IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER
Before: Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, Presiding
Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito
Judge Saad Saood Jan
Registrar: Mrs. Dorothee de Sampayo Garrido-Nijgh
Order of: 14 April 1997
PROSECUTOR
v.
TIHOMIR BLASKIC
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ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO APPEAR AS AMICUS CURIAE
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To: The Office of the Prosecutor
To: The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
To: Defence Minister Ante Jelavic, the successor of the Custodian of the Records of the Central Archive of what was formerly the Ministry of Defence of the Croatian Community of Herceg Bosna
To: The Republic of Croatia, and
To: Defence Minister Gojko Susak, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Croatia
To: Mr. Bruno Simma
THE TRIAL CHAMBER
HAVING CONSIDERED the request of Mr. Bruno Simma filed on 7 April 1997 for leave to
appear as amicus curiae in this matter,
NOTING that no objection was made by the parties to the acceptance of Mr. Simma as amicus
curiae,
NOTING that the written brief of Mr. Simma was submitted on 14 April 1997, pursuant to
the Order of the Trial Chamber dated 8 April 1997, and after having obtained the consent
of the Trial Chamber to such late filing,
NOTING FURTHER that Mr. Simma does not wish to attend the hearing scheduled for
Wednesday 16 April 1997 to present his arguments in person,
PURSUANT TO RULE 74
HEREBY
(1) GRANTS LEAVE to the said Mr. Bruno Simma to appear as amicus curiae; and
(2) ACCEPTS the submission of the written brief.
Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
Presiding Judge
Dated this fourteenth day of April 1997
At The Hague
The Netherlands
[Seal of the Tribunal]