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Justice Update
Period: 28 February – 7 March 2005
Issue 7/2005

COMPETENCE TO STAND TRIAL BEFORE THE SPSC

First Finding of Incompetency to Stand Trial in an International Law Tribunal On 1 March 2005, in the case of Deputy General Prosecutor for Serious Crimes v Josep Nahak, the sole presiding judge, Judge Phillip Rapoza, handed down a decision that Josep Nahak was incompetent to stand trial. This was an important decision as the first hearing on the issue of competency to stand trial in the history of Timor Leste’s Special Panel for Serious Crimes (SPSC), and only the second competency hearing from an international tribunal. As there was no domestic legislation concerning a defendant’s fitness to stand trial, the Court was required to resort to international norms and principles, and set down a number of procedural definitions relating to competency. JSMP congratulates the Court on its thorough analysis and evaluation of the issues involved and resulting comprehensive case law.

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