IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER
Before:
Judge Richard May, Presiding
Judge Patrick Robinson
Judge O-Gon Kwon
Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis
Decision of:
30 June 2003
PROSECUTOR
v.
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
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DECISION ON CONFIDENTIAL EX PARTE PROSECUTION MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR WITNESSES TESTIFYING DURING THE CROATIA PHASE OF THE TRIAL
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The Office of the Prosecutor
Mr. Geoffrey Nice
Ms. Hildegard Uertz-Retzlaff
Mr. Dermot Groome
The Accused
Mr. 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 ("International Tribunal"),
BEING SEISED of a "Confidential Ex Parte Prosecution Motion for Protective Measures for Witnesses Testifying During the Croatia Phase of the Trial", filed by the Office of the Prosecutor ("Prosecution") on 26 June 2003 ("Motion"), seeking permission to call Prosecution Witnesses C-006 and C-1126 ("protected witnesses") under protective measures,
NOTING that the protective measures sought in respect of the protected witnesses to be called, as set out in the Motion, 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 protected witnesses,
PURSUANT TO Rules 69, 75 and 79 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal,
HEREBY 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 thirtieth day of June 2003
At The Hague
The Netherlands
[Seal of the Tribunal]