Case No. IT-03-69-PT

The Prosecutor v. Stanisic

DECISION

THE DEPUTY 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) thereof;

CONSIDERING that on 17 October 2003, Mr. Jovica Stanisic (hereinafter "the Accused") submitted a request to the Registry to withdraw Mr. Vladan Vukcevic as lead counsel and to assign Mr. Gerardus Godefridus Johannes Knoops, attorney at law from Amsterdam, previously assigned temporary co-counsel in the present case on 17 September for a period of 30 days;

CONSIDERING that on 23 October 2003, the Registry assigned Mr. Knoops as lead counsel to the Accused temporarily, pending verification of the means of the Accused;

CONSIDERING that the Accused submitted his Declaration of Means on 30 July 2003 as within Article 7 (B) of the Directive;

CONSIDERING further that the assignment of Mr. Knoops as counsel to the Accused was extended for a period of 90 days from 13 February 2003, pending verification of the Accused’s Declaration of Means;

CONSIDERING that on 3 May 2004, Mr. Knoops, requested the assignment of Mr. Wayne Jordash, attorney at law from London, as co-counsel for the Accused;

CONSIDERING that on the basis of Article 16 (C) of the Directive, the Registrar may assign a second counsel to assist the lead counsel in the interests of justice;

CONSIDERING that Mr. Jordash meets the requirements for assignment as set forth in Article 14 of the Directive;

CONSIDERING that the Registry has ascertained that there is no conflict of interest resulting from the assignment of Mr. Jordash as co-counsel for the Accused;

CONSIDERING that the Registry has not yet completed its inquiry into the means of the Accused and that the inquiry remains pending as of the date of this Decision;

DECIDES to extend the temporary assignment of Mr. Knoops for a period of 30 days as of the date of this Decision;

DECIDES further to assign Mr. Jordash as co-counsel for the accused, for a period of 30 days as of the date of this Decision;

 

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David Tolbert,
Deputy Registrar

Dated this Eleventh day of May 2004
At The Hague
The Netherlands