International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM) - German Section

March 2nd, 2002

The Honorable Mr. Richard May
Judge at the ICTY, The Hague
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FAIRNESS FOR MR. MILOSEVIC

Your Honour,

We, the panelists of the colloquium "The ´Milosevic Case´ - The International Criminal Jurisdiction and the New Wars of the Great Powers", held today in Berlin, regret that Mr. Milosevic is severely restricted in his basic legal right as a defendent to unhampered consultation with advisors of his choice and freedom to defend his case also through communication with the media. Our colloquium took place in the City Hall of the Schoeneberg District of Berlin and was attended by approximately 200 people.

We urge you to grant Mr. Milosevic´s request to be released in order to continue to prepare his defence under minimal conditions of fairness.

Respectfully

• Rolf Becker, Actor, Hamburg
• Klaus Hartmann, President of the World Union of Freethinkers, Offenbach
• Ralph Hartmann, Former ambassador to Yugoslavia, author of three books on the destruction of Yugoslavia, Berlin
• Gert Julius, Berlin City District Counsellor, Schoeneberg District
• Peter Koch, Attorney at Law, Heidelberg
• Norman Paech, Professor of international law, Hamburg School of Economics and Politics, Hamburg
• Klaus von Raussendorff, Publicist, Bonn
• Eberhard Schultz, Attorney at Law, Bremen

Contact: Klaus Hartmann, Schillstraße 7, D-63067 Offenbach am Main, T/F: 069 - 83 58 50; e-mail: vorstand@freidenker.de