trial against the wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, indicted for genocide, and at the trial of Serbia's former intelligence official Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, indicted for war crimes in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On Thursday, a partial re-trial of former commanders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) -- Ramush Haradinaj, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj -- is scheduled after the Hague tribunal's appeals chamber partially quashed the acquittals of Haradinaj and Balaj. The trial chamber sentenced Brahimaj to six years of imprisonment.
As for Ratko Mladic, indicted for genocide in Srebrenica and other Bosnian areas, a status conference is set for 25 August to consider a timetable for the trial of this wartime Bosnian Serb military leader, who was captured in Serbia in late May after being on the run for years.
As for Goran Hadzic, Croatian Serb rebel leader who was the last remaining fugitive apprehended also in Serbia on 20 July, a date for a new hearing has not yet been set. On 25 July, during his initial appearance before the tribunal, Hadzic exercised his right not to enter a plea so the UN war crimes tribunal is expected schedule a new hearing. In the meantime, Hadzic, charged according to his individual as well as command responsibility with crimes against humanity, has asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to pay for his defence and approve his request for a counsel of his own choosing.
The Tribunal indicted a total of 161 persons and proceedings have been concluded against 126 persons. Proceedings are ongoing for 35 accused, the UN court reports on its web site.
