Case No. IT-02-53-PT

IN TRIAL CHAMBER II

Before:
Judge Wolfgang Schomburg, Presiding
Judge Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba
Judge Carmel Agius

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Decision of:
26 February 2002

THE PROSECUTOR

v.

VIDOJE BLAGOJEVIC
DRAGAN OBRENOVIC
DRAGAN JOKIC

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ORDER FOR FILING MOTIONS

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The Office of the Prosecutor:

Mr. Peter McCloskey

Counsel for the Accused

Mr. Michael Karnavas, for Vidoje Blagojevic
Mr. David Wilson, Mr Dusan Slijepcevic for Dragan Obrenovic
Mr. Miodrag Stojanovic, Ms. Cynthia Sinatra for Dragan Jokic

 

Pursuant to Rule 54 of the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure and Evidence and in order to regulate the filing of and responses to written motions in this case, the TRIAL CHAMBER HEREBY ORDERS:

Subject to the terms of this order, no written motion may be filed on a "confidential" basis unless the Pre-Trial Judge or another Judge of the Trial Chamber grants leave for it to be so filed. Applications for leave must be made in writing, stating the basis for the application. They may be filed on an ex parte basis. The following filings are, however, excluded from the requirement that leave be sought before they may be filed on a "confidential" basis:

  1. all ex parte applications, whatever their nature;
  2. all applications that relate to ongoing investigations, pending indictments and sealed indictments;
  3. all inter partes applications for witness protection concerning specific persons; and
  4. all responses to confidential motions and all applications that relate to decisions of the Trial chamber concerning confidential motions or hearings;

The party filing a written motion shall include a draft order for relief with the motion submitted to the Trial Chamber;

Unless otherwise ordered, the party receiving a written motion has fourteen calendar days from the date that the motion was filed to file its response, if any;

A reply may be filed by the party that filed the motion only in relation to matters raised in the response of the opposing party that go beyond the issues raised in the motion and only with the leave of the Trial Chamber. Applications for leave must be made in writing, identifying the issues on which leave to reply is sought. The order granting leave to file a reply will set a time for any further response to be filed;

Either party may request oral argument on the written motion, but the request will be granted only if the Trial Chamber approves the need for oral argument, taking into account the necessity for a fair and expeditious trial.

 

Done in French and English, the English version being authoritative.

Dated this 26th day of February 2002,
At The Hague,
The Netherlands

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Wolfgang Schomburg
Presiding Judge

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