BEFORE THE APPEALS CHAMBER
Before:
Judge Patricia Wald, Presiding
Judge Lal Chand Vohrah
Judge Rafael Nieto-Navia
Judge Fausto Pocar
Judge Liu Daqun
Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis
Order of:
11 May 2001
PROSECUTOR
v.
ZORAN KUPREKIC
MIRJAN KUPREKIC
VLATKO KUPREKIC
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 Kuprekic
THE APPEALS CHAMBER 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 ("International Tribunal"),
NOTING the Scheduling Order of 12 April 2001 which ordered that an evidentiary hearing take place on 17 and 18 May 2001, starting on 17 May at 10 am;
HEREBY ORDERS that:
1. Vlatko Kupreskic ("the Appellant") may call AVK 4, Miro Lazarevic and Muhamed Trako (the Witnesses) to testify in
person at the evidentiary hearing;2. In relation to each of the Witnesses the Appellant has one hour for examination-in-chief, the Office of the Prosecutor ("the Prosecution") has one hour for cross-examination, and the Appellant has 10 minutes for re-examination;
3. Counsel for each of the co-appellants shall be allowed to cross-examine any witness only insofar as the testimony may be considered to be prejudicial to his or her own clients appeal proceedings;
4. The Prosecution has the right to present evidence in rebuttal limited to the issue of the credibility of the Witnesses, but the maximum amount of time permitted for the presentation of such evidence, including cross-examination of any of the rebuttal witnesses or the proffering of any written statements, is limited to three hours. The rebuttal will take place at the close of the testimony of the Appellants live witnesses, and there shall be no surrebuttal;
5. The evidentiary hearing will be conducted as a public hearing unless the Appellant files a request by Tuesday 15 May for protective measures under Rule 75 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence specifying all the protective measures requested;
6. If during the course of the hearing the Appellant or Prosecution considers that it is necessary for the court to go into private session for any reason, such as the protection of witnesses identities, that party must make such a request.
Done in both English and French, the English text being authoritative.
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Patricia Wald
Presiding Judge
Dated this 11th day of May 2001
At The Hague,
The Netherlands.
[Seal of the Tribunal]