The first status conference before the Trial Panel in the case of Paško Ljubičić has been scheduled for tomorrow, 6 March 2007, starting at 9.30am in Courtroom 6. The indictment charges the Accused with Crimes against humanity, War crimes against civilians and Violations of laws and practices of warfare.

The indictment (which the Court accepted on 21 December 2006) alleges that in the period January to July 1993 Paško Ljubičić participated in a widespread or systematic attack by Croatian Defence Council (HVO) forces on the Bosniak civilian population of the Vitez and Busovača municipalities.  The indictment further alleges that the Accused was the commander of the 4th Military Police Battalion, which carried out its operations in the HVO’s Central Bosnia Operative Zone.