Case No. IT-96-23 & 23/1-A

THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

Before: Judge Claude Jorda, President

Registrar: Mr. Hans Holthuis

Decision of: 21 May 2001

THE PROSECUTOR

v.

DRAGOLJUB KUNARAC
RADOMIR KOVAC
AND
ZORAN VUKOVIC

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ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT ASSIGNING JUDGES TO THE APPEALS CHAMBER

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The Office of the Prosecutor:

Mr. Dirk Ryneveld

Defence Counsel:

Mr. Slavisa Prodanovic and Ms. Mara Pilipovic for the accused Dragoljub Kunarac
Mr. Momir Kolesar and Mr. Vladimir Rajic for the accused Radomir Kovac
Mr. Goran Jovanovic and Ms. Jelana Lopicic for the accused Zoran Vukovic

 

I, Claude Jorda, President 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 (hereinafter "the International Tribunal"),

NOTING the Judgement rendered on 22 February 2001 by Trial Chamber II in the trial of Dragoljub Kunarac, Radomir Kovac and Zoran Vukovic,

NOTING the Notice of appeal against the Judgement of 22 February 2001 filed by Counsel for the accused Zoran Vukovic on 6 March 2001,

NOTING the Notice of appeal against the Judgement of 22 February 2001 filed by Counsel for the accused Radomir Kovac on 6 March 2001,

NOTING the Notice of appeal against the Judgement of 22 February 2001 filed by Counsel for the accused Dragoljub Kunarac on 7 March 2001,

CONSIDERING that, pursuant to Rule 15(A) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal (hereinafter "the Rules"), Judge Pocar has withdrawn from the appeal,

CONSIDERING that Article 12(B) of the Statute of the International Tribunal (hereinafter "the Statute") states that five Judges shall serve in the Appeals Chamber,

PURSUANT to Article 14(3) of the Statute and Rule 27 of the Rules,

HAVING CONSULTED the Judges of the International Tribunal,

FOR THE FOREGOING REASONS,

ORDER that in the case IT-96-23-A & IT-96-23/1-A, The Prosecutor v. Dragoljub Kunarac, Radomir Kovac and Zoran Vukovic, the Appeals Chamber shall be composed as follows:

Judge Jorda, President

Judge Vohrah

Judge Shahabuddeen

Judge Nieto-Navia

Judge Liu

 

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

Done this twenty-first day of May 2001
At The Hague
The Netherlands

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Claude Jorda
President of the International Tribunal

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