Case No. IT-02-65-PT

IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER

Before:
Judge Richard May, Presiding
Judge Patrick Robinson
Judge O-Gon Kwon

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of:
6 January 2004

PROSECUTOR

v.

ZELJKO MEJAKIC
MOMCILO GRUBAN
DUSAN FUSTAR
DUSKO KNEZEVIC

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ORDER GRANTING EXTENSIONS OF TIME

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The Office of the Prosecutor:

Ms. Joanna Korner
Ms. Ann Sutherland

Counsel for the Accused:

Mr. Jovan Simic, for Zeljko Mejakic
Ms. Sanja Turlakov, for Momcilo Gruban
Mr. Theodore Scudder and Mr. Dragan Ivetic, for Dusan Fustar
Ms. Slobodanka Nedic, for Dusko Knezevic

THIS TRIAL CHAMBER 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 ("the International Tribunal"),

BEING SEISED of various applications filed on 22, 24 and 31 December 2003 on behalf of each of the four accused in these proceedings ("the Applications"), all seeking an extension of time in which to respond to the "Prosecution’s Motion for Admission of Trial Transcripts and Statements Pursuant to Rule 92 bis and Rule 89 (F) and Protective Measures" filed by the Office of the Prosecutor ("Prosecution") on 17 December 2003 ("the Rule 92 bis Motion"),

NOTING the reasons set out in the Applications and the information provided by the Registry of the International Tribunal confirming that, due to the volume thereof, the materials accompanying the Rule 92 bis Motion were provided to the defence teams in late December 2003,

PURSUANT TO Rule 127 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal,

HEREBY GRANTS the Applications and ORDERS each defence team to file its written response to the Rule 92 bis Motion no later than Friday 30 January 2004.

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

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Richard May
Presiding

Dated this sixth day of January 2004
At The Hague
The Netherlands