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Successful review of Sljivancanin case marks breakthrough in ICTY jurisprudence

By Kelly Mistick

Slobodan Zecevic [Of Counsel, The Ackerman Law Firm]: "The Sljivancanin Review Judgement delivered by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (hereinafter ICTY) Appeals Chamber on December 8, 2010 is a significant breakthrough in the ICTY jurisprudence. Indeed, it is the first time that a request for review of an ICTY judgement, under Rules 119 through 122 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence (hereinafter RPE), has been successful. Rules 119-122 of the RPE were adopted in 1994 and since then a request for review was filed in 13 different cases, but not a single one was granted. Section 8 of the RPE, Article 120, provides for a two-step

Full post as published by JURIST - Hotline on December 27, 2010 (boomark / email).