IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER
Before:
Judge Richard May, Presiding
Judge Patrick Robinson
Judge O-Gon Kwon
Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis
Order of:
14 March 2003
PROSECUTOR
v.
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
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DECISION ON PROSECUTION MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE A WITNESS AND FOR TRIAL RELATED PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR WITNESS B-1003
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The Office of the Prosecutor
Mr. Geoffrey Nice
The Accused
Slobodan Milosevic
Amicus Curiae
Mr. Steven Kay
Mr. Branislav Tapuskovic
Mr. Timothy McCormack
THIS TRIAL 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 ("the International Tribunal"),
BEING SEISED of a confidential and in part ex parte Prosecution Motion to Substitute a Witness and for Trial Related Protective Measures for Witness B-1003 ("Motion"), filed by the Office of the Prosecutor ("Prosecution") on 11 March 2003, seeking permission to call witness B-1003 as a replacement viva voce witness for B-1483, be granted protective measures,
CONSIDERING that the protective measures sought in respect of the witness to be called are reasonable and should be granted,
CONSIDERING that the Trial Chamber is satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to permit the Prosecution to call the witness designated as B-1003,
PURSUANT TO Rules 54 and 75 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence,
HEREBY ORDERS as follows:
For the purpose of this decision, "the public" means and includes all persons, governments, organisations, entities, clients, associations and groups, other than the Judges of the International Tribunal, the staff of the Registry, the Prosecutor, and the accused and the amici curiae. "The public" also includes, without limitation, families, friends, and associates of the accused; the accused and defence counsel in other cases or proceedings before the International Tribunal; the media; and journalists.
Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative.
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Richard May
Presiding
Dated this fourteenth day of March 2003
At The Hague
The Netherlands
[Seal of the Tribunal]