Only three have resulted in indictments.

No other indictments have been issued.

In December 2003, 2 of these indictments were withdrawn owing to the death of 2 of the accused, leaving 11 indictments active.

In December 2003, the indictments against Foday Saybana Sankoh and Sam Bockarie were withdrawn as a result of their deaths, leaving eleven indictments still active.

Table 1 below summarises the indictments and arrests to date.

The equivalent figures for the whole of 2003 were 12 cases, 68 indictments and 17 convictions, and for 2002, 13 cases, 17 indictments and 12 convictions.

When those indictments were issued, no one could have predicted how events would unfold in retrospect, it is evident that the indictments delegitimizing effects had important consequences.

It issued hundreds of indictments for crimes of violence and terrorism.

Represents the Registry during the review of indictments by the Judges.

Eight indictments against the remaining eight suspects have recently been confirmed.

Additional trials may be required if the Prosecutor issues further indictments.

Throughout 2003, over 50 indictments were filed by the State's Attorney's Office.

V. Workload Relating to Persons at Large and the Eight New Indictments

This number subsequently increased to nineteen, with the recent confirmation of indictments.

Of the 13 indictments issued by the Prosecutor, 11 are currently active.

The ICTY must wrap up new indictments this year, and disband by 2008.

Since the submission of the annual report, Chambers have confirmed all eight indictments.

The Prosecutor apos s Office began its investigations and the preparation of indictments

We welcome, in particular, the issuance of five indictments for individuals suspected of involvement in serious crimes in northern Uganda, and we look forward to action on those indictments in the near future.

But sexual assault was included only accidentally and secondarily in the Rwanda Tribunal s indictments.

Several indictments filed during 2004 included organized crime offences as well as trafficking offences.

In April there was further instability following a number of indictments of political figures.

It is significant that arrests and indictments might be forthcoming in the near future.

We welcome the completion of pre indictment investigations and the submission of final indictments.

In 2004, the Office completed all outstanding investigations and the subsequent filing of the indictments.

41. Judges have been assigned to chambers and to a rota for review of indictments.

Criminal indictments for war crimes ought to be issued against specific officials who do not comply.

Another year passed before his office issued indictments against high ranking figures responsible for major crimes.

In 2004, several current and former Government officials faced indictments or sentences because of alleged corruption.

The Prosecutor intends to request the transfer of four of these indictments to national jurisdictions for trial.

The decision to transfer cases to national jurisdictions is a judicial one in cases where indictments exist.

An SCU report released in September states that in 52 of the 84 cases indictments were unlikely.

The prosecutions entail indictments that are thousands of pages long and include annexes that take up several bookshelves.

The last indictments are expected to be submitted for confirmation by the Chambers by the middle of 2005.

The new indictments concentrated on the organizers of the violence and the most egregious direct perpetrators of murders.

The indictments filed by the Serious Crimes Unit cover 572 of the estimated 1,400 murders committed in 1999.

Of the eight indictments recently confirmed, three accused have been arrested and five accused remain at large (paras.

The first indictments have been issued, and a number of further situations are being monitored by the Prosecutor.

To date, thirteen indictments against thirteen accused have been issued by the Prosecutor and approved by a Judge.

The Prosecutor apos s Office, with the assistance of personnel contributed by Governments, is now fully engaged in investigations and preparations of indictments, and it is expected that by the end of the year the first indictments will be submitted for confirmation.

In several indictments a request for confiscation of the monies gained from the commission of the offences was included.

At present, 13 indictments against 13 accused individuals have been rendered by the prosecutor and approved by a judge.

Fourteen indictees remained at large, with indictments against eight remaining suspects being submitted for confirmation during the same period.

In December 2003, the indictments against Foday Sankoh and Sam Bockarie were withdrawn as a result of their deaths.

With regard to the judicial process set in motion by the indictments of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, and the former AFRC leader, Johnny Paul Koroma, and subsequent Court decisions relating to the indictments, the law should be allowed to take its course.