5. The Appeals Chamber considers that the issue in the present case is not whether it is competent to issue a writ of mandamus but rather whether the Trial Chamber complied with the Appeals Chamber’s Decision. It is established case-law before the International Tribunal that “a proper construction of the Statute requires that the ratio decidendi of its decisions is binding on Trial Chambers”.[1] When remanding the 9 October 2008 Decision to the Trial Chamber for reconsideration, the Appeals Chamber did not request that the Trial Chamber review its entire decision, but rather that it review it in light of the two errors identified by the Appeals Chamber. To the extent that the Joint Defence now submits that the Trial Chamber failed to address the two errors identified by the Appeals Chamber and thus challenges the same issues for which leave to appeal the 9 October 2008 Decision was originally granted, the Appeals Chamber remains competent to address the Joint Request.[2]