IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER

Before: Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, Presiding

Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito

Judge Saad Saood Jan

Registrar: Mrs. Dorothee de Sampayo Garrido-Nijgh

Order of: 11 April 1997

PROSECUTOR

v.

TIHOMIR BLASKIC

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ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO APPEAR AS AMICUS CURIAE

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To: The Office of the Prosecutor

To: The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and

To: Defence Minister Ante Jelavic, the successor of the Custodian of the Records of the Central Archive of what was formerly the Ministry of Defence of the Croatian Community of Herceg Bosna

To: The Republic of Croatia, and

To: Defence Minister Gojko Susak, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Croatia

To: Mr. Gaja and Ms. Annelisa Ciampi

THE TRIAL CHAMBER

HAVING CONSIDERED the joint request of Mr. Gaja and Ms. Annelisa Ciampri filed on 7 April 1997 for leave to appear as amicus curiae in this matter,

NOTING that no objection was made by the parties to the acceptance of Mr. Gaja and Ms. Ciampri as amicus curiae,

NOTING that the written brief of Mr. Gaja and Ms. Ciampri accompanied the application for leave to appear as amicus curiae,

NOTING FURTHER that Mr. Gaja and Ms. Ciampri do not wish to attend the hearing scheduled for Wednesday 16 April 1997,

PURSUANT TO RULE 74

HEREBY

(1) GRANTS LEAVE to the said Mr. Gaja and Ms. Annelisa Ciampri to appear as amicus curiae; and

(2) ACCEPTS the submission of the written brief.

Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
Presiding Judge

Dated this eleventh day of April 1997
At The Hague
The Netherlands

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