Initial Appearance - Kunarac - 9 March 1998

For more information:http://www.icty.org/cases/party/712/4

Dragoljub KUNARAC is the first accused of rape and torture of Bosnian Muslim women to turn himself in.

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) confirms that Dragoljub KUNARAC, an indicted person , surrendered himself on Wednesday 4 March 1998, and was transferred that same day into the custody of the International Tribunal to be held at the ICTY's Detention Unit.

Dragoljub KUNARAC surrendered voluntarily at about 3 p.m. on Wednesday 4 March 1998 to French S-For soldiers at Filipovici, near Foča. He then was taken to Mostar and is expected to arrive in The Hague late on Wednesday evening.

The next legal step is the first appearance of the accused before a Trial Chamber in order to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty on each of the counts he is charged with in the indictment against him.

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