Case No. IT-95-9-T
IN TRIAL CHAMBER II
Before:
Judge Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba, Presiding
Judge Sharon A. Williams
Judge Per-Johan Viktor Lindholm
Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis
Decision of:
6 June 2003
PROSECUTOR
v.
BLAGOJE SIMIC
MIROSLAV TADIC
SIMO ZARIC
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ORDER ON REQUESTS FOR A REPORT FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETENTION UNIT
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The Office of the Prosecutor:
Mr. Gramsci Di Fazio
Mr. Philip Weiner
Mr. David Re
Counsel for the Accused:
Mr. Igor Pantelic and Mr. Srdjan Vukovic for Blagoje Simic
Mr. Novak Lukic and Mr. Dragan Krgovic for Miroslav Tadic
Mr. Borislav Pisarevic and Mr. Aleksandar Lazarevic for Simo Zaric
TRIAL CHAMBER II 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 ("Tribunal"),
BEING SEISED OF requests made by the Defence at the oral hearing of 4 June 2003 for a report from the commanding officer of the United Nations Detention Unit ("Detention Unit") concerning the behaviour of the accused Blagoje Simic, Miroslav Tadic and Simo Zaric, whilst they are there in custody, and the request made by the Defence of Miroslav Tadic, for a medical report to be provided on the current health of Miroslav Tadic ("Requests"),
NOTING that at the hearing of 4 June 2003, the Trial Chamber orally granted the Requests, with the Office of the Prosecutor expressing no objection thereto,
PURSUANT TO Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Tribunal ("Rules"),
HEREBY CONFIRMS the oral order of the Trial Chamber of 4 June 2003 and GRANTS THE REQUESTS that the Registrar undertake the necessary steps to ensure that the commanding officer of the Detention Unit provides a report on the behaviour of the accused Blagoje Simic, Miroslav Tadic and Simo Zaric, and that the medical officer of the Detention Unit provides a medical report on the current health of Miroslav Tadic as soon as practicable.
Done in French and English, the English version being authoritative.
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Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba,
Presiding
Dated this sixth day of June 2003,
At The Hague
The Netherlands
[Seal of the Tribunal]