Case No.: IT-02-54-T
IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER
Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis
Decision of:
5 February 2004
PROSECUTOR
v.
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
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ORDER SCHEDULING HEARINGS TO THE CLOSE OF THE PROSECUTION CASE
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The Office of the Prosecutor
Ms. Carla Del Ponte
Mr. Geoffrey Nice
Mr. Dermot Groome
The Accused
Mr. Slobodan Milosevic
Amici Curiae
Mr. Steven Kay, QC
Mr. Branislav Tapuskovic
Mr. Timothy L.H. McCormack
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 ("the International Tribunal"),
Proprio motu
NOTING that the Prosecution is to conclude its case within seven sitting days,
CONSIDERING that the Trial Chamber was required to cancel the proceedings for the sitting days of 3 to 5 February 2004 due to the illness of the Accused, and that it is in the interests of justice that the Prosecution case be brought to a close by 19 February 2004,
CONSIDERING that it is therefore appropriate to schedule the remainder of the Prosecution case to be completed in five sitting days, the times for which will be lengthened to accommodate the remaining time available to the Prosecution to conclude its case,
CONSIDERING that because the Accused must prepare for five longer sitting days in circumstances where he is currently unwell, and because the longer sitting days will create a requirement for the Accused to make preparations outside of the normal sitting schedule, it is appropriate for the Registrar to provide whatever reasonable assistance the Accused may require to prepare for court,
PURSUANT TO Rule 54 of the Rules,
HEREBY ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
9am – 10.30am
11am – 12.30pm
2pm – 3.15pm
3.30pm – 4.45pm
which shall be the time available for the Prosecution to conclude its case; and
Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative.
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Patrick Robinson
Judge
Dated this fifth day of February 2004
At The Hague
The Netherlands
[Seal of the Tribunal]