Case No.: IT-02-58-PT

BEFORE THE PRE-TRIAL JUDGE

Before:
Judge Iain Bonomy

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of:
1 April 2005

PROSECUTOR

v.

LJUBISA BEARA

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ORDER VACATING DATE FOR FURTHER APPEARANCE

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The Office of the Prosecutor

Mr. Peter McCloskey
Ms. Antoinette Issa

Counsel for the Accused

Mr. John Ostojic

I, IAIN BONOMY, Judge of Trial Chamber III 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 ("International Tribunal"),

HAVING BEEN ASSIGNED, pursuant to Rule 65 ter(A) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal ("Rules"), as the Pre-Trial Judge in the case of Prosecutor v. Ljubiša Beara by an Order dated 22 November 2004,

HAVING ISSUED the "Decision on Prosecution Motion to Amend the Indictment" on 24 March 2005 ("Decision"), in which I ordered, inter alia, that a further appearance to enable the Accused to enter a plea on the two new charges in the amended indictment will be held on Tuesday, 5 April 2005, at 4 p.m.,

CONSIDERING the letter filed on 1 April 2005 from the office of Mr. Ostojic, counsel for the Accused, stating that defence counsel is not able to appear at the scheduled hearing,

PURSUANT TO Rules 50 and 65 ter of the Rules,

HEREBY VACATE that portion of the Decision setting the date and time for the Accused’s further appearance until further order.

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

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Iain Bonomy
Pre-Trial Judge

Dated this first day of April 2005
At The Hague
The Netherlands

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