It was announced at a status conference today that the appellate hearing in the case of Milomir Stakic would be held in early October. Stakic is the former president of the crisis staff in Prijedor, sentenced to life imprisonment

At the appellate hearing in the Milomir Stakic case, the prosecutor claims the former president of the Prijedor Crisis Staff had genocidal intent. The genocidal means served the end of creating a “Serb municipality” in Prijedor, the prosecutor contends

Milomir Stakic' defense considers the conviction for the crimes in Prijedor unjust because it was based on “inaccurate” conclusions and “misinterpretation” of facts. The existence of a joint criminal enterprise in Prijedor has not been proven, and neither has Stakic's involvement in it, the defense claims

Milomir Stakic's defense urged the Appeals Chamber to "reexamine the enormously severe sentence" imposed on the former president of the Crisis Staff in Prijedor