Case No. IT-04-79-PT

IN TRIAL CHAMBER II

Before:
Judge Krister Thelin, Pre-Trial Judge

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of:
6 April 2006

PROSECUTOR

MICO STANISIC

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ORDER TO REGISTRY TO FILE A SUBMISSION ON MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS PRO BONO COUNSEL

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The Office of the Prosecutor:

Mr. Marks Moore
Ms. Anna Richterova

Counsel for the Accused:

Mr. Branko Lukic

I, Judge Krister Thelin, Judge at 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") and Pre-Trial Judge in these proceedings;

NOTING the "Motion to Withdraw as Pro Bono Counsel" filed on 31 March 2006 ("Motion"), whereby counsel for the accused Mico Stanisic, Mr. Branko Lukic, requests leave to withdraw as pro bono counsel for Mico Stanisic pursuant to Article 9 (c) of the Code of Professional Conduct for Counsel Appearing before the International Tribunal ("Code of Professional Conduct for Counsel");¹

NOTING that Article 9(c) of the Code of Professional Conduct for Counsel provides that "subject to leave from the Chamber, if representation by counsel is to be terminated or withdrawn, counsel shall not do so until a replacement counsel is engaged by the client or assigned by the Registrar, or the client has notified the Registrar in writing of his intention to conduct his own defence".

PURSUANT TO Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;

HEREBY INSTRUCT the Registrar of the Tribunal ("Registrar"), by 13 April 2006, to file a submission on the Motion and in particular to provide the Chamber with specific information on assignment of counsel for Mico Stanisic;

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

Dated this sixth day of April 2006
At The Hague,
The Netherlands

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Krister Thelin
Pre-Trial Judge