On February 20, 2014, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia dismissed Goran Hadžić’s motion for acquittal on specific charges contained within counts 2 through 9 of his indictment in the Prosecutor v.Goran Hadžić case.  According to the press release, the Trial Chamber delivered its ruling orally and pursuant to Rule 98 bis of the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure and Evidence, which states that “[a]t the close of the Prosecutor’s case, the Trial Chamber shall, by oral decision and after hearing the oral submissions of the parties, enter a judgement of acquittal on any count if there is no evidence capable of supporting a conviction.”  Mr. Hadžic is the former President of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina and is charged with crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war committed in Croatia from June 1991 to December 1993.