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: 14 July 1998

PROSECUTOR

v.

ZEJNIL DELALIC
ZDRAVKO MUCIC also known as "PAVO"
HAZIM DELIC
ESAD LANDZO also known as "ZENGA"

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SCHEDULING ORDER

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The Office of the Prosecutor:

Mr. Grant Niemann

Ms. Teresa McHenry

Mr. Giuliano Turone

Counsel for the Accused:

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

Mr. Zeljko Olujic, Mr. Tomislav Kuzmanovic, for Zdravko Mucic

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

Ms. Cynthia McMurrey, Ms. Nancy Boler 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");

CONSIDERING that Rule 85 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal ("Rules") provides the sequence in which evidence shall be presented at trial and states, in particular, that evidence for the defence shall be followed by prosecution evidence in rebuttal and then defence evidence in rejoinder;

FURTHER CONSIDERING that, pursuant to Article 20, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the International Tribunal ("Statute") the "Trial Chamber shall ensure that a trial is fair and expeditious and that proceedings are conducted ... with full respect for the rights of the accused";

PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 20, PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE STATUTE AND RULES 54 AND 85,

HEREBY ORDERS that:

  1. The Office of the Prosecutor file with the Registry, for service on the defendants and the Trial Chamber, by 30 July 1998, a list of proposed rebuttal witnesses, if any, in the order in which they are to appear, providing:
    1. a brief summary of the evidence which they will be called to rebut and the transcript page number(s) at which this evidence appears;
    2. a summary of the proposed rebuttal testimony;
    3. an estimate of the expected length of the examination in chief;
    4. in the event that the rebuttal witness is an expert witness, his or her curriculum vitae and a copy of any written report that will be tendered through that witness.
  1. The Office of the Prosecutor be prepared to call rebuttal witnesses, if any, from 10.00 a.m. Monday 3 August 1998;
  2. The Defendants file with the Registry, for service on the other defendants, the Office of the Prosecutor and the Trial Chamber, by 5.00 p.m., one working day following the close of rebuttal evidence, if any, a list of proposed rejoinder witnesses, if any, in the order in which they are to appear, providing:
    1. a brief summary of the evidence which they will be called to rejoin and the transcript page number(s) at which this evidence appears;
    2. a summary of the proposed rejoinder testimony;
    3. an estimate of the expected length of the examination in chief;
    4. in the event that the rejoinder witness is an expert witness, his or her curriculum vitae and a copy of any written report that will be tendered through that witness.
  1. The Office of the Prosecutor and the Defendants file written briefs of closing arguments by Wednesday 26 August 1998;
  2. The Office of the Prosecutor and the Defendants be prepared to present brief oral statements, in support of their written briefs of closing arguments, from 10.00 a.m. Monday 31 August 1998.

 

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

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Adolphus G. Karibi-Whyte

Presiding Judge

Dated this fourteenth day of July 1998

At The Hague,

The Netherlands.

[Seal of the Tribunal]