Case No. IT-02-65-PT

IN A SPECIALLY APPOINTED CHAMBER

Before:
Judge Alphons Orie, Presiding
Judge O-Gon Kwon
Judge Kevin Parker

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order:
22 February 2005

PROSECUTOR

v.

ZELKO MEJAKIC
MOMCILO GRUBAN
DUSAN FUSTAR
DUSKO KNEZEVIC

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ORDER ON JOINT DEFENCE MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

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The Office of the Prosecutor:

Ms. Carla del Ponte
Ms. Ann Sutherland

The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina

per: The Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina to The Netherlands, The Hague

Counsel for the Accused:

Mr. Jovan Simic and Mr. Zoran Zivanovic for Zelko Mejakic
Mr. Branko Lukic, for Momcilo Gruban
Mr. Theodore Scudder and Mr. Dragan Ivetic for Dusan Fustar
Ms. Slobodanka Nedic, for Dusko Knezevic

The Government of Serbia and Montenegro

per: The Embassy of Serbia and Montenegro to The Netherlands, The Hague

 

THIS SPECIALLY APPOINTED CHAMBER ("the 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 Tribunal");

BEING SEIZED OF the "Joint Defence Motion for Extension of Time", filed on 21 February 2005 ("the Motion"), in which the Defence Teams of Momcilo Gruban, Dusan Fustar and Dusko Kneževic request an "extension of time of 48 hours, until 23 February 2005," to file their "Joint Defence Response to the Trial Chamber Decision for Further Information in the Context of the Prosecution’s Request Under Rule 11 bis";

NOTING the "Decision for Further Information in the Context of the Prosecutor’s Request Under Rule 11 bis", issued partly confidentially on 9 February 2005, in which the Chamber ordered, inter alia, the Defence Teams to file written submissions on specific matters, arising under Rule 11 bis of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence ("the Rules"), by 21 February 2005;

NOTING that the Defence Teams submit the Motion because additional time is needed to complete the translation of their written submissions;

NOTING that Rule 127 of the Rules provides that "a Trial Chamber may, on good cause being shown by motion", enlarge any time prescribed by or under the Rules;

CONSIDERING that good cause has been shown in the present circumstances;

PURSUANT TO Rules 11 bis and 127 of the Rules;

HEREBY GRANTS the MOTION and ORDERS the Defence Teams to file their written submissions by Wednesday, 23 February 2005.

 

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

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Judge Alphons Orie, Presiding Judge

Done on this twenty-second day of February 2005
At The Hague,
The Netherlands

[Seal of the Tribunal]