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Celebici Camp, Prosecutor v. Mucic et al., Order for Non-Disclosure to the Public or Media of Names of Potential Witnesses, IT-96-21 (ICTY TC, Sep. 04, 1998)

Before:
Judge Adolphus G. Karibi-Whyte, Presiding
Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito
Judge Saad Saood Jan

Registrar:
Mrs. Dorothee de Sampayo Garrido-Nijgh

Order of:
29 November 1996

PROSECUTOR

v.

ZEJNIL DELALIC
ZDRAVKO MUCIC also known as "PAVO"
HAZIM DELIC
ESAD LANDZO also known as "ZENGA"

___________________________________________________________

ORDER FOR NON-DISCLOSURE
TO THE PUBLIC OR MEDIA OF NAMES OF POTENTIAL WITNESSES

________________________________________________________

The Office of the Prosecutor:

Mr. Eric Ostberg
Ms. Teresa McHenry
Mr. Giuliano Turone

Counsel for the Accused:

Ms. Edina Residovic, for Zejnil Delalic
Mr. Branislav Tapuskovic, for Zdravko Mucic
Mr. Salih Karabcic, for Hazim Delic
Mr. Mustafa Brackovic, for Esad Landzo

THE TRIAL CHAMBER,

NOTING the joint application filed on 18 November 1996 by the Office of the Prosecutor ("Prosecution") and counsel for the four accused requesting an order for the non-disclosure to the public and to the media of the names or identifying data of potential witnesses whose statements are to be provided by the parties as part of the pre-trial discovery process ("Application"),

NOTING that the reasons given for such Application are appropriate for the privacy and protection of victims and witnesses in the pre-trial stage of the proceedings and that the measures requested are consistent with the rights of the accused,

PURSUANT to Rule 75 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal,

HEREBY GRANTS the Application and ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:

(1) until further order, the Prosecution, the accused, the Defence counsel and their representatives who are acting pursuant to their instructions or requests shall not disclose the names of potential witnesses or other identifying data concerning such potential witnesses to the public or the media, except to the limited extent such disclosure to members of the public is necessary to investigate the witnesses adequately; and

(2) any such disclosure shall be done in such a way as to minimise the risk of the witnessesí names being divulged to the public at large or to the media.

Adolphus G. Karibi-Whyte
Presiding Judge

Dated this twenty-ninth day of November 1996

At The Hague
The Netherlands [Seal of the Tribunal]

   

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