ICC - Practical Information for the Media on the Confirmation of Charges Hearing

Practical Information for the Media on the Confirmation of Charges Hearing

ICC-CPI-20101203-MA82

Situation: Darfur, Sudan
Case: The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus

On 8 December, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will hold the confirmation of charges hearing in the case of The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus in an open session, at 14:30. The hearing will be held in the absence of the suspects Mr Jerbo and Mr Banda.

Further information and audiovisual material regarding the hearing is available here.

Web streaming of the hearing

The hearing will be held in open session unless ordered otherwise. The proceedings can be followed with a 30-minute delay on the ICC website at:

Courtroom I:

English: http://livestream.xs4all.nl/icc1.asx

French: http://livestream.xs4all.nl/icc2.asx

Hearing summaries and AV programmes

The following materials will be available Thursday, 9 December:

• an audio (floor channel only) and video summary of the hearing: by the end of the morning; and
• the radio and television programme “In the Courtroom” (in English, French and Arabic) for downloading and on the ICC YouTube channel: by the end of the day.

Attending the hearing

Journalists attending the hearing are kindly asked to:

• confirm their attendance by sending an email to [email protected];
• arrive no later than 14:00;
• use the public entrance located at Regulusweg; and
• present a valid press identification card.

Media Centre

The Court’s Media Centre will open at 8:30 a.m. and will close one hour after the hearing adjourns.

The area can seat up to 64 people and includes plasma TV screens; a Wi-Fi Internet service; cards (plug + play) for those without Wi-Fi capability in their PC or laptop; 6 computers with Internet access; and 7 telephones that may be used free of charge for internal calls. For external calls, journalists are advised to use their mobiles or purchase 0800 pre-paid phone cards beforehand. Such cards are available at newsagents and train stations.

Please note that phone cards cannot be obtained in the vicinity of, or at, the ICC. Mobile phones cannot be used in the public gallery.

Photography

Please note that it will not be possible to take photos in the courtroom before the start of the proceedings. However, the Court will provide to all those currently subscribing to receive ICC press releases a link to a selection of high resolution digital photos taken by the photographer (agency pool) during the hearing.

Recording facilities

The Court will provide feed from Courtroom I to the hot-desk area of the Media Centre. The tables in the Media Centre contain plugs for the video and audio feed from the courtroom (4:3, PAL): BNC video output and XLR audio output. You can record from three possible audio channels: 1 - floor, 2 - French and 3 - English. Each table contains an audio plug. If you need to record on two channels, please use another plug at another table for the second channel. The ICC does not have spare cables available for the crews.

Feed for the SNG trucks

SNG trucks can record the signal from Courtroom I from the distribution box placed in the media parking facilities (see below). Please note that there is no power supply available at the car park and that it is therefore necessary to have a generator.

Parking facilities

Media representatives can use the parking facilities located at the intersection of Regulusweg and Wegastraat.

For information related to audio-visual matters, please contact Violeta Willemsen-Curcic, Producer, at + 31 70 515 8422 or at [email protected]

For further information, please contact Fadi El Abdallah, Associate Legal Outreach Officer, on +31 (0)70 515-9152 or at [email protected]

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