a few seconds agoSpecial Court: If the charges are rejected, we may not show
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)It's been six months since the Special Chambers Speaker has appointed the Procedure Procedure Judge to deal with the first acts that were filed by the Special Prosecutor. Despite the fact that the legal deadline has passed, however, within which an indictment must be confirmed or rejected by [...]
Despite the fact that the legal deadline has passed within which an indictment must be confirmed or rejected, however, by the Special Court there is no announcement of what happened to the first acts that have surrendered.
That's because based on the Law on Specialised Chambers and Procedure Rules, it's up to the Pre-Procedure Procedure Judge to decide whether he makes a confirmed indictment public or if he decides to keep that record even after six months for security reasons or in order to avoid the proceedings.
Also based on the Law for Specialised Chambers, any decision to reject charges of an indictment is not required to become public.
One of these confirmed by Deputy Special Chambers spokesman Michael Doyle.
The Law on Specialised Chambers of Kosovo and Adjusting for Procedure and Evidence does not require any decision to drop the charges in an indictment” to be made public, Doyle said.
Doyle, among other things, has said that no indictment has been made public so far and until an indictment is uncovered she remains confidential along with procedures that concern her examination.
So, I'm not able to tell you if an indictment was confirmed, nor can I say exactly when this could happen”, he said.
But despite spaces allowing the record of a confirmed indictment after six months, a confirmed indictment is made public no later than the accused's initial appearance before the Court.
The first charges were handed over in February, when even the Specialised Chambers have announced the appointment of the Prosecution Judge on 24 February.
