IN THE APPEALS CHAMBER

Before: Judge Patricia Wald, Pre-Appeal Judge

Registrar: Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of: 14 March 2001

PROSECUTOR

v.

ZORAN KUPREŠKIC
MIRJAN KUPREŠKIC
VLATKO KUPREŠKIC
DRAGO JOSIPOVIC
VLADIMIR SANTIC

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SCHEDULING ORDER

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Counsel for the Prosecutor:

Mr. Upawansa Yapa

Counsel for the Defence:

Mr. Ranko Radovic, Mr. Tomislav Pasaric for Zoran Kupreškic
Ms. Jadranka Slokovic-Glumac, Ms. Desanka Vranjican for Mirjan Kupreskic
Mr. Anthony Abell, Mr. John Livingston for Vlatko Kupreskic
Mr. Luka Šušak, Ms. Goranka Herljevic for Drago Josipovic
Mr. Petar Pavkovic, Mr. Mirko Vrdoljak for Vladimir Šantic

 

I, PATRICIA WALD, Judge 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 ("the International Tribunal"),

HAVING BEEN APPOINTED as pre-appeal Judge in this matter by virtue of an order of the Appeals Chamber dated 14 March 2001;

BEING SEISED OF the following motions for the admission of additional evidence (collectively "the Motions for Admission of Additional Evidence"):

- “Confidential Motion, Pursuant to Rule 115, for Admission of Additional Evidence on Appeal By the Appellant, Vlatko Kupreškic”, filed by Vlatko Kupreškic on 5 September 2000, which seeks the admission of the evidence of additional witnesses Marija Kupreškic, Ivan (“Ivica”) Covic, AVK/1, AVK/2, AVK/3, AVK/4, AVK/7, AVK/8, Miro Lazarevic, Muhamed Trako and Ivica Cosic, and a number of exhibits;

- "Motion for Additional Evidence" and "Request of the Counsel for Drago Josipovic for the Derivation of Additional Proofs Considering Rule 115 of the Book of Rules and Procedure", filed by Drago Josipovic on 31 August 2000 and 4 October 2000 respectively, which seek the admission of (a) a video-recording of visibility in Santici on 16 April 2000 and (b) four documents obtained from Croatian State archives;

- “Motion of the Counsel of Zoran and Mirjan Kupreškic for the Acceptance of Additional Evidence, Which Was Not Available At the Time of the Hearing Before the Trial Chamber (Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence)” and “Motion No. 3 of the Counsels of Zoran and Mirjan Kupreškic With Which They Request the Derivation of Additional Proofs, Based on the Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence”, jointly filed by Zoran and Mirjan Kupreškic on 4 October 2000 and 18 December 2000 respectively, which seek the admission of (a) documents from Croatian State archives consisting of eight documents relating to the command role of Zoran Kupreškic and two documents relating to the identification of HVO units involved in the attack on Ahmici, and (b) two video-recordings of the visibility in Ahmici on 16 and 17 April 2000;

NOTING the "Decision on the Motions of Appellants Vlatko Kupreškic, Drago Josipovic, Zoran Kupreškic And Mirjan Kupreškic To Admit Additional Evidence", issued confidentially on 26 February 2001, in which the Appeals Chamber ordered, inter alia, that an oral hearing be scheduled to take place and that the Motions for Admission of Additional Evidence be determined following oral argument at the oral hearing;

NOTING that Rule 65 ter of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence ("the Rules"), in conjunction with Rule 107 of the Rules, provides that the pre-appeal Judge shall ensure that the proceedings are not unduly delayed and shall take any measure necessary to prepare the case for a fair and expeditious appeal;

HEREBY ORDER that:

1. the oral hearing to determine the Motions for Admission of Additional Evidence shall take place at 10 am on Friday 30 March 2001;

2. the appellants will be separated into three groups for the purpose of putting forward oral argument: (a) Drago Josipovic, (b) Zoran and Mirjan Kupreškic, (c) Vlatko Kupreškic;

3. Vlatko Kupreškic present oral argument as to whether his proposed additional evidence can satisfy the requirements of Rule 115(A) of the Rules;

4. Drago Josipovic present oral argument as to whether the video-recording can satisfy the requirements of Rule 115(A) and Rule 115(B) of the Rules and whether the four Croatian State archive documents satisfy the requirements of Rule 115(B);

5. Zoran and Mirjan Kupreškic present oral argument as to whether the documents from the Croatian State archive can satisfy the requirements of Rule 115(B) of the Rules, and whether the video-recordings of visibility satisfy the requirements of Rule 115(A) and 115(B) of the Rules;

6. each group has 45 minutes to present their oral arguments, the Prosecution has one hour 15 minutes in total to respond, and each group has ten minutes to reply thereafter;

 

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

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Judge Patricia Wald
Pre-Appeal Judge

Dated this 14th day of March 2001
At The Hague,
The Netherlands.

[Seal of the Tribunal]