Case No.: IT-02-54-T
IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER
Before:
Judge Patrick Robinson, Presiding
Judge O-Gon Kwon
Judge Iain Bonomy
Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis
Order of:
30 November 2004
PROSECUTOR
v.
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
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ORDER ON PROSECUTION’S FIFTH MOTION FOR VARIANCE OF PRIOR ORDERS OF NON-DISCLOSURE
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Office of the Prosecutor:
Ms. Carla Del Ponte
Mr. Geoffrey Nice
The Accused:
Mr. Slobodan Milosevic
Court Assigned Counsel:
Mr. Steven Kay, QC
Ms. Gillian Higgins
Amicus Curiae:
Prof. 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 ("International Tribunal"),
BEING SEISED OF a confidential and partly ex parte "Prosecution’s Fifth Motion for Variance of Prior Orders of Non-Disclosure" filed on 2 November 2004 ("Motion"), seeking, in respect of specific Rule 68 materials ("materials") provided to the Prosecution pursuant to Rule 70 by an information provider (and described in confidential and ex parte Annex A to the Motion), that the Trial Chamber order the Accused, his defence team and Amici Curiae, to comply with two restrictions on use of the Rule 68 material:
NOTING the prior Orders of the Trial Chamber concerning non-disclosure of Rule 66 materials1 and Rule 68 Materials2,
CONSIDERING the Appeals Chamber has held that where it can be established that information is provided to the Prosecution on a confidential basis under Rule 70, then it is protected by paragraphs (C) and (D) of that Rule,3 and the information provider may impose conditions upon the use of that information,
CONSIDERING that the content of the materials set out in an ex parte Annex to the Motion indicate that the information is important Rule 68 material and that the orders sought would allow the information to be provided to the Accused,
NOTING that the Trial Chamber reads the Motion as seeking to apply the information provider’s conditions on disclosure of the material in respect of the Accused, his court assigned counsel, his legal associates and the Amicus Curiae,
PURSUANT TO Rules 54, 68 and 70 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence,
HEREBY GRANTS THE MOTION and ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative.
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Patrick Robinson
Presiding
Dated this thirtieth day of November 2004
At The Hague
The Netherlands
[Seal of the Tribunal]