Mladic expert witness testifies on sniper attacks; Prosecution cross examines: On Monday, 2 November 2015 Mile Poparic testified in the defence case of Ratko Mladic as a ballistics expert. He reportedly stated that there were a number of wartime sniper attacks in Sarajevo which could not have come from the Bosnian Serb side. The defence lawyer asked the witness about a number of incidents in which civilians were shot and killed or injured, and Poparic denied in each instance that the Bosnian Serb Army intentionally targeted civilians. During cross-examination prosecutor Carolyn Edgerton said there were mistakes, inaccuracies and false allegations in Poparic’s testimony, and identified one instance in which Poparic placed the event 130 metres down the road from where the witness testified it was. (IWPR, Balkan Insight)
Netherlands urges SA not to withdraw from Rome Statute: Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte has reportedly urged South Africa not to withdraw from the ICC. Rutte’s comments come prior to a planned trade mission to the country. According to ENCA Rutte said that South Africa should discuss its problems with the ICC as part of the court rather than leaving it. He also said that despite the ANC’s decision to withdraw from the ICC he had no doubt South Africa was “still attached to the international legal order.” South Africa said it would withdraw from the ICC after SA faced international criticisms after Sudanese President Omar al Bashir was not arrested when he visited an AU summit in South Africa. (AFK Insider)
AU and African Court to begin dialogue on justice: The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the African Union (AU) will meet along with
over two hundred delegates from around the continent to discuss “Connecting National and International Justice.” President of the African Court, Justice Augustino Ramadhani states that “The Continental Judicial Dialogue offers an opportune occasion for productive knowledge sharing with the goal of establishing and enhancing linkages between the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, on the one hand, and the Regional and National Courts on the other hand.” The Judicial Dialogue is aimed at enhancing judicial administration and ensuring quality justice for Africans across the continent. The first Judicial Dialogue was held in November of 2013. (The Guardian, East African Business Week)
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