Case No.: IT-02-54-T-R77.4
IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER
Before:
Judge Patrick Robinson, Presiding
Judge O-Gon Kwon
Judge Iain Bonomy
Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis
Order of:
10 May 2005
PROSECUTOR
v.
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST KOSTA BULATOVIC
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ORDER ON ISSUANCE OF DECISION
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Office of the Prosecutor:
Ms. Carla Del Ponte
Mr. Geoffrey Nice
The Accused:
Mr. Slobodan Milosevic
Counsel for Mr. Kosta Bulatovic:
Mr. Stéphane Bourgon
Court Assigned Counsel:
Mr. Steven Kay, QC
Ms. Gillian Higgins
Amicus Curiae:
Prof. 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");
Proprio motu
NOTING the "Order on Contempt Concerning Witness Kosta Bulatovic" whereby this Chamber, pursuant to Rule 77 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal ("Rules"), initiated contempt proceedings against Kosta Bulatovic (“Respondent”) and elected to prosecute the matter itself;
NOTING that a hearing on the contempt charge against the Respondent was held on 6 May 2005;
CONSIDERING that at the conclusion of this hearing, the Chamber indicated that it "will consider this matter and give its decision on Friday of next week, and the Respondent will be advised prior to that time whether he should return";1
PURSUANT TO Rule 54 of the Rules,
HEREBY AFFIRMS that the Chamber’s decision in these contempt proceedings will be issued on Friday, 13 May 2005, and INFORMS the Respondent that he does not need to return to The Hague.
Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative.
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Judge Robinson
Presiding
Dated this tenth day of May 2005
At The Hague
The Netherlands
[Seal of the Tribunal]