THE PRESIDENT OF THE TRIBUNAL
Before: President Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
Registrar: Mrs. Dorothee de Sampayo Garrido-Nijgh
Order of: 4 December 1998
PROSECUTOR
v.
Miroslav KVOCKA
Milojica KOS
Mladen RADIC
Zoran ZIGIC
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ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT AUTHORISING A TRIAL CHAMBER TO CONDUCT A MATTER IN THE ABSENCE OF ONE OF ITS MEMBERS
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The Office of the Prosecutor:
Ms. Brenda Hollis
Mr. Kapila Waydaratne
Mr. Michael Keegan
Mr. James Cowles
Counsel for the Accused:
Mr. Krstan Simic, for Miroslav Kvocka
Mr. Sarko Nikolic, for Milojica Kos
Mr. Toma Fila, for Mladen Radic
Mr. Simo Tosic, for Zoran Zigic
I, Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia,
NOTING that, pursuant to an Order dated 16 November 1998, Trial Chamber III, composed of Judge Richard May (Presiding), Judge Mohamed Bennouna and Judge Patrick Robinson, is now seised of this case,
NOTING that, by its Scheduling Order of 27 November 1998, the Chamber has set the date of Thursday 10 December 1998 for the further appearance of the accused in order to plead to the charges in the amended indictment,
NOTING that, due to exceptional circumstances, Judge Robinson will be absent from the seat of the International Tribunal on that date,
CONSIDERING that Rule 15 (E) of the Rules and Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal vests in me the power to authorise, in case of illness or an unfilled vacancy or any other exceptional circumstances, the holding of an initial appearance in the absence of one or more members of a Chamber,
HEREBY AUTHORISE Trial Chamber III, composed of Judge Richard May and Judge Mohamed Bennouna, to conduct the further appearance of the accused in the absence of Judge Patrick Robinson.
Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative.
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Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
President
Dated this fourth day of December 1998
At The Hague
The Netherlands
[Seal of the Tribunal]