November 12, 2013 “Mrda: Decision issued by the President” ICTY News ICTY President Meron granted early release to Darko Mrđa, effective on 10 October this year. On 16 April 2002, Mrda was charged with (i) inhumane acts as crimes against humanity and (ii) murder as a violation of the laws or customs of war, based on his personal participation in a large-scale massacre of about 200 non-Serb civilian men from the Prijedor area in Bosnia-Herzegovina on 21 August 1992. On 13 June 2002, Mrda was arrested in Prijedor, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and on 14 June 2002, he was transferred to the United Nations Detention Unit (“UNDU”). I, Theodro Meron, President of the Intrnational Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territoy of the former Yugoslavia since 1991 (“Tribunal”), am seized of a note verbale from the Embassy of Spain to the Netherlands notifying me that Mr. Darko Mrda has been granted conditional release pursuant to Spanish law, pending approval of the Tribunal (Note Verbale”). I consider the Note Verbale pursuant to Article 28 of the Statute of the Tribunal (“Statute”), Rules 124 and 125 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Tribunal (“Rules”), and Paragraph 2 of the Practice Direction on the Procedure for the Determination of Applications for Pardon, Commutation of Sentence, and Early Release of Persons Convicted by the International tribunal (“Practice Direction”). scribd/doc/183528794/Mr%C4%91a-Decision-issued-by-the-President
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 04:33:00 +0000
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