IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER

Before:
Judge Almiro Rodrigues, Presiding
Judge Fouad Riad
Judge Patricia Wald

Registrar:
Mrs. de Sampayo Garrido-Nijgh, Registrar

Decision of:
28 July 2000

THE PROSECUTOR

v.

RADISLAV KRSTIC

ORDER REGARDING PUBLIC BROADCAST OF COURT PROCEEDINGS

The Office of the Prosecutor:

Mr. Mark Harmon
Mr. Tomislav Višjnic

Defence Counsel:

Mr. Nenad Petrusic

 

  1. TRIAL CHAMBER I 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 (hereinafter "the Trial Chamber");

  2. CONSIDERING that the Prosecution and Defence have asked the Trial Chamber to delay public release of the evidence that will be tendered by the Prosecution on 28 July 2000 for one week, until 4 August 2000;

  3. CONSIDERING that Rules 75 and 79 of the Rules of Procedure (hereinafter "the Rules"), allow the Trial Chamber to conduct a closed session for reasons of the safety and security of victims or witnesses or the interests of justice;

  4. CONSIDERING that the "Guidelines for Audio-Visual Director to Follow When Recording Tribunal Proceedings" normally provide for video transmission of open session court proceedings to the media with a 30-minute delay, but, for obvious reasons, do not provide for transmission of closed session testimony;

  5. CONSIDERING that Rule 81(b) allows the Trial Chamber to order the disclosure of all or part of the record of closed proceedings when the reasons for ordering its non-disclosure no longer exist;

  6. PURSUANT TO Rules 75, 79, and 81 and the "Guidelines for Audio-Visual Director to Follow When Recording Tribunal Proceedings";

  7. HEREBY ORDERS that a portion of the hearing on 28 August 2000 will be held in closed session and shall not be transmitted to the media; and that the exhibits received during this portion of the hearing and the transcript shall be under seal;

  8. FURTHER ORDERS that the audio-visual recording of this session shall be unsealed and transmitted to the media one week later, at 9:30 a.m. on 4 August 2000, at which time it shall be shown in the public gallery of courtroom III; and that the exhibits tendered during this session and the transcript of the session shall also be unsealed at that time.

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

 

_________________
Almiro Rodrigues
Presiding Judge

Dated this twenty-eighth day of July 2000
At the Hague,
The Netherlands

(SEAL OF THE TRIBUNAL)