IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER

Before: Judge Iain Bonomy, Presiding

Judge Ali Nawaz Chowhan

Judge Tsvetana Kamenova

Judge Janet Nosworthy, Reserve Judge

Registrar: Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of: 25 October 2006

PROSECUTOR

v.

MILAN MILUTINOVIĆ

NIKOLA ŠAINOVIĆ

DRAGOLJUB OJDANIĆ

NEBOJŠA PAVKOVIĆ

VLADIMIR LAZAREVIĆ

SRETEN LUKIĆ

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ORDER VARYING TIME LIMIT FOR DEFENCE RESPONSE TO PARTLY CONFIDENTIAL PROSECUTION MOTION FOR TESTIMONY OF WITNESS K58

TO BE HEARD VIA VIDEO-LINK CONFERENCE

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Office of the Prosecutor

Mr. Thomas Hannis

Mr. Chester Stamp

Ms. Christina Moeller

Ms. Patricia Fikirini

Mr. Mathias Marcussen

Counsel for the Accused

Mr. Eugene O’Sullivan and Mr. Slobodan Zečević for Mr. Milan Milutinović

Mr. Toma Fila and Mr. Vladimir Petrović for Mr. Nikola Šainović

Mr. Tomislav Višnjić and Mr. Norman Sepenuk for Mr. Dragoljub Ojdanić

Mr. John Ackerman and Mr. Aleksandar Aleksić for Mr. Nebojša Pavković

Mr. Mihajlo Bakrač and Mr. Ðuro Čepić for Mr. Vladimir Lazarević

Mr. Branko Lukić and Mr. Dragan Ivetić for Mr. Sreten Lukić

 

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 ("Tribunal"), is seised of a "Partly Confidential Prosecution Motion for Testimony to be Heard via Video-Link Conference with Confidential Annex A", filed on 20 October 2006 ("Motion"), in which the Prosecution requests, pursuant to Rules 71 bis and 73 of the Rules of Evidence and Procedure ("Rules"), that the evidence of witness K58, scheduled for the week of 6 November 2006, be received via a video-conference link.

  1. As of today, the Defence has not responded to the Motion. Pursuant to Rule 126 bis, the Defence response, if any, has to be filed within fourteen days of the filing of the Motion, namely on Friday, 3 November 2006. The Trial Chamber notes, however, that witness K58 is scheduled to give evidence in the week of 6 November 2006, that is, one working day after the Defence response is due.

  2. The Trial Chamber considers that Rules 54 and 127 of the Rules allow the Trial Chamber to vary, proprio motu, the time limits prescribed by the Rules. Accordingly, pursuant to Rules 54 and 127, the Trial Chamber hereby ORDERS that the Defence shall file a response, if any, by Monday, 30 October 2006.

Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative.

 

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Dated this twenty-fifth day of October 2006

At The Hague

The Netherlands

 

 

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