THE PRESIDENT OF THE TRIBUNAL
Before: Judge Claude Jorda, President of the Tribunal
Registrar: Mr. Hans Holthuis
Decision of: 15 March 2001
THE PROSECUTOR
v.
ZORAN KUPRESKIC
MIRJAN KUPRESKIC
VLATKO KUPRESKIC
DRAGO JOSIPOVIC
VLADIMIR SANTIC
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ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
ASSIGNING A JUDGE TO THE APPEALS CHAMBER
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The Office of the Prosecutor:
Mr. Upawansa Yapa
Defence Counsel:
Mr. Ranko Radovic and Mr. Tomislav Pasaric for Zoran Kupreskic
Ms. Jadranka Slokovic-Glumac and Ms. Desanka Vranjican for Mirjan Kupreskic
Mr. Anthony Abell and Mr. John Livingston for Vlatko Kupreskic
Mr. Luko Susak and Ms. Goranka Herljevic for Drago Josipovic
Mr. Petar Pavkovic and Mr. Mirko Vrdoljak for Vladimir Santic
I, Claude Jorda, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (hereinafter "the Tribunal"),
NOTING the appointment of Judge Mohamed El Habib Fassi Fihri by the United Nations Secretary-General pursuant to Article 13(3) of the Statute of the Tribunal (hereinafter "the Statute"),
NOTING that Judge Mohamed Bennouna resigned on 28 February 2001,
PURSUANT to Article 14(C) of the Statute and Rule 27 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Tribunal,
FOR THE FOREGOING REASONS,
ASSIGN Judge Mohamed El Habib Fassi Fihri to the Appeals Chamber to replace Judge Mohamed Bennouna,
CONFIRM that, in the proceedings against Zoran Kupreskic et al (case no. IT-95-16-A), the Appeals Chamber shall be composed as follows:
Judge Lal Vohrah
Judge Rafael Nieto-Navia
Judge Patricia Wald
Judge Fausto Pocar
Judge Mohamed El Habib Fassi Fihri
Done in French and English, the French version being authoritative.
Done this fifteenth day of March 2001
At The Hague
The Netherlands
(signed)
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Claude Jorda
President
[Seal of the Tribunal]