BEFORE THE DUTY JUDGE

Before:
Judge Fausto Pocar

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of:
18 August 2003

Prosecutor

v.

Mitar Rasevic

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Office of the Prosecutor:

William Smith

Counsel for the Defence:

Branko Lukic

I, Fausto Pocar, Duty 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");

NOTING the initial appearance of the accused Mitar Rašević today, 18 August 2003, at 15:00 hours, in Courtroom III;

CONSIDERING the request of certain members of the press;

PURSUANT TO RULE 81 (D) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal;

HEREBY ORDER that, subject to any further order of the Trial Chamber:

1. the taking of still photographs by designated press photographers at the commencement of all proceedings in this matter is authorised as directed by the Chief of Security of the International Tribunal’s Security Service; and
2. the audio-visual record of the proceedings in this matter in open session, as provided by the Registry of the International Tribunal, may be released to the media.

Done this 18th day of August 2003,
At The Hague,
The Netherlands.

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

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Judge Fausto Pocar

[Seal of the Tribunal]