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The Trial Chamber consists of presiding judge O gon Kwon from South Korea, members Howard Morisson from Great Britain and Melvill Baird from Trinidad. Flavia Lattanzzi from Italy is a reserve judge.
Visits to locations, where crimes described in indictments were committed, are common in the Tribunal’s practice, but they are not mandatory.
Representatives of the Prosecution and Karadzic’s Defence are visiting Srebrenica along with the judges.
Karadzic is charged with genocide against more than 7,000 Muslim men from Srebrenica, who were shot by the forces under his command after having occupied the United Nations, UN protected enclave on July 11, 1995.
In addition, the indictment alleges that the former RS President is charged with the persecution of Muslims and Croats throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, terrorizing the local population in Sarajevo by long-lasting artillery and sniping attacks and taking UN’s “blue helmets” hostages in the period from 1992 to 1995.
The trial began in late October 2009. Prosecutors completed the presentation of evidence against Karadzic in late May this year.
Karadzic, who is representing himself at this trial, is due to begin presenting Defence’s evidence on October 16.
