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The Milošević Trial: Lessons for the Conduct of Complex International Criminal Proceedings. By Gideon Boas. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. xviii, 306. Index. $115, £60, cloth; $45, £23.99, paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Daryl A. Mundis
Daryl A. Mundis*
Affiliation:
Office of the Prosecutor International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 102 , Issue 3 , July 2008 , pp. 691 - 696
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The views expressed herein are those of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the ICTY or the United Nations.

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1 This figure refers only to the time spent by the prosecution for the direct and reexamination of prosecution witnesses and excludes the time devoted to cross-examination, questions from the bench, and procedural and evidentiary matters.

2 The rules are available on the ICTY’s Web site, <http://www.icty.org>.

3 Boas himself acknowledges that the terms of rule 73 bis are “inadequate and are not a good precedent for how such rules should be formulated” (p. 283). But that is not, in itself, the question I am addressing, for Boas does support the goal of rule 73 bis in significantly narrowing the scope of ICTY trials.

4 Under the ICTY’s current structure, indictments are confirmed by a single judge, and the defense may challenge the form of the indictment, but not the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the charges.

5 Again, the experience of the ICTY in this regard is instructive. Since not all of the perpetrators for a given crime are in custody and ready to resume trial at the same time, a significant number of crime bases have had to be repeatedly litigated—as in the case of Srebrenica and Prijedor.