1 Tuesday, 15th June, 1999
2 (Open session)
3 --- Upon commencing at 2.05 p.m.
4 JUDGE JORDA: Please be seated.
5 Mr. Registrar, have the accused brought in, please.
6 (The accused entered court)
7 JUDGE JORDA: Good afternoon to the
8 interpreters. I want to be sure that they hear me.
9 Good afternoon. Good afternoon as well to Prosecution
10 counsel and to Defence counsel. Good afternoon to the
11 accused.
12 Without any further ado, I give Mr. Hayman
13 the floor who, if I have understood correctly, says
14 that there are not going to be three character
15 witnesses but two today. Mr. Hayman?
16 MR. HAYMAN: Good afternoon, Mr. President.
17 Good afternoon, Your Honours. We do have two character
18 witnesses here. We would like to proceed with them.
19 They are being presented pursuant to the Court's
20 directive that the so-called "Sentencing phase" is to
21 occur concurrent with the trial phase itself, so it is
22 our understanding that for purposes of these witnesses,
23 we are in the "Sentencing phase" of the proceeding.
24 These witnesses, Mr. President, both of them
25 reside in Sarajevo, and they have asked to testify in
1 closed session today. We hope that doesn't present any
2 problems.
3 JUDGE JORDA: Let me consult my colleagues.
4 Does that cause a problem for the Prosecution?
5 MR. HARMON: Good afternoon, Mr. President,
6 Your Honours. It does not. Thank you.
7 (Trial Chamber confers)
8 JUDGE JORDA: Very well. Since it doesn't
9 cause any difficulties, we'll move into a closed
10 session.
11 MR. HAYMAN: Perhaps also, Mr. President, we
12 could assign pseudonyms to them for purposes of
13 citation to the record in that it may be possible to
14 cite to them in the record without identifying them and
15 yet in an open pleading.
16 JUDGE JORDA: Mr. Registrar -- first of all,
17 we're going to move into a closed session. Closed
18 session.
19 THE REGISTRAR: That is what I understood.
20 JUDGE JORDA: Yes, it will be a closed
21 session.
22 (Closed session)
23 (redacted)
24 (redacted)
25 (redacted)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 Pages 23424-23489 redacted-Closed session
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25