Tribunal Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

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 1                           Tuesday, 23 November, 2010

 2                           [Open session]

 3                           [The accused entered court]

 4                           --- Upon commencing at 2.20 p.m.

 5             JUDGE ORIE:  Good afternoon to everyone.  Mr. Registrar, would

 6     you please call the case.

 7             THE REGISTRAR:  Good afternoon, Your Honours.  Good afternoon to

 8     everyone in and around the courtroom.  This is case number IT-03-69-T.

 9     The Prosecutor versus Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic.  Thank you.

10             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Mr. Registrar.

11             Before we'll continue to hear further evidence, I'd like to deal

12     with a few procedural matters.  The Prosecution has inquired into the

13     outcome of a motion for the change of the status of testimony and exhibit

14     in relation to witness Manojlo Milovanovic.  I hereby read out the

15     decision of the Chamber.

16             The Chamber would like to issue its decision on the Prosecution

17     motion for change of status of testimony and exhibit related to witness

18     Manojlo Milovanovic.

19             On the 2nd of November, 2010, the Prosecution filed a motion

20     requesting the Chamber to change the status of certain portions of the

21     transcript from the testimony of witness Milovanovic from private to

22     public and to lift the confidentiality of one document.  The Defence did

23     not respond to the motion.

24             The relevant parts of the testimony as well as the document

25     relate to a set of notebooks for which, at the time of the testimony of

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 1     Witness Milovanovic, the provider had not yet indicated whether it would

 2     seek protective measures.  The testimony of witness Milovanovic related

 3     to the notebooks was therefore provisionally heard in private session and

 4     the document placed under seal.

 5             However, since the provider of the notebooks has now indicated it

 6     will not seek protective measures for the notebooks, the reason for

 7     hearing the testimony in private session and placing the document under

 8     seal no longer exists.  Therefore, the Chamber grants the motion and

 9     decides that the status of the transcript page 4400, line 1 through

10     transcript page 4403, line 10, and transcript page 4408, line 15 through

11     transcript page 4409, line 19, be converted into public.  The Chamber

12     further decides that the confidentiality of P378, currently marked for

13     identification be lifted.  And this concludes the Chamber's decision.

14             Although I have a few more items, there's one which I would like

15     to -- no, let me first -- in relation to the testimony of Mr. Theunens,

16     we expect submissions on the admissibility of the report of Mr. Theunens

17     but no dead-line has been set for such submissions, and I wonder whether

18     the Defence teams could indicate what they would prefer to have set as a

19     dead-line.

20             MR. JORDASH:  The difficulty we have is this, that there is an

21     on-going disagreement between the Prosecution and the Defence concerning

22     disclosure which we, the Defence, deem important to be able to amount or

23     to decide whether we challenge the admissibility of the report.  We

24     submit that the Prosecution ought to disclose everything they have in

25     their possession which indicates what work Mr. Theunens did on this case.

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 1     The Prosecution's position is somewhat more restricted than that.  And I

 2     spoke to Mr. Weber from the Prosecution yesterday.  I agreed that we

 3     would send a paragraph to the Prosecution indicating precisely what we

 4     wanted and then we would wait for their response, but I don't anticipate

 5     that we are going to come to an agreement on the issue.  So to cut

 6     matters short, we would ask for -- perhaps if we could address

 7     Your Honours in maybe a day after we've sent the paragraph and received a

 8     response from the Prosecution.

 9             JUDGE ORIE:  So that is to inform the Chamber about where we

10     stand as far as your disclosure concerns --

11             MR. JORDASH:  Yes.

12             JUDGE ORIE:  -- are, and we would then set a dead-line, and I can

13     imagine if the matter has not been resolved that you would like to make

14     further submissions in relation to that as well.  Is there any way that

15     if you do not come to an agreement that you would provisionally make

16     submissions with a reservation that disclosure in your view has not been

17     complete and explaining why, in your view, it has not been complete.

18             MR. JORDASH:  Well, the problem we have is that the submission

19     would be based on what contact Mr. --

20             JUDGE ORIE:  Okay.  We'll hear from the parties tomorrow.

21             MR. JORDASH:  I can send the e-mail very early tomorrow morning

22     and hopefully the Prosecution can indicate their position soon

23     thereafter.

24             JUDGE ORIE:  We'll hear from the parties tomorrow in the

25     afternoon.  There was already an indication that the Prosecution wanted

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 1     to respond to your submissions, of course very much will depend on what

 2     your final submissions will be, whether you object to the admission or

 3     whether you do not.

 4             Anything from the Simatovic Defence in this respect.

 5             MR. BAKRAC: [Interpretation] No, Your Honour, we agree with what

 6     Mr. Jordash has just said and our position is that Mr. Jordash also spoke

 7     on behalf of our team.

 8             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Mr. Bakrac.  Now, of course, the Chamber

 9     expects that the parties would already also work on the spreadsheet on

10     related exhibits and documents.  To give a warning already after the last

11     submissions on admission have been made, it's uncertain at this moment

12     when that will exactly be, then the Chamber would wish to receive within

13     three days from that moment the spreadsheet.  So that whether there's

14     still dispute about admissibility should not keep you off from already

15     paying attention to the spreadsheet which the Chamber would like to

16     receive three days after the last submission has been made in accordance

17     with instructions of the Chamber.

18             Then, Mr. Groome, there was an issue about scheduling of

19     Witness Nielsen in his -- the possibly that he would be able to come back

20     in a week after he starts giving his testimony, could you inform the

21     Chamber about it.

22             MR. GROOME:  Yes, Your Honour.  I'm not sure of the precise

23     dates, it's in the weekly notification this week.  But I believe he has

24     freed himself up the entire week after he begins his testimony, so he is

25     here at the liberty of the Court.

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 1             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes.  Thank you for that information.

 2             Then, finally, I would like to pay attention to the scheduling

 3     for the first week after the winter recess.  The Prosecution has asked

 4     the Chamber what -- on what days we would sit in that week.  They said

 5     it's announced that we would sit the 11 and the 13th, that's only two

 6     days, what will be a possible third day we would sit?  The Chamber had

 7     considered that matter and had opted for the 14th of January, but after

 8     we had given our instructions in relation to that, we received another

 9     request which is the request by the Simatovic Defence in which it is set

10     out that the 8th and the 9th of January, it's Orthodox Christmas, and

11     that the Defence would very much like to restart on the 17th only because

12     they would like to spend the time between Christmas and new year with the

13     family, new year being the 14th of January.

14             That request to start on the 17th is denied, but where I said

15     earlier that the Chamber had decided that we would sit on the 11th, the

16     13th, and the 14th of January, the Chamber is willing to reconsider the

17     schedule for that week which is not easy because we have out-of-court

18     commitments on the 13th -- the 12th and that's the reason why we

19     scheduled for the 11th, the 13th and the 14th, but the Chamber is willing

20     to consider and explore the possibilities to sit on Monday the 10th of

21     January in the morning, which, of course, would require the

22     Simatovic Defence to return already on the 9th, then to sit on the 10th,

23     the 12th, and -- no, the 10th, the 11th, and the 12th, that is Monday,

24     Tuesday, and Wednesday, and then not to sit on the 13th and the 14th.  I

25     repeat that the Chamber is willing to explore -- to consider and to

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 1     explore this possibility but would like to hear from the

 2     Simatovic Defence to start with whether this would be something they

 3     would appreciate because they asked for something totally different, that

 4     is not to sit during that whole week.  And that last request has been

 5     denied and the possible new schedule for that week would still require

 6     you to return to The Hague no later than the 9th because we would sit on

 7     the 10th in the morning, with a small possibility that we might move to

 8     the afternoon if Perisic would not sit in the afternoon, then we would

 9     consider to move to the afternoon.  And which would keep you in The Hague

10     at least for the whole of the 12th of January, which would mean that you

11     would not be able to return to your families until the 13th.

12             Again, it takes quite a bit from the Chamber but we are willing

13     to consider and explore but only if the Simatovic Defence would say,

14     Well, if do you not grant our initial request not to sit at all during

15     that week, we would still appreciate if we could sit on the 10th, the

16     11th, and the 12th rather than to sit on the 11th, the 13th, and the

17     14th.

18             MR. BAKRAC: [Interpretation] Your Honours, thank you.  If you

19     would be kind enough to allow me to answer you after the break, I would

20     need to consult with my colleague, Mr. Petrovic, and the rest of the

21     team.

22             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes.  That is understood.  We'd like to hear from

23     you after the break.

24             Then a very short matter.  I refer to transcript page 9197 where

25     you'll read:

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 1             "The Registrar:  The document 1D1485 becomes D1421 marked for

 2     identification, Your Honours."

 3             I then said:

 4             "One second, D1421 keeps that status for the time being.  Please

 5     proceed."

 6             A mistake was made there.  The D1421 MFI'd should be D142.  The

 7     transcript is hereby corrected.

 8                           [Trial Chamber and Registrar confer]

 9             JUDGE ORIE:  I've dealt with all the procedural matters I had on

10     my list.  If there's nothing else, for the next witness who will testify

11     in closed session under pseudonym.  Mr. Groome, are you ready to call

12     your next witness?

13             MR. GROOME:  Yes, Your Honour, the Prosecution is ready to call

14     JF-057.

15             JUDGE ORIE:  JF-057.  We'll then turn into closed session,

16     unless, Mr. Jordash, there's anything you would like to raise before we

17     go into closed session?

18             MR. JORDASH:  Probably best in closed session, it's concerning

19     the next witness.

20             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes.  Then we turn into closed session.

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16             THE REGISTRAR:  Your Honours, we are back in open session.

17             JUDGE ORIE:  Mr. Bakrac.

18             MR. BAKRAC: [Interpretation] Your Honour, I'm going to take half

19     a minute more because I'm obliged to inform you about how we will

20     continue our work after the winter recess.  I feel quite bad to be

21     creating problems.  Our team would be willing to use what you have

22     offered to us, that we work on the 10th and the 11th, and the 12th in the

23     morning.  If this does not pose too many problems for the Trial

24     Chamber --

25             JUDGE ORIE:  I can't promise you the 12th in the morning.  That

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 1     depends on but we'll explore -- let's further deal with this tomorrow, I

 2     would say.  But it's clear that especially Wednesday the 12th, morning or

 3     afternoon, whether that's possible at all.  We adjourn for the day and we

 4     resume tomorrow, Wednesday the 24th of November, quarter past 2.00 in

 5     this same Courtroom II where we'll immediately go into closed session

 6     again to hear the continuation of the examination of the present witness.

 7     We stand adjourned.

 8                           --- Whereupon the hearing adjourned at 7.03 p.m.

 9                           to be reconvened on Wednesday, the 24th day of

10                           November, 2010, at 2.15 p.m.

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