Case No. IT-01-45-I

IN TRIAL CHAMBER II

Before:
Judge Carmel Agius, Presiding
Judge Kevin Parker, Vice-president of the Tribunal
Judge Christine Van Den Wyngaert

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of:
12 December 2005

PROSECUTOR

v.

ANTE GOTOVINA

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ORDER DESIGNATING JUDGE FOR INITIAL APPEARANCE

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The Office of the Prosecutor:

Ms. Carla del Ponte

The Accused:

Ante Gotovina

 

I, Carmel Agius, Presiding Judge of Trial Chamber II of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 ("Tribunal");

NOTING the Indictment in the case of Prosecutor v. Ante Gotovina kept under seal and confirmed by Judge Fouad Riad on 8 June 2001;

NOTING the Amended Indictment in the case of Prosecutor v. Ante Gotovina kept under seal and confirmed by Judge Kevin Parker on 24 February 2004;

NOTING the "Order Lifting the Seal on the Amended Indictment, Decision on Leave to Amend the Indictment and on Confirmation of Amended Indictment and Order for Non-Disclosure, and Warrant of Arrest" issued by Judge Kevin Parker on 8 March 2004 lifting the confidentiality of the Amended Indictment against Ante Gotovina;

NOTING that Ante Gotovina was transferred to the seat of the Tribunal on 10 December 2005;

NOTING the Order issued on 9 December 2005 by the Vice-President of the Tribunal, acting on behalf of the President of the Tribunal, assigning the case against Ante Gotovina to Trial Chamber II;

CONSIDERING that it is in the interests of justice and of an expeditious trial to appoint a judge of the Trial Chamber for the purpose of the initial appearance;

PURSUANT TO Rule 62 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Tribunal;

HEREBY DESIGNATE myself, Judge Carmel Agius, as Judge of Trial Chamber II for the initial appearance of Ante Gotovina.

 

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

Dated this twelfth day of December 2005,
At The Hague
The Netherlands

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Judge Carmel Agius
Presiding

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