Access to ex parte material from another case

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Decision on Access to Confidential Materials - 21.02.2007 KRAJIŠNIK Momčilo
(IT-00-39-A)

P. 5: CONSIDERING, however, that “ex parte material, being of a higher degree of confidentiality, by nature contains information which has not been disclosed inter partes because of security interests of a State, other public interests, or privacy interests of a person or institution”[1] and that “[c]onsequently, the party on whose behalf ex parte status has been granted enjoys a protected degree of trust that the ex parte material will not be disclosed”;[2]

FINDING that the Applicant has not demonstrated a legitimate forensic purpose in relation to such ex parte material;

[1] Prosecutor v. Miroslav Bralo, Case No. IT-95-17-A, Decision on Motions For Access to Ex Parte Portions of the Record on Appeal and for Disclosure of Mitigating Material, 30 August 2006 (“Bralo Decision”), para. 17. See already Prosecutor v. Blagoje Simić, Case No. IT-95-9-A, Decision on Defence Motion by Franko Simatović for Access to Transcripts, Exhibits, Documentary Evidence and Motions Filed by the Parties in the Simić et al. Case, 12 April 2005 (Simić Decision), p. 3.

[2] Bralo Decision, para. 17.

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Notion(s) Filing Case
Decision on Access to Confidential Materials - 21.02.2007 KRAJIŠNIK Momčilo
(IT-00-39-A)

P. 5: CONSIDERING, however, that “ex parte material, being of a higher degree of confidentiality, by nature contains information which has not been disclosed inter partes because of security interests of a State, other public interests, or privacy interests of a person or institution”[1] and that “[c]onsequently, the party on whose behalf ex parte status has been granted enjoys a protected degree of trust that the ex parte material will not be disclosed”;[2]

FINDING that the Applicant has not demonstrated a legitimate forensic purpose in relation to such ex parte material;

[1] Prosecutor v. Miroslav Bralo, Case No. IT-95-17-A, Decision on Motions For Access to Ex Parte Portions of the Record on Appeal and for Disclosure of Mitigating Material, 30 August 2006 (“Bralo Decision”), para. 17. See already Prosecutor v. Blagoje Simić, Case No. IT-95-9-A, Decision on Defence Motion by Franko Simatović for Access to Transcripts, Exhibits, Documentary Evidence and Motions Filed by the Parties in the Simić et al. Case, 12 April 2005 (Simić Decision), p. 3.

[2] Bralo Decision, para. 17.

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Decision on Access to Ex Parte Filings - 10.05.2016 KARADŽIĆ Radovan
(MICT-13-55-A)

EMPHASIZING that, with regard to ex parte confidential material, the requesting party must meet a higher standard in order to establish a legitimate forensic purpose for accessing such material[1] as it by its nature contains information that has not been disclosed inter partes because of, inter alia, “privacy interests of a person” and that, therefore, “the party on whose behalf the ex parte status has been granted enjoys a protected degree of trust that the ex parte material will not be disclosed”;[2]

[1] Brđanin Decision of 24 January 2007 [Prosecutor v. Radoslav Brđanin, Case No. IT-99-36-A, Decision on Mićo Stanišić’s Motion for Access to All Confidential Materials in the Brđanin Case, 24 January 2007], para. 14.  

[2] Šainović Decision of 16 February 2010 [Prosecutor v. Nikola Šainović et al., Case No. IT-05-87-A, Decision on Vlastimir Đorđević’s Motion for Access to Transcripts, Exhibits and Documents, 16 February 2010], para. 10 and references cited therein.

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Decision on Access to Confidential Materials in Cases - 27.02.2018 NIYITEGEKA Eliézer
(MICT-12-16-R86G.1)

5.       […] a party is entitled to seek material from any source, including from another case before the ICTR or the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, to assist in the preparation of its case.[1] Where a party requests access to confidential material from another case, such material must be identified or described by its general nature and a legitimate forensic purpose must be demonstrated.[2] Consideration must be given to the relevance of the material sought, which may be demonstrated by showing the existence of a nexus between the requesting party’s case and the case from which such material is sought.[3] Further, the requesting party must establish that this material is likely to assist its case materially, or that there is at least a good chance that it would. [4] 

[1] See, e.g., Prosecutor v. Radovan Karadžić, Case No. MICT-13-55-A, Decision on Stanislav Galić’s Further Motion for Access to Confidential Materials in the Karadžić Case, 4 August 2016 (“Karadžić Decision of 4 August 2016”), para. 11 and references contained therein.

[2] See, e.g., Karadžić Decision of 4 August 2016, para. 11 and references contained therein.

[3] See, e.g., Karadžić Decision of 4 August 2016, para. 11 and references contained therein.

[4] See, e.g., Karadžić Decision of 4 August 2016, para. 11 and references contained therein. 

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