What facilities do defence counsel have at their disposal at the Tribunal?
The fees of defence counsel include a component for office and administrative costs. It is therefore the responsibility of each counsel to establish his or her own office with computers, facsimiles, secretaries, etc. However, in order to facilitate their preparation whilst attending hearings, the Registry has made allocated office and meeting space for the defence Secretariat on the Tribunal’s premises. The defence rooms are equipped with computers, telephones, a photocopier and facsimile. In addition, defence counsel have access to the ICTY library and a variety of IT services, including a defence IT network on which to store defence documents, access to the Judicial Database, including remote access to these facilities. The ADC-ICTY has also been provided with an office in the Tribunal’s main building.
