Case No. IT-01-42-I

IN TRIAL CHAMBER I

Before:
Judge Alphons Orie
Judge Amin El Mahdi
Judge Joaquín Martín Canivell

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of:
31^st October 2003

PROSECUTOR

v.

VLADIMIR KOVACEVIC

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ORDER FOR RELEASE OF AUDIO-VISUAL RECORD AND PERMITTING PHOTOGRAPHY

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The Office of the Prosecutor:

Ms. Susan Somers

TRIAL CHAMBER I, (the "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 Tribunal");

NOTING that, the initial appearance of the Accused, Vladimir Kovacevic, is scheduled for Monday 3^rd November 2003;

CONSIDERING the request of certain members of the press;

PURSUANT TO RULE 81 (D) of the Rules and Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal;

HEREBY ORDERS that, subject to any further order of the Trial Chamber;

1. the taking of still photographs by designated press photographers at the commencement of all proceedings in this matter is authorised as directed by the Chief of Security of the International Tribunal’s Security Service; and
2. the audio-visual record of the proceedings in this matter in open session, as provided by the Registry of the International Tribunal, may be released to the media.

Done in English and French, the English version being authoritative.

Dated this thirty first day of October 2003
At The Hague,
The Netherlands.

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Judge Alphons Orie
Presiding

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