Case No.: IT-03-67-AR73.2

THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

Before:
Judge Theodor Meron, President

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of:
16 January 2004

Vojislav SESELJ

v.

THE PROSECUTOR

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ORDER ASSIGNING JUDGES TO A CASE BEFORE THE APPEALS CHAMBER

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Counsel for the Prosecutor

Ms. Hildegaard Uertz-Retzlaff
Mr. Daniel Saxon

The Accused

Mr. Vojislav Seselj

Standby Counsel

Mr. Aleksandar Lazarevic

 

I, THEODOR MERON, President 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 ("Tribunal"),

NOTING the "Decision on Motion Number 19," issued by Trial Chamber II on 30 September 2003 ("Impugned Decision"); the "Decision on Certification to Appeal and to Extend the Deadline for Filing Certain Preliminary Motions," issued by the same Trial Chamber on 18 November 2003, which certified the Impugned Decision for interlocutory appeal; and the "Decision on Motion Number 28," issued by the same Trial Chamber on 19 December 2003, which granted an extension of time in which to file an appeal from the Impugned Decision;

NOTING the appeal signed by the Accused Vojislav Šešelj and dated 24 November 2003 and received on 31 December 2003;

CONSIDERING the composition of the Appeals Chamber of the Tribunal as set out in Document IT/222, dated 17 November 2003;

CONSIDERING Articles 12(3) and 14(3) of the Statute of the Tribunal and Rule 27(C) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal;

NOTING Article 14(2) of the Statute of the Tribunal, which provides that the President of the Tribunal is ex officio the Presiding Judge of the Appeals Chamber;

HEREBY ORDER that in Case No. IT-03-67-AR73.2, Vojislav Seselj v. The Prosecutor, the Appeals Chamber shall be composed, with immediate effect, as follows:

Judge Theodor Meron

Judge Fausto Pocar

Judge Mohamed Shahabuddeen

Judge Mehmet Güney

Judge Inés Mónica Weinberg de Roca.

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

Done this 16th day of January 2004,
At The Hague,
The Netherlands.

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Judge Theodor Meron
President

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