22 May 2009 The Trial Chamber, sitting at the trial of Milorad Trbic, sets the dates for presentation of closing arguments by the State Prosecution and Defence.
At the tenth status conference held as a part of the trial of Milorad Trbic, who is charged with genocide committed in Srebrenica in July 1995, the Trial Chamber decided that the State Prosecution will present its closing arguments on June 12, while the Defence will do the same ten days later, on June 22.
At the hearing on June 12, closing arguments will be presented by the Prosecution and seven attorneys representing associations of victims who have filed legal property claims against indictee Trbic.
The trial of Trbic began in November 2007. In January this year, the Prosecution called on the injured parties to file legal property claims.
Milorad Trbic is charged, as Assistant Commander for Security with the Zvornik Brigade of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, with having participated in the execution of more than 7,000 Bosniaks in Srebrenica in July 1995.
At this hearing the Court ruled that the injured parties should file their legal property claims in the form of a civil suit, "irrespective of the final outcome of this trial".
"This Court will really not be able to discuss those claims, considering the fact that there are so many of them and the trial would be delayed for too long," Trial Chamber Chairman Davorin Jukic said.
Prosecutor Kwai Hong Ip said that the Prosecution had forwarded to the Court 888 legal property claims filed by the injured parties, adding that, after having discussed the issue with them, he had determined that "they do not object to being referred to a civil suit".
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