Composition of a Referral Bench

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Decision on Denial of Revocation - 21.05.2014 STANKOVIĆ Radovan
(MICT-13-51)

14.     The Appeals Chamber turns first to Stanković’s challenge to the composition of the Referral Bench. Rule 11bis of the ICTY Rules does not require that a request for revocation be considered by a differently composed bench than the one that referred the case to a national jurisdiction. Indeed, Rule 11bis of the ICTY Rules simply refers to the “Referral Bench” throughout, which is defined in Rule 11bis(A) of the ICTY Rules as “a bench of three Permanent Judges selected from the Trial Chambers”. […]

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ICTY Rule Rule 11 bis IRMCT Rule Rule 14