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Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2005/27
21 December 2005
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
(Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)
Schedule of public hearings to be held from 27 February to 9 May 2006
THE HAGUE, 21 December 2005. As announced previously, the International Court of
Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will hold public hearings in the case
concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro), starting on Monday
27 February2006, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, seat of the Court.
The hearings will continue until Tuesday 9 May 2006. The morning sittings will be held
from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. and the afternoon sessions from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m..
The schedule for the hearings is as follows:
First round of oral argument
Monday 27 February mornmg Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tuesday 28 February morning and afternoon Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wednesday 1 March mormng Bosnia and Herzegovina
Thursday 2 March morning and afternoon Bosnia and Herzegovina
Friday 3 March mornmg Bosnia and Herzegovina
Monday 6 March morning and afternoon Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tuesday 7 March mornmg Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wednesday 8 March mormng Serbia and Montenegro
Thursday 9 March morning and afternoon Serbia and Montenegro
Friday 10 March mornmg Serbia and Montenegro
Monday 13 March morning and afternoon Serbia and Montenegro
Tuesday 14 March mormng Serbia and Montenegro -2-
Wednesday 15 March morning and afternoon Serbia and Montenegro
Thursday 16March mornmg Serbia and Montenegro
Hearing of experts, witnesses and witness-experts
Friday 17 March mormng Bosnia and Herzegovina hearingof experts
Monday 20 March mornmg Bosnia and Herzegovina hearingof experts
Tuesday 21 March mornmg Bosnia and Herzegovina hearingof experts
Wednesday 22 March mormng Serbia and Montenegro hearing of witnesses
and witness-experts
Thursday 23 March mornmg Serbia and Montenegro hearing of witnesses
and witness-experts
Friday 24 March mormng Serbia and Montenegro hearing of witnesses
and witness-experts
Monday 27 March mornmg Serbia and Montenegro hearing of witnesses
and witness-experts
Tuesday 28 March mormng Serbia and Montenegro hearing of witnesses
and witness-experts
Second round of oral argument
Tuesday 18 April morning and afternoon Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wednesday 19 April mornmg Bosnia and Herzegovina
Thursday 20 April morning and afternoon Bosnia and Herzegovina
Friday 21 April morning and afternoon Bosnia and Herzegovina
Monday 24 April mornmg Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tuesday 2 May morning and afternoon Serbia and Montenegro
Wednesday 3 May mornmg Serbia and Montenegro
Thursday 4 May morning and afternoon Serbia and Montenegro
Monday 8 May morning and afternoon Serbia and Montenegro
Tuesday 9 May mornmg Serbia and Montenegro - 3 -
History of the proceedings
For the history of the proceedings, please refer to Press Release No. 2004/37, dated
8 December 2004, on the website of the Court (www.icj-cij.org). On the homepage, click on
"Docket", then on the hyperlink for the case, and select the requested Press Release.
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. Any offending deviee will be temporarily retained.
2. Members of the Press may attend on presentation of a press card. The tables reserved for
them are situated to the far left 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 proceedings 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 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 soonas practicable thereafter.
6. Mrs. Laurence Blairon, Head of the Information Department (tel: +31-70-302 2336), as well
as Mr. Boris Heim and Mr. Maxime Schouppe, Information Officers, are available to deal with any
requests from the Press (tel:31-70-302 2337; e-mail address: [email protected]).
- Schedule of public hearings to be held from 27 February to 9 May 2006
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Schedule of public hearings to be held from 27 February to 9 May 2006