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1 Friday, 8 October 2004
2 [Open session]
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4 --- Upon commencing at 9.10 a.m.
5 JUDGE ORIE: Good morning to everyone. We're in open session. I
6 would first like to ask Madam Registrar to call the case.
7 THE REGISTRAR: Case Number IT-00-39-T, The Prosecutor versus
8 Momcilo Krajisnik.
9 JUDGE ORIE: Thank you, Madam Registrar.
10 I think the Prosecution would like to know in which week we would
11 not be sitting in November. That will be the week starting the -- I think
12 the 13th of November is a Monday, if I'm not... 15th. Well, that week,
13 yes, 15th up to and including the 19th, the Friday, we'll not be sitting.
14 MR. HARMON: Thank you, Your Honour.
15 MR. STEWART: That's extremely helpful to know, Your Honour. Is
16 there any indication also at this stage of which week -- I think there's
17 one week the Trial Chamber is considering sitting in the afternoon rather
18 than the morning.
19 JUDGE ORIE: I think I already gave the programme about morning
20 and afternoon sessions. I haven't got it in my mind at this moment. But
21 I delivered a schedule for that.
22 MR. STEWART: Yes. If that's answered then, all sorts of things
23 happen when I'm not looking, royalty visits, schedules get sorted out. My
24 apologies for taking up time.
25 JUDGE ORIE: Yes. If there's no other issue at this moment to be
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18 JUDGE ORIE: We're in open session again.
19 Ms. Loukas, I do understand that the issue to be raised is about
20 the scheduling of the testimony of the expert witness Ms. Hansen, which
21 was originally announced for, I think, the 21st of October. And I do
22 understand that there have been some communication between the parties,
23 Prosecution willing to delay -- to postpone, but not for such a time that
24 would be agreeable for the Defence.
25 Please proceed.
Page 6999
1 MS. LOUKAS: Yes, that's correct, Your Honour. And of course, in
2 the two or three minutes I have available what I can outline is this: The
3 Defence is simply not in a position to deal with Ms. Hansen's evidence at
4 this time. And the one week suggestion by the Prosecution is simply not
5 adequate to our purposes. The situation we find ourselves in, and this is
6 something we've made clear to the Trial Chamber on a number of occasions,
7 is that our would-be pre-trial preparation is occurring whilst the trial
8 proceeds. And it's an invidious, untenable position. But specifically in
9 relation to this witness, Your Honour, this is -- the evidence of this
10 particular expert is critical, would-be linkage evidence, it relates to
11 all the municipalities in the indictment. We're still in the process at
12 this stage of still churning through the 92 bis submissions in relation to
13 all the municipalities. And Your Honour, in those circumstances, I'd also
14 go to the extent of the material. And I actually have a memo in which I
15 can outline to Your Honours the extent of the material, but just as an
16 example, we got a new documents disclosure this week, Tuesday, the 5th of
17 October, a CD containing 69 documents, only two of the 69 documents have
18 English translations. We're dealing with, Your Honour, an expert's report
19 that refers to the -- refers to 372 different documents. We've only a
20 quarter of the way through printing this material. We are just simply,
21 Your Honour, not in a position to deal with this witness at this time.
22 I can appreciate the OTP wishes, and they have the right to run
23 their case in any way they and at what point they wish. But on the other
24 hand from the Defence perspective, it's in the interests of justice, Your
25 Honour, that the Defence has proper time for preparation. And we simply
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1 do not. And Your Honour, we cannot deal with this witness at this point
2 in time. One last point in terms of my two or three minutes, is that the
3 particular witness in question that we're dealing with doesn't present at
4 the particular logistical exercises because the expert in question is
5 employed by the office.
6 JUDGE ORIE: Yes, the Chamber is aware of that.
7 Mr. Hannis, please respond. And if the flexibility would be
8 greater than appeared until now in the communications, the Chamber would
9 like to hear that.
10 MR. HANNIS: Thank you, Your Honour. We would like to try to work
11 with the Court and the Defence. However, I would note for Your Honour
12 that this expert report was filed in July 2002. There were 331 documents
13 mentioned in the 142 footnotes in that report that were disclosed at that
14 time. There has been separate disclosure of all those documents in
15 addition since then related to the various municipalities, and
16 Mr. Treanor. This witness was first noticed as being one that we wanted
17 to call on the 18th of October by an email that we sent to
18 Mr. De Hemptinne and the Defence on the 10th of September. I understand
19 there were 15 additional documents consisting of 30 pages that were
20 disclosed on the 1st of October. However, they are not new material, Your
21 Honour. They're more in the nature of documents that supplement the
22 original 331.
23 We could move the witness further on, but we have witnesses
24 scheduled, for example, in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd of November. We have
25 witnesses scheduled. They're planning to attend then. We might put them
Page 7001
1 the week after that. But -- whatever the Court's decision is, we ask that
2 we have that as soon as possible so we can make the logistical changes for
3 the other witnesses that would be replaced.
4 JUDGE ORIE: It's perhaps the wrong expression, but it one more
5 week your last offer, or is it...? I asked you about the flexibility.
6 And while you indicated there's still some flexibility, but you know
7 elastic at a certain moment breaks.
8 MR. HANNIS: Your Honour, looking at it, the following week we
9 have two witnesses tentatively scheduled, but they're not as firm. It
10 might be easier to put Ms. Hansen the week of November 8th, and keep the
11 witnesses we have currently scheduled for the 1st through the 5th of
12 November.
13 JUDGE ORIE: Ms. Loukas.
14 MS. LOUKAS: Very briefly, Your Honour, because I think we're
15 probably running out of tape at this point.
16 JUDGE ORIE: As I said, my information about the tape is not fully
17 correct. But this is again not an invitation.
18 MS. LOUKAS: Your Honour, just in relation to this, I can indicate
19 that taking on board the scheduling aspects that have been mentioned by
20 Mr. Hannis, it seems to be more appropriate that we deal with this
21 particular witness at a time when we don't have a scheduling difficulty
22 which I assume might be early next year, in which case we will have dealt
23 with all the 92 bis submissions. We will have been through all the
24 municipalities at that point, and it's more appropriate to call her at
25 that time.
Page 7002
1 JUDGE ORIE: Well, the Chamber will consider what to do.
2 Mr. Hannis, let me just very practically ask you. We'll not sit
3 in the week -- you said now it's possible the week of the 8th of November.
4 You know that we're not sitting in the week starting the 15th of November.
5 So a further postponement of one week would actually be two weeks. Would
6 that still be within your flexibility reach?
7 MR. HANNIS: I'm not sure, Your Honour. You're talking about
8 postponing then until the week of the 22nd?
9 JUDGE ORIE: Of November.
10 MR. HANNIS: Yes.
11 JUDGE ORIE: Yes, because we'll not sit in the week of the
12 13th -- it's the 15th until the 19th. That means that 22nd would then
13 be ...
14 MR. HANNIS: Your Honour, presently the difficulty with that week
15 is there's a witness that we've tentatively tried to schedule for that
16 week. That may be the only week we can get him in, in the near future.
17 JUDGE ORIE: And how many days would that witness take?
18 MR. HANNIS: May I consult with Mr. Harmon for a moment.
19 JUDGE ORIE: Yes, of course.
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21 MR. HANNIS: Your Honour, the witness we have proposed for that
22 Monday and Tuesday is scheduled to take perhaps six or eight hours on
23 direct. But we could start Ms. Hansen later in the week, Wednesday or
24 Thursday. Your Honour, I did want to raise one other concern in light of
25 Ms. Loukas's announcement in Court last week, I believe, or earlier this
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1 week that she proposes to file a motion of withdrawal, we have a concern
2 about how that may impact on this witness.
3 JUDGE ORIE: Yes, of course, you'll understand that by postponing
4 we try to keep Ms. Loukas on board as long as possible. Mr. Hannis, of
5 course, as you may have noticed at that time, the Chamber has heard what
6 Ms. Loukas said. And the Chamber finds it not appropriate to address that
7 matter up to the moment that Ms. Loukas addresses the matter. So we'll
8 stay out of that.
9 Ms. Loukas, the second half of the week starting the 22nd of
10 November. I know it's not January, but ...
11 MS. LOUKAS: Well, Your Honour, I must say from my perspective,
12 it's quite clear that if we are to meet the 92 bis schedule set out in
13 meetings with the representatives from the Trial Chamber, it's very
14 difficult for me to see how we can deal with the current trial schedule at
15 the same time.
16 JUDGE ORIE: Yes. Would postponement -- well, specifically in
17 that period, of course not postpone the whole of the 92 bis, would that
18 contribute to -- well, let's say one or two municipalities, or
19 postponement of one week? Of course, I have to -- I'm aware that also the
20 92 bis, of course, is a matter of scheduling preparation for the Chamber.
21 Bun one thing for certain, your suggestion was to hear first all of the
22 municipalities, the Chamber is a bit concerned about hearing all of the
23 crime-base evidence and not to hear important evidence on the vertical
24 issues as well. But it's certainly hearing the expert evidence of
25 Ms. Hansen would certainly give a brief delay in further hearing
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1 crime-base evidence. So perhaps we could consider to give you some
2 additional time at that moment to present your 92 bis positions.
3 MS. LOUKAS: Your Honour, I would just make one comment in
4 relation to Your Honour's observation, and that is this: My suggestion
5 was that it would be more appropriate to deal with this particular expert
6 witness's evidence once we had finished the 92 bis process as opposed to
7 necessarily hearing all the evidence from the various municipalities. And
8 if one looks at the current 92 bis process, the week that we have out of
9 court, next week, for example, I'm currently in the process of having all
10 the 92 bis material printed out for the next log which is at this stage
11 already 2.000 pages. And we have another series of that nature until the
12 end of December, which will take up all the time that we have out of the
13 trial schedule. I have to make that point clear, Your Honour, that we're
14 dealing with -- from the Defence perspective, a next to impossible
15 schedule in conjunction with the other matters that we have to take ...
16 JUDGE ORIE: Combining all of the 92 bis work and dealing with
17 Ms. Hansen would be a major problem for you.
18 MS. LOUKAS: Absolutely, Your Honour, I wish we were in the
19 luxurious position of having seven counsel as the Prosecution does.
20 JUDGE ORIE: Ms. Loukas, we have discussed that many times. That
21 counsel in court does not mean that counsel are available fulltime for
22 that case. So let's not reiterate that.
23 I do see that the Prosecution has showed some willingness to
24 further postpone, and I also notice that you're still not in a position
25 to, say, well, that is although not I wished, it is acceptable to me. If
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1 that's the situation, the Chamber will have to give it some consideration.
2 MS. LOUKAS: If Your Honours please.
3 JUDGE ORIE: We'll adjourn until 1.00.
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5 --- On resuming at 1.07 p.m.
6 JUDGE ORIE: I come back to the issue that has been discussed in
7 the presence of Mr. Hannis just before the break, that is, the timing of
8 the testimony of the expert witness, Ms. Hansen. From what I understand
9 that the Prosecution now takes the position that it could be postponed
10 until approximately 25th, 26th of November to start with. The Chamber
11 intends to follow approximately, so that whenever it would be the 25th of
12 or the 26th, or the beginning of the next week which would bring us early
13 in December to hear the testimony of Ms. Hansen at that time, but before
14 giving a final decision, the Chamber would very much during the next week,
15 when we're not sitting, the Chamber would very much like the parties to
16 sit together and to rediscuss the 92 bis schedule because 92 bis was one
17 of the -- I'm not saying it would be totally overthrown, but at least to
18 give some relief to the Defence in view of the 92 bis schedule. And at
19 the same time, the Chamber invites the Prosecution, having heard the
20 number and not being fully aware yet of what it all contains, but having
21 heard the number of the 92 bis material, to invite the Prosecution to
22 review to what extent it's all really needed. I remember one case -- one
23 92 bis moment in this case where 1.050 pages were finally reduced to 6.
24 Of course, that was a very dramatic reduction, and I'm not saying that you
25 always can take 1 per cent and that would be enough.
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1 So therefore, the parties are invited to -- I wouldn't say
2 renegotiate, but at least to see whether any adaptation could be made on
3 the 92 bis schedule as agreed upon until now, preferably under the
4 guidance of Mr. De Hemptinne because he was involved, or perhaps since he
5 might not be there next week, Mr. Harhoff, and at the same time the
6 Prosecution is invited to see to what extent all the huge number of 92 bis
7 pages are really necessary, and I -- then especially, but I do not know
8 whether there are any transcripts involved in it, because that's what
9 usually takes the huge number of pages, rather than the statements.
10 So it is all a bit related, so we do not give a final decision at
11 this moment. But certainly, we'll not -- I mean, the flexibility shown by
12 the Prosecution, will not say no, we would like to hear that evidence
13 earlier, although the Chamber wants to have a fair balance in horizontal
14 and vertical aspects and not to wait until the very end of the case to
15 hear any vertical evidence, and having heard meanwhile all the evidence on
16 all the municipalities. But whether it will be the second half of the
17 last week of November or the first week of December is still something to
18 be seen and could be part of the discussions perhaps between the parties
19 as well. But we'll give a decision if there's no agreement once the
20 Chamber restarts sitting on the 21st of October it is, I think. 22nd.
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10 JUDGE ORIE: We are in open session again. Having concluded the
11 testimony of the witness, the Chamber adjourns until the 18th of October,
12 quarter past 2.00 in Courtroom III.
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