we held a press conference today in front of the ICTY concerning a motion filed today seeking dismissal of the indictment on the basis of an agreement entered into by karadzic and richard holbrooke providing that karadzic would not be tried at the ICTY if he were to disappear from public life, stepping down as president of the republika srpska, etc.
i was at the press conference. most of the press was german & dutch - there was someone from reuters there too. i found this link.
peter robinson (one of karadzic's legal advisors) gave a shout-out to the interns and pointed in our general direction. the reporter standing next to me turned around and pointed at me and said "that's you". apparently, he'd seen my ICTY defense badge and assumed correctly that i worked for karadzic. he is a free-lancer and writes for dutch, french and belgian papers. nice guy.
so the motion is filed. we want an evidentiary hearing on the existence of this agreement. ramifications will be great for negotiation processes during resolution to armed conflict.
back to the grind. excitement is over for today.
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Very exciting. Those I'm sure are the moments that make it all worth while.
Also, a quick congratulations on the London assignment. That should prove outrageously interesting.
Have a great day R.
-JRB
thanks!! it was fun to be part of a press conference.
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