Order for the Holding of a Hearing and the Setting of a Date for the Start of the Trial

IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER

Before:
Judge Claude Jorda, Presiding
Judge Haopei Li
Judge Fouad Riad

Registrar:
Mr. Jean-Jacques Heintz, Deputy Registrar

Decision of:
17 June 1997

THE PROSECUTOR

v.

TIHOMIR BLASKIC

ORDER FOR THE HOLDING OF A HEARING AND THE SETTING OF A DATE FOR THE START OF THE TRIAL

The Office of the Prosecutor:

Mr. Mark Harmon
Mr. Andrew Cayley
Mr. Gregory Kehoe

Defence Counsel:

Mr. Anto Nobilo
Mr. Russell Hayman

TRIAL CHAMBER I

CONSIDERING Rules 54 and 67 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence,

CONSIDERING the Motion of the Prosecutor for protective measures and a special request for a hearing dated 5 June 1997,

CONSIDERING the Motion of the Prosecutor for a video deposition and protective measures dated 10 June 1997,

CONSIDERING the observations of the Defence in respect of the aforementioned Motions dated 13 and 17 June 1997,

DECIDES

FIRST, that an in camera hearing will be held on Monday, 23 June 1997 at 9.30 am regarding

- measures for the protection of certain witnesses

- measures for the taking of a deposition;

SECOND, that the person cited by the Prosecutor in her Request is authorised to address the Trial Chamber or to file a brief with the said Chamber;

THIRD, that the trial of the accused Tihomir Blaskic will begin on Tuesday, 24 June 1997 at 9.30 am.

Done in French and English, with the French version being authoritative.

Done this seventeenth day of June 1997
At The Hague
The Netherlands

(signed)
_______________________
Claude Jorda, Presiding
Trial Chamber I

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