IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER

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

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Decision of:
30 July 2003

PROSECUTOR
v.
NASER ORIC

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ORDER CONCERNING RULE 66(A)(II) MATERIALS, EXPERT REPORT AND PRE-TRIAL BRIEFS

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The Office of the Prosecutor

Mr. Ekkehard Withopf
Mr. Jayantha Jayasuriya

Counsel for the Accused

Ms. Vasvija Vidovic
Mr. John Jones

 

I, O-GON KWON, Judge 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"),

HAVING BEEN APPOINTED as the Pre-Trial Judge in this case by virtue of an Order of the Trial Chamber dated 28 April 2003,

NOTING the oral statements made by the parties at the Status Conference of 29 July 2003 and at the conferences held in accordance with Rule 65 ter of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal ("Rules"),

CONSIDERING that the duty of the Pre-Trial Judge is to ensure that the proceedings are not unduly delayed and to take any measure necessary to prepare the case for a fair and expeditious trial,

PURSUANT TO Rules 65 ter, 66(A)(ii) and 94 bis of the Rules,

HEREBY ORDER

  1. the Office of the Prosecutor ("Prosecution")
    1. to make available to the Defence both the Rule 66A(ii) materials and the expert report that the Prosecution anticipates to use at trial by Friday 14 November 2003;
    2. to file its pre-trial brief by Friday 5 December 2003; and

  2. the Defence to file its pre-trial brief by Friday 6 February 2004.

 

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

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O-Gon Kwon
Pre-Trial Judge

Dated this thirtieth day of July 2003
At The Hague
The Netherlands

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