IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER
Before:
Judge Claude Jorda, Presiding
Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito
Judge Fouad Riad
Registrar:
Mrs. Dorothee de Sampayo Garrido-Nijgh, Registrar
Order of:
13 November 1996
THE PROSECUTOR
v.
DRAZEN ERDEMOVIC
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ORDER FOR MEASURES OF PROTECTION
FOR WITNESS "Y"
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The Office of the Prosecutor:
Mr. Eric Ostberg
Mr. Mark Harmon
Counsel for the Defence:
Mr. Jovan Babic
Trial Chamber I
PURSUANT to Article 22 of the Statute and Rule 75 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence ("Rules"),
CONSIDERING the recommendation of the Victims and Witnesses Unit, pursuant to Sub-rule 34 (A)(i) of the Rules,
NOTING that the Defence has called a witness who has requested that the Registrar grant him leave to testify without his identity and image being disclosed;
NOTING that the recommendation of the Victims and Witnesses Unit has demonstrated that use of measures of protection is necessary because making public such a deposition might seriously jeopardize the safety of witness and his assimilation into his working environment and community;
NOTING that the Parties have submitted no comments in respect of the said recommendation;
NOTING therefore that the measures of protection which will be specified in the disposition of this order should be ordered;
FOR THE FOREGOING REASONS
ORDERS the following measures:
1) The pseudonym Y shall be assigned to the witness who has been called by the Defence;
2) The name, address, whereabouts and other identifying information concerning the person bearing the pseudonym Y shall not be disclosed to the public or to the media;
3) All hearings to consider the issue of measures of protection for witness Y shall be in closed session;
4) The name, address, whereabouts and other identifying information concerning witness Y which might appear in exhibits or public documents in the records of the International Tribunal shall be expunged from those exhibits and documents;
5) The name, address, whereabouts and other identifying information concerning witness Y shall be placed under seal and shall not appear in any public records of the International Tribunal;
6) The exhibits and documents of the Tribunal identifying witness Y shall not be disclosed to the public or to the media;
7) The pseudonym Y shall be used whenever this witness is referred to in proceedings before the Tribunal and in the discussions between the parties to the case;
8) The accused, the Counsel for the Defence and their representatives, and the Prosecutor and his representatives shall not disclose to the public or to the media the name of witness Y or any other identifying information pertinent to the witness;
9) The entrance to the courtroom shall be protected, and image and voice distortion systems shall be used.
Done in French and English with the French version being authoritative.
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Claude Jorda
Presiding Judge Trial Chamber I
Done this thirteenth day of November 1996
At The Hague
The Netherlands