Case No. IT-99-36-T
IN TRIAL CHAMBER II
Before:
Judge Carmel Agius, Presiding
Judge Ivana Janu
Judge Chikako Taya
Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis
PROSECUTOR
v.
RADOSLAV BRDJANIN
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DECISION ON MOTION FOR EXTENSION
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The Office of the Prosecutor:
Ms. Joanna Korner
Counsel for the Accused:
Mr. John Ackerman
Mr. David Cunningham
TRIAL CHAMBER II ("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"):
BEING SEISED OF the "Motion for Extension" filed on 26 February 2004 ("Motion"), by Counsel for the Accused Radoslav Brdjanin (“Defence”), wherein the Defence requests the following:
NOTING the "Prosecution’s Response to "Motion for Extension"", filed on 27 February 2004 ("Prosecution’s Response"), in which the Prosecution has indicated preference for the following schedule, whereby:
NOTING however, that the Prosecution has indicated that it does not object to the Motion;3
NOTING that the original schedule required the parties:
CONSIDERING that pursuant to Article 86 (B) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Tribunal ("Rules"), a party shall file a Final Trial Brief no later than five days prior to presenting a Closing Argument;
CONSIDERING further, that although the Trial Chamber will be granting the Motion, it will benefit considerably if the parties do their best to file the Final Trial Briefs before the set time-limits as this would enable the Trial Chamber to conclude the Closing Arguments earlier;
FOR THE FOREGOING REASONS
PURSUANT TO Rule 54 of the Rules;
HEREBY GRANTS the Motion and ORDERS:
AND ENJOINS the parties to do everything possible to submit the above mentioned Briefs at an earlier date.
Done in French and English, the English version being authoritative.
Dated this 3rd day of March 2004
At The Hague
The Netherlands
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Carmel Agius
Presiding Judge
[Seal of the Tribunal]