Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 July 1996 in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugos

INTERNATIONAL COURTOFJUSTICE

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No. 2002/28
25 October 2002

Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 July 1996 in the Case concerning Application

of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and
Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia), Preliminary Objections (Yugoslavia v. Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Schedule of public hearings to be held from 4 to 7 November 2002

THE HAGUE, 25 October 2002. The schedule of the public hearings to be held by the
International Court of Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, in the case
conceming Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 July 1996 in the Case conceming
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
(Bosnia and Herzegovinay,_Yugoslavia), Preliminary Objections (Yugoslavia v. Bosnia and
Herzegovina) from Monday 4 to Thursday 7 November002, is as follows:

First round of pleadings

Monday 4 November: Yugoslavia (from 10a.m. to 1p.m.)
Tuesday 5 November: Bosnia and Herzegovina (from0a.m. to 1p.m.)

Second round of pleadings

Wednesday 6 November: Yugoslavia (from10a.m. to noon)
Thursday 7 November: Bosnia and Herzegovina (from 10a.m. to noon)

History of the proceedings

To obtain the historythe proceedings, please read press release 2002/25 on the website of

the Court (www.icj-cij.org). Click on "Docket" and then on the hyperlink of the case conceming
Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11July 1996 in the Case conceming Application of
the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and
Herzegovina y,_Yugoslavia), Preliminary Objections (Yugoslavia v. Bosnia and Herzegovina).

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NOTE TO THE PRESS

1. The public hearings will be held in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace in

The Hague, Netherlands. Mobile telephones and beepers are allowed in the courtroom provided
they are turned off or set on silent mode. Any offending deviee will be temporarily retained. -2-

2. Members of the Press may attend on presentation of a press card. The tables reserved for
them are situated to the far left of the public entrance to the courtroom.

3. Photographs and TV shots may be taken for a few minutes at the opening of each sitting.
The Court'sproceedings will be displayed live on a large TV screen in the Press Room, located on the
ground floor of the Peace Palace (Room 5). In the Press Room, it will be possible for TV crews to

connect recording equipment directly to the Court's new video system, but advance notice of this
should be given to the Information Department. There is also a facility for the connection of
sound-only equipment to the Court's audio system during the proceedings.

4. Telephone calls may be made from the phone located in the Press Room (collect calls only)
or from the public payphones in the Post Office in the basement of the Peace Palace.

5. Verbatim records of the hearings will be published daily on the Court's website
(www.icj-cij.org), with translations to follow as soon as practicable thereafter.

6. Mr. Arthur Witteveen, First Secretary of the Court (tel: +31-70-302 2336), as weil as

Mrs. Laurence Blairon and Mr. Boris Heim, Information Officers, are available to deal with any
requests from the Press (tel:+31-70-302 2337; e-mail address: [email protected]).