Hague tribunal appoints new judge to Karadzic
case
RIA Novosti - November 20, 2008
MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - German judge Christoph Flieger will hear the
case of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic at the Hague tribunal,
replacing new court president Patrick Robinson, Serbian B92 radio reported on
Thursday.
Robinson was appointed president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the
Former Yugoslavia on Monday, and court regulations preclude its head from trying
cases.
Karadzic, 63, was arrested in late July in Belgrade after more than a decade on
the run. He faces 11 charges, including genocide and war crimes. He refused to
enter a plea of guilty or not guilty in August, and has said he will not get a
fair trial.
British judge Iain Bonomy is presiding over the hearings, and the third judge in
the case is Michelle Picard of France.
The panel is due to decide soon whether to proceed with the indictment against
Karadzic filed by the prosecution in late September, B92 reported.
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