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Milosevic Defence Case to Start on 22 June 2004

Press Release . Communiqué de presse

(Exclusively for the use of the media. Not an official document)


TRIAL CHAMBER:
CHAMBRE DE 1ERE INSTANCE

The Hague, 30 March 2004

JP/P.I.S./841-e


MILOSEVIC DEFENCE CASE TO START ON 22 JUNE 2004




Please be advised that the Defence case in The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic will commence on 22 June 2004 and not on 8 June 2004, as previously scheduled. The Pre-Defence Conference will now be held on 9 June 2004, instead of 17 May 2004.


In its Order of 5 May 2004, the Trial Chamber considered that the material filed by Mr. Milosevic on 13 April 2004, including his list of proposed witnesses, still needed to be translated and would need to be examined before the Pre-Defence Conference took place. Furthermore, the Trial Chamber considered Mr. Milosevic’s bad health during the three month period assigned for the
preparation of the Defence case, his present bad health and his doctor’s advice to rest.


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