IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER
Before:
Judge Richard May, Presiding
Judge Patrick Robinson
Judge O-Gon Kwon
Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis
Order of:
19 March 2003
PROSECUTOR
v.
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
DECISION ON CONFIDENTIAL WITH AN EX PARTE ANNEXURE PROSECUTION’S MOTION FOR VIDEO-CONFERENCE LINK AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR WITNESS NAMED HEREIN
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The Office of the Prosecutor
Mr. Geoffrey Nice
The Accused
Slobodan Milosevic
Amicus Curiae
Mr. Steven Kay
Mr. Branislav Tapuskovic
Mr. Timothy McCormack
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 ("the International Tribunal"),
BEING SEISED of a Confidential with an ex parte Annexure Prosecution’s Motion for Video-conference Link and Protective Measures for Witness Named Herein ("Motion"), filed by the Office of the Prosecutor ("Prosecution") on 13 March 2003, seeking permission to call a witness via video-conference and under protective measures,
NOTING that the security reasons which prevent the witness from obtaining his/her passport, constitute exceptional circumstances, since security concerns can usually be met by protective measures,
CONSIDERING that the protective measures sought in respect of the witness to be called are reasonable and should be granted,
CONSIDERING that the Trial Chamber is satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to permit the Prosecution to call the witness via video-conference link,
PURSUANT TO Rules 69, 71bis and 75 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence,
HEREBY GRANTS the Motion and ORDERS as follows:
For the purpose of this decision, "the public" means and includes all persons, governments, organisations, entities, clients, associations and groups, other than the Judges of the International Tribunal, the staff of the Registry, the Prosecutor, and the accused and the amici curiae. "The public" also includes, without limitation, families, friends, and associates of the accused; the accused and defence counsel in other cases or proceedings before the International Tribunal; the media; and journalists.
Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative.
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Richard May
Presiding
Dated this nineteenth day of March 2003
At The Hague
The Netherlands
[Seal of the Tribunal]
align1 - Witness B-104, as provided to the Chamber by the Prosecution on 17 March 2003.