Case No. IT-03-68-PT

Prosecutor v. Naser Oric

DECISION

THE 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, 8, 10, 11 (B) and 16;

CONSIDERING that on 18 June 2003, Ms. Vasvija Vidovic, assigned counsel to Mr. Naser Oric (hereinafter "the accused") by a decision of the Registrar dated 24 April 2003, requested the assignment of Mr. John Jones, Attorney at law from London, as co-counsel for the accused as of 1 July 2003;

NOTING that Ms. Vidovic has been temporarily assigned as counsel for a period of 120 days while the Registry is in the process of verifying whether the accused satisfies the requisite conditions for assignment of counsel;

CONSIDERING that on the basis of Article 16 (C) of the Directive, the Registrar may assign a second counsel to assist the lead counsel in the interests of justice;

CONSIDERING that Mr. Jones meets the requirements for assignment as set forth in Article 14 of the Directive;

DECIDES to assign Mr. Jones as co-counsel for the accused as of 1 July 2003 for a period of 45 days.

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Hans Holthuis
Registrar

Dated this twenty fourth day of June 2003
At The Hague
The Netherlands

   

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