UNITED

NATIONS

International Tribunal for the

Prosecution of Persons

Responsible for Serious Violations of

International Humanitarian Law

Committed in the Territory of

Former Yugoslavia since 1991

Case No.

IT-02-65/1-S

Date:

27 June 2003

Original:

ENGLISH

IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER

Before:

Judge Richard May, Presiding

Judge Patrick Robinson

Judge O-Gon Kwon

Registrar:

Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of:

27 June 2003

PROSECUTOR

v.

PREDRAG BANOVIĆ

 

 

ORDER FOR RELEASE OF

CONFIDENTIAL PLEA AGREEMENT

The Office of the Prosecutor:

Ms. Joanna Korner

   

Ms. Sureta Chana

   
     

Counsel for the Accused:

Mr. Jovan Babić, for Predrag Banović

 

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 ("International Tribunal"),

HAVING ACCEPTED a guilty plea to Count 1 of the Consolidated Indictment from the accused, Predrag Banovic, on 26 June 2003, pursuant to a “Joint Motion for the Consideration of a Plea Agreement between Predrag Banović and the Office of the Prosecutor” filed on 18 June 2003 (“Motion”),

NOTING that the Plea Agreement between the parties dated 5 June 2003 ("Plea Agreement") attached to the Motion has been filed on a confidential basis,

CONSIDERING that Rule 62 ter of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal ("Rules") requires the disclosure of the Plea Agreement in open session at the time the accused pleads guilty unless the parties can show good cause why the agreement should only be disclosed in closed session,

PURSUANT to Rules 54 and Rule 62 ter of the Rules

HEREBY DIRECTS the Registry of the International Tribunal to release the Plea Agreement as a public document seven days after the issue of this Order unless, within that time, either of the parties files a motion showing good cause why the confidential nature of the filing should be maintained.

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

 

 

 

 

 

Richard May

Presiding

Dated this twenty-seventh day of June 2003

At the Hague,

The Netherlands ₣Seal of the Tribunalğ