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Judge Muse

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2003-10-09
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2003-10-09
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  1. “I think that brings me to the end of the questions raised regarding the overall responsibility of the Tribunal. Let me simply thank all delegates for their very interesting and fruitful observations and comments. They will certainly be taken home to Arusha and made known to our colleagues. Let me also say that I noted with pleasure the statement made by the delegation of Rwanda to the effect that Rwanda supports our work and that it fully intends to cooperate.”

    2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source

  2. “But what we can say is that only with the nine ad litem judges will it be possible to achieve what we have to achieve. Without them we will not succeed. That is certain. There was a reference to regular exchanges or meetings between international institutions and courts. That is an interesting idea, and it has been tested in the past. For instance, there was a meeting between the ICTY and the ICTR three years ago in London, which was followed by a meeting in Dublin two years ago. There may be other such meetings. The problem is that when one takes time to exchange Views, then one loses time for sitting in trials. That is, therefore, a difficult balancing process. But we are aware of that possibility and will consider it carefully.”

    2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source

  3. “Only when we know the exact numbers we are talking about, after the current revision and review of files, will we be able to return to the Council. That will be an ongoing process. There may be a review of the 22 detainees mentioned by the Prosecutor, as well as of the 16 indictees and the 26 suspects at large. But as soon as that is clarified - and, again, I think that the words of the Prosecutor were encouraging - we will come back to the Council with revised provisions and projections. If we get the nine ad litem judges, will we fulfil the task? That question is linked to the previous one. In life it is impossible to give guarantees, especially when it comes to international criminal justice. Again, we will come back to this issue when we have a detailed strategy.”

    2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source

  4. “But each of the three branches of the Tribunals must analyse, and now internalize, the significance of the completion strategy. In other words, the techniques employed will be the overall responsibility of the presidency, then overall responsibility within the Coordination Council. Thirdly, there will be an ongoing internal assessment within each of the three branches regarding how each is actually performing and progressing with its completion strategy. As a short-term measure, we will certainly involve the new trials committee, which has already contributed to ensuring a steady flow of cases. There may be other committees involved as well, but that is where we are now. Many representatives asked for a more detailed completion strategy, and I certainly agree with them. But it is difficult to provide details at this stage.”

    2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source

  5. “Should any such cases end up in Rwanda, then I certainly would agree that there will be a need for the international community to assist and to ensure that there is sufficient infrastructure in place and resources available to ensure the necessary guarantees at the domestic level. I should now like to turn to the issue raised by the French Ambassador. I agree with the analysis by President Meron in that regard. Of course, "completion strategy" is an ambiguous term, because there is the completion strategy of the Prosecutor, on the one hand - namely, regarding the number of indictments to be brought to the Tribunal - and, on the other hand, there is the completion strategy of the Tribunal as a whole. The Tribunal as a whole is dependent on the numbers proposed by the Prosecutor.”

    2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source

  6. “Judge Muse: I would first like to take up the question raised by the Ambassador of Germany relating to the 40 cases to be transferred to national jurisdictions. It is of course too early now to know exactly how many of those cases will eventually end up in any particular country, for instance, Rwanda. That is a question that will have to be addressed by the Prosecutor after a review of the cases he just referred to. What we can say now in terms of the Tribunal as a whole is that the Chambers have not yet been seized with any requests under rule 11 bis to transfer any case to any national jurisdiction. That is where we are now. Only when we know the possibilities explored by the Office of the Prosecutor, and when that Office makes a request and the process is started, will we be able to fully answer that question.”

    2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source