IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER

Before: Judge Adolphus G. Karibi-Whyte, Presiding

Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito

Judge Saad Saood Jan

Registrar: Mrs. Dorothee de Sampayo Garrido-Nijgh

Order of: 19 August 1998

PROSECUTOR

v.

ZEJNIL DELALIC

ZDRAVKO MUCIC also known as "PAVO"

HAZIM DELIC

ESAD LANDZO also known as "ZENGA"

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SCHEDULING ORDER

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The Office of the Prosecutor:

Mr. Grant Niemann

Ms. Teresa McHenry

Mr. Giuliano Turone

Counsel for the Accused:

Ms. Edina Residovic, Mr. Ekrem Galijatovic, Mr. Eugene O’Sullivan, for Zejnil Delalic

Mrs. Nihada Buturovic, Mr. Tomislav Kuzmanovic, for Zdravko Mucic

Mr. Salih Karabdic, Mr. Thomas Moran, for Hazim Delic

Ms. Cynthia McMurrey, Ms. Nancy Boler for Esad Landzo

 

 

THIS 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 ("International Tribunal");

BEING SEISED of the "Prosecution request for amendment to scheduling order of 30 July 1998" (Official Registry Page ("RP") D7561-D7564), filed 14 August 1998 by the Office of the Prosecutor ("Prosecution") ("Motion");

NOTING "Esad Landzo’s response to the prosecution’s request for amendment to scheduling order of 30 July 1998" (RP D7570-D7572), filed 18 August 1998;

FURTHER NOTING the Scheduling Orders issued on 14 July 1998 (RP D7225-D7227) and 30 July 1998 (RP D7501-D7504);

CONSIDERING the obligation of the Trial Chamber to ensure a fair and expeditious trial, pursuant to Article 20 of the Statute of the International Tribunal ("Statute");

FURTHER CONSIDERING that Rule 86 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal ("Rules"), provides that at the stage of closing arguments the Prosecution "may present a rebuttal argument, to which the defence may present a rejoinder";

PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 20 OF THE STATUTE AND RULES 54 AND 86 OF THE RULES;

HEREBY ORDERS that:

  1. Oral statements in support of the written briefs of closing arguments, which shall commence at 10 p.m. on 31 August 1998, shall not exceed:
    1. 60 minutes for the Prosecution’s initial statement;
    2. 45 minutes for each Defendant’s statement in reply;
    3. 30 minutes for the Prosecution’s rebuttal statement, if any;
    4. 20 minutes for each Defendant’s rejoinder statement, if any.

2. The Prosecution may provide an oral reply to the written briefs of the closing arguments of the Defence, during its oral statements on 31 August 1998.

 

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

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Adolphus G. Karibi-Whyte

Presiding Judge

Dated this nineteenth day of August 1998,

At The Hague,

The Netherlands.

[Seal of the Tribunal]