Amsterdam - The International Criminal Tribunal for Former
Yugoslavia (ICTY) has named judges Patrick Robinson (Jamaica), Iain
Bonomy (Britain) and Michele Picard (France) to preside over pre- trial
proceedings in the case against former Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, it
was revealed Friday.

Robinson released the information on behalf of the ICTY. The
judges' assignment deals strictly with the pre-trial proceedings. It
may take many months until the actual trial against Karadzic starts.

On Thursday, ICTY president Judge Fausto Pocar announced trial
chamber 3 had replaced trial chamber 1 in the case against the former
Serb leader.

The tribunal explained the change as "a better redivision of the work load."