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Milosevic case: No trial Next Week but Hearing Scheduled

Press Advisory . Avis pour information

(Exclusively for the use of the media. Not an official document)


The Hague, 25 September 2003

P.I.S./PA131


MILOSEVIC CASE:


NO TRIAL NEXT WEEK BUT HEARING SCHEDULED REGARDING PROSECUTION MOTION ON IMPLICATIONS OF THE ACCUSED’S RECURRING ILL HEALTH


Please be advised that the Milosevic trial next week, Monday 29 September to Friday 3 October 2003, has been cancelled due to the ill-health of the accused.


However, following the filing on 23 September 2003 of the "Prosecution Motion for a Hearing to Discuss the Implications of the Accused’s Recurring Ill Health", Trial Chamber III has ordered that it shall hear oral submissions of the parties, including the amici curiae, on Tuesday, 30 September 2003 at 10.00 a.m. in Courtroom I.


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