Case No. IT-95-12-PT

Prosecutor v. Ivica Rajic

 

THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR,

CONSIDERING the Statute of the Tribunal as adopted by the Security Council under Resolution 827 (1993), and in particular Article 21 thereof;

CONSIDERING the Rules of Procedure and Evidence as adopted by the Tribunal on 11 February 1994, as subsequently amended, and in particular Rules 44 and 45 thereof;

CONSIDERING the Directive on Assignment of Defence Counsel (hereinafter "the Directive"), as adopted by the Tribunal on 28 July 1994, as subsequently amended, and in particular, Articles 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11(B);

CONSIDERING that on 25 June 2003 Mr Ivica Rajic (hereinafter "the Accused") has submitted a Declaration of Means pursuant to Article 8 of the Directive, and requested the Registrar to assign Mr. Zelko Olujic, attorney at law from Zagreb, to represent him before the International Tribunal;

CONSIDERING that Mr. Olujic requested the assignment of Ms. Doris Kosta, attorney at law from Split, as co-counsel to the Accused;

CONSIDERING that for the purpose of establishing whether the Accused satisfies the requisite conditions for assignment of counsel, the Registrar may inquire into his means and request the gathering of any information or the production of any documents to verify the request;

CONSIDERING that on 20 November 2003, the Deputy Registrar assigned Mr Zelko Olujic as lead counsel and Ms Doris Kosta as co-counsel to the Accused until 31 January 2004, pending verification of his means;

CONSIDERING that the Registry had not completed its inquiry into the means of the Accused by 31 January 2004 and that the inquiry remains pending as of the date of this Decision;

CONSIDERING that the right of the Accused to counsel should not be affected while the Registrar examines the Declaration of Means and the information obtained pursuant to Article 10 of the Directive;

DECIDES to extend the assignment of Mr. Zelko Olujic as lead counsel and the assignment of Ms. Doris Kosta as co-counsel to the Accused for a period of 90 days from 31 January 2004, pending verification of the Accused’s Declaration of Means;

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David Tolbert
Deputy Registrar

Dated this fifteenth day of March 2004
At The Hague
The Netherlands