IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER

Before: Judge Adolphus G. Karibi-Whyte, Presiding

Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito

Judge Saad Saood Jan

Registrar: Mrs. Dorothee de Sampayo Garrido-Nijgh

Order of: 3 June 1997

PROSECUTOR

v.

ZEJNIL DELALIC

ZDRAVKO MUCIC also known as "PAVO"

HAZIM DELIC

ESAD LANDZO also known as "ZENGA"

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ORDER ON THE MOTION BY THE PROSECUTION FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR THE WITNESS DESIGNATED BY THE PSEUDONYM "O"

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The Office of the Prosecutor

Mr. Eric Ostberg Mr. Giuliano Turone

Ms. Teresa McHenry Ms. Elles van Duschotten

Counsel for the Accused

Ms. Edina Residovic, Mr. Ekrem Galijatovic, Mr. Eugene O’Sullivan, for Zejnil Delalic

Mr. Zeljko Olujic, Mr. Michael Greaves, for Zdravko Mucic

Mr. Salih Karabdic, Mr. Thomas Moran, for Hazim Delic

Mr. John Ackerman, Ms. Cynthia McMurrey, for Esad Landzo

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 ("International Tribunal");

BEING SEISED of a motion filed on 13 May 1997 by the Office of the Prosecutor ("Prosecution") seeking protective measures for the witness designated by the pseudonym "O" ("Motion");

CONSIDERING the oral arguments of the Prosecution and the Defence for the four accused persons while speaking to the Motion on 14 May 1997;

NOTING Article 20 of the Statute of the International Tribunal ("Statute") which mandates the Trial Chamber to ensure full respect for the rights of the accused and due regard for the protection of victims and witnesses;

NOTING FURTHER Article 22 of the Statute which obliges the International Tribunal in its Rules of Procedure and Evidence ("Rules)" to prescribe measures for the protection of victims and witnesses;

NOTING FURTHER Rules 69, 75 and 79 which enpower the Trial Chamber to provide protection to victims and witnesses in appropriate circumstances;

CONSIDERING the findings of this Trial Chamber in Prosecutor v Zejnil Delalic et al, Decision on the Motion by the Prosecution for Protective Measures for the Witness Designated by the Pseudonym "N" IT-96-21-T, 28 April 1997;

CONSIDERING that the protective measures sought strike the appropriate balance between the rights of the accused and the protection of witness "O";

FOR THE FOREGOING REASONS;

PURSUANT TO RULE 75:

(1) the name, address, whereabouts and other identifying information concerning the person designated the pseudonym "O" shall not be disclosed to the public or to the media.

(2) the name, address, whereabouts of, or other identifying information concerning the status of witness "O" shall be sealed and not included in any of the public documents of the International Tribunal;

(3) to the extent the name, address, whereabouts of, or other identifying information concerning the status of witness "O" as a witness are contained in existing public documents of the International Tribunal, that information shall be expunged from those documents;

(4) documents of the International Tribunal identifying witness "O" shall not be disclosed to the public or to the media;

(5) the pseudonym "O" shall be used whenever this witness is referred to in his capacity as a witness in the present proceedings before this Trial Chamber and in discussions among parties to the trial;

(6) the testimony of witness "O" shall be given in open session(s) at which image altering devices will be employed to prevent his visual image from being seen by the public or the media;

(7) the Trial Chamber may determine that any part of the testimony of witness "O" including evidence relating to his identity, should be heard in private session(s);

(8) if pursuant to a determination of the Trial Chamber, any part of the testimony of witness "O" is heard in private session(s), edited recordings and transcripts of the private session(s) shall be released to the public and the media after review by the Prosecution and the Victims and Witnesses Unit to ensure that no information leading to the possible identification of the witness is disclosed;

9) the accused, the defence Counsel and their representatives who are acting pursuant to their instructions or request, shall not disclose the name of witness "O", or other identifying data concerning witness "O", to the public or to the media, except to the limited extent such disclosure to members of the public is necessary to investigate the witness adequately. Any such disclosure shall be made in such a way as to minimise the risk of the witness’s name being divulged to the public at large or to the media.

(10) the public and the media shall not photograph, video-record or sketch witness "O" while he is in the precincts of the International Tribunal.

Done in both English and French, the English Text being authoritative.

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Adolphus Godwin Karibi-Whyte

Presiding Judge

Dated this third day of June 1997

At The Hague

The Netherlands.

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