Obligation of the Appeals Chamber

Notion(s) Filing Case
Decision on Request for Clarification - 06.08.2003 NIKOLIĆ Dragan
(IT-94-2-AR73)

CONSIDERING that the Appeals Chamber has an obligation to give reasoned opinions for its decisions but that this obligation does not require it to spell out every step in its reasoning;[1]

[1] See, e.g., Prosecutor v. Dragoljub Kunarac et al., Case No. IT-96-23 & IT-96-23/1-A, Appeals Chamber, Judgement, 12 June 2002, para. 42.

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