IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER

Before:
Judge Richard May, Presiding
Judge Patrick Robinson
Judge Mohamed Fassi Fihri

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of:
13 September 2001

PROSECUTOR

v.

SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC

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ORDER REGULATING THE FILING OF AND RESPONSE TO MOTIONS

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Office of the Prosecutor:

Ms. Carla Del Ponte
Mr. Daniel Saxon
Mr. Dirk Ryneveld
Ms. Julia Baly
Ms. Cristina Romano
Mr. Daryl A. Mundis
Mr. Milbert Shin

The Accused:

Slobodan Milosevic

Amicus Curiae:

Mr. Steven Kay
Mr. Branislav Tapuskovic
Mr. Michaïl Wladimiroff

 

I, RICHARD MAY, 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 DESIGNATED as pre-trial Judge in this matter by virtue of an Order of the Trial Chamber dated 4 July 2001,

NOTING the designation of amicus curiae by the Registrar of the International Tribunal on 6 September 2001, as invited by the Trial Chamber in its Order of 30 August 2001,

DESIRING to regulate the filing of and response to motions in this matter,

PURSUANT TO Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal

HEREBY ORDER as follows:

1. unless specifically ordered otherwise, the receiving party and the amicus curiae each have fourteen calendar days from the date of filing of the motion to file their response, if any;

2. amicus curiae are requested to make joint filings wherever possible;

2. dates for further responses, if any, shall be set by the Trial Chamber upon request of either party or of the amicus curiae; and

3. oral argument on the motion may be requested by the Office of the Prosecutor, by the accused or by the amicus curiae, subject to approval by the Trial Chamber, taking into account the need to ensure a fair and expeditious trial.

 

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

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Richard May
Pre-trial Judge

Dated this thirteenth day of September 2001
At The Hague
The Netherlands

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