Today, the ICTY Appeals Chamber rendered its judgment in the case (No. IT-96-23/2) against former Bosnian Serb soldier and military policeman Dragan Zelenović. Earlier this year Zelenović pleaded guilty to charges of crimes against humanity, including torture (three counts) and rape (four counts) of Bosnian Muslim women and girls from the Foča municipality in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. On April 4, 2007, the Trial Chamber sentenced him to fifteen years imprisonment, and it was that sentence that was the subject of today's judgment. The Appeals Chamber ruled that the Trial Chamber properly assessed any mitigating circumstances and that the Trial Chamber need not have taken account of the Stanković Appeal Judgment of the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was made public subsequent to the Trial Chamber's decision in this case. A summary of the judgment is here; a press release is here; the judgment itself is not yet available.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
ICTY: Appeals Chamber Judgment in Case Against Zelenović
Today, the ICTY Appeals Chamber rendered its judgment in the case (No. IT-96-23/2) against former Bosnian Serb soldier and military policeman Dragan Zelenović. Earlier this year Zelenović pleaded guilty to charges of crimes against humanity, including torture (three counts) and rape (four counts) of Bosnian Muslim women and girls from the Foča municipality in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. On April 4, 2007, the Trial Chamber sentenced him to fifteen years imprisonment, and it was that sentence that was the subject of today's judgment. The Appeals Chamber ruled that the Trial Chamber properly assessed any mitigating circumstances and that the Trial Chamber need not have taken account of the Stanković Appeal Judgment of the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was made public subsequent to the Trial Chamber's decision in this case. A summary of the judgment is here; a press release is here; the judgment itself is not yet available.
