IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER
Before: Judge Florence Ndepele Mumba, Presiding
Judge Antonio Cassese
Judge Richard May
Registrar: Mrs. Dorothee de Sampayo Garrido-Nijgh
Order of: 10 November 1998
PROSECUTOR
v.
ANTO FURUNDZIJA
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ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF
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The Office of the Prosecutor:
Ms. Brenda Hollis
Ms. Patricia Viseur Sellers
Mr. Micheal Blaxill
Counsel for the Accused:
Mr. Luka Misetic
Mr. Sheldon Davidson
THIS TRIAL CHAMBER of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ("the Tribunal");
BEING SEISED of an "Amicus Curiae Brief Respecting the Decision and Order of the Tribunal of 16 July 1998, Requesting that the Tribunal Reconsider its Decision Having Regard to the Rights of Witness "A" to Equality, Privacy, and Security of the Person, and to Representation by Counsel", filed on 6 November 1998 (Official Record at Registry Page ("RP") D2622-D2682) by eleven Applicants who are scholars of the international human rights of women, or representatives of non-governmental organisations;
CONSIDERING that the Amicus Curiae, although filed on 6 November 1998, was only received by the Trial Chamber on the day of the re-opening of the trial, on 9 November 1998; any arguments about the re-opening are no longer relevant;
PURSUANT TO Rule 74 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Tribunal
HEREBY GRANTS the Applicants leave to file their Brief as Amicus Curiae and FINDS THAT any relevant parts of their submissions will be duly considered by the Trial Chamber for purposes of judgement.
Done in both English and French, the English text being authoritative.
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Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba
Presiding Judge
Dated this tenth day of November 1998
At The Hague,
The Netherlands.
[Seal of the Tribunal]