IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER
Before: Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, Presiding
Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito
Judge Saad Saood Jan
Registrar: Mrs. Dorothee de Sampayo Garrido-Nijgh
Order of: 11 April 1997
PROSECUTOR
v.
TIHOMIR BLASKIC
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ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO APPEAR AS AMICUS CURIAE
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To: The Office of the Prosecutor
To: The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
To: Defence Minister Ante Jelavic, the successor of the Custodian of the Records of the Central Archive of what was formerly the Ministry of Defence of the Croatian Community of Herceg Bosna
To: The Republic of Croatia, and
To: Defence Minister Gojko Susak, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Croatia
To: Mr. Donald Donovan, for the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
THE TRIAL CHAMBER
HAVING CONSIDERED the request of Mr. Donald Donovan, for the Lawyers Committee for
Human Rights, filed on 4 April 1997 for leave to appear as amicus curiae in this
matter,
NOTING that no objection was made by the parties to the acceptance of Mr. Donovan, for
the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights as amicus curiae,
NOTING that the written brief of Mr. Donovan, for the Lawyers Committee for Human
Rights was submitted on 11 April 1997, pursuant to the Order of the Trial Chamber dated 8
April 1997,
NOTING FURTHER that Mr. Donovan, for the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, is willing
to attend the hearing scheduled for Wednesday 16 April,
PURSUANT TO RULE 74
HEREBY
(1) GRANTS LEAVE to the said Mr. Donald Donovan, for the Lawyers Committee for Human
Rights to appear as amicus curiae;
(2) ACCEPTS the submission of the written brief; and
(3) INVITES Mr. Donovan, for the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, to attend the
hearing scheduled for Wednesday 16 April 1997 in order to respond to questions from
Judges of the Trial Chamber and to provide any further assistance the Trial Chamber may
require.
Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
Presiding Judge
Dated this eleventh day of April 1997
At The Hague
The Netherlands
[Seal of the Tribunal]