Case No. IT-03-69-PT

The Prosecutor v. Simatovic

DECISION

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THE REGISTRAR,

CONSIDERING the Statute of the Tribunal as adopted by the Security Council under Resolution 827 (1993), and in particular Article 21 thereof;

CONSIDERING the Rules of Procedure and Evidence as adopted by the Tribunal on 11 February 1994, as subsequently amended, and in particular Rules 44 and 45 thereof;

CONSIDERING the Directive on Assignment of Defence Counsel (hereinafter "the Directive"), as adopted by the Tribunal on 28 July 1994, as subsequently amended, and in particular, Articles 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11(B);

CONSIDERING that on 14 July 2003, the Accused requested to have Mr. Zoran Jovanovic, attorney at law from Belgrade, assigned as lead counsel for the Accused;

CONSIDERING that for the purpose of establishing whether the Accused satisfies the requisite conditions for assignment of counsel, the Registrar may inquire into his means and request the gathering of any information or the production of any documents to verify the request;

CONSIDERING that on 18 July 2003, the Registrar assigned Mr. Jovanovic as lead counsel to the Accused for a period of 120 days, effective as of 21 July 2003, pending verification of his means;

CONSIDERING that the Accused submitted his Declaration of Means on 1 August 2003 as within Article 7 (B) of the Directive;

CONSIDERING that on 26 November 2003, the Registry had not yet completed its inquiry into the means of the Accused, and extended the assignment of Mr. Jovanovic as counsel to the Accused to 16 February 2004, pending verification of the Accused’s Declaration of Means;

CONSIDERING that the Registry had not completed its inquiry into the means of the Accused by 16 February 2004 and that the inquiry remains pending as of the date of this Decision;

CONSIDERING that the right of the Accused to counsel should not be affected while the Registrar examines the Declaration of Means and the information obtained pursuant to Article 10 of the Directive;

DECIDES to extend the assignment of Mr. Zoran Jovanovic as counsel to the Accused for a period of 90 days from 16 February 2003, pending verification of the Accused’s Declaration of Means;

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David Tolbert
Deputy Registrar

Dated this eighth day of March 2004
At The Hague
The Netherlands