Case No. IT-01-42-T

IN TRIAL CHAMBER II

Before:
Judge Kevin Parker, Presiding
Judge Krister Thelin
Judge Christine Van Den Wyngaert

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Decision of:
6 July 2004

PROSECUTOR

v.

PAVLE STRUGAR

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DECISION ON THE DEFENCE MOTION TO ADMIT EVIDENCE VIA VIDEO-CONFERENCE LINK

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The Office of the Prosecutor:

Ms. Susan Somers
Mr. Philip Weiner

Counsel for the Accused:

Mr. Goran Rodic
Mr. Vladimir Petrovic

 

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 ("Tribunal"),

NOTING the Defence motion filed on 1 July 2004 seeking to admit the evidence of one witness, Colonel Miroslav Jovanovic by way of video-conference link pursuant to Rule 71 bis of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence ("Rules"),

NOTING the Prosecution submissions on the Defence Motion given orally in court on 5 July 2004,

NOTING Rule 71 bis of the Rules pursuant to which "a Trial Chamber may, in the interests of justice, order that testimony be received via video-conference link",

CONSIDERING the specific reasons identified by the Defence as to why Colonel Jovanovic can not come to the Hague to testify, the Trial Chamber finds it to be in the interests of justice to hear this witness via video-conference link,

HEREBY RECORDS its decision, given orally on 5 July 2004, granting the Defence motion and permitting the evidence of Colonel Jovanovic to be received via video-conference link, and REITERATES that the Defence is required to provide the Prosecution with any documents that are to be used by the Defence in the course of the evidence of Colonel Jovanovic seven days before the evidence is led.

 

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

Dated this sixth day of July 2004
At The Hague
The Netherlands

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Judge Kevin Parker
Presiding

[Seal of the Tribunal]