Transcript of June 7 - Peter Robinson

KAREMERA ET AL MONDAY, 7 JUNE 2010
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So it's not that we have not been concerned about the finish of this trial, but we -- that has been the --
our primary concern in this matter, and we will do everything that we can to ensure that those interests
are not prejudiced in any way.
MR. ROBINSON:
Thank you, Mr. President. I think we understand each other very well. Thank you.
MR. WEYL:
Mr. President, I don't want to draw the debates, but I understand that next week there will be a
Security Council meeting and this issue does not -- or doesn't have a -- disconnect (sic) with your trip.
So I think that when you're talking about the suspicion of a link between the mandate -- case -- I think
you understand Mr. Erlinder's personality and his involvement, the Defence. And so it's impossible not
to have some suspicion, Mr. President.
MR. PRESIDENT:
Mr. Webster, this would be a precedent if you don't wish to say something.
MR. WEBSTER:
There's really not much the Prosecution can say. I would like to comment, however. The discussion to
me was much more satisfying up to the point where Mr. Robinson rose a few minutes ago because I
don't really understand the implications of his last submission, and certainly not Mr. Weyl's. And so it's
hard to be satisfied where things are now because what can the Court do?
I mean as -- as the Trial Chamber stated around ten minutes ago, regardless of what we learn by
tomorrow morning, I don't see how it changes matters. But I agree, and I thank the Court for its
sensitivity to the passions of the moment so that we agree that maybe starting off on a fresh footing
tomorrow morning is the best thing to do. But quite frankly, I don't quite understand the implications of
Mr. Robinson's last -- last submission.
Regardless of what happens in Rwanda this afternoon, we're still going to have to proceed with -- with
this trial, and there are two distinct issues, one for the domestic jurisdiction and national jurisdiction in
Rwanda, and what we -- what we do here in the Tribunal, which I'm -- I'm simply reiterating what the
Chamber itself stated, but --
MR. PRESIDENT:
Mr. Webster, we are going to make another try at something I tried earlier this morning. We don't think
that we should try in this forum to assist you to understand Mr. Robinson.
We suggest that retreat to the Tribunal's canteen may be a good forum for both of you to try to
understand each other. And on that note we take our adjournment.
(Court adjourned at 1444H)
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