Order for Closed Session in the Matter of Contempt Allegations against an Accused and his Counsel

IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER

Before:
Judge Patrick Robinson, Presiding
Judge David Hunt
Judge Mohamed Bennouna

Registrar:
Mrs. Dorothee de Sampayo Garrido-Nijgh

Order of:
5 November 1999

PROSECUTOR

v.

Blagoje SIMIC
Milan SIMIC
Miroslav TADIC
Stevan TODOROVIC
Simo ZARIC

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ORDER FOR CLOSED SESSION
IN THE MATTER OF CONTEMPT ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST AN ACCUSED AND HIS COUNSEL

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Mr. Peter Haynes, for Mr. Branislav Avramovic and Milan Simic

Concerned Parties:

Mr. Dirk Ryneveld, Ms. Nancy Paterson, Ms. Suzanne Hayden and Mr. Dan Saxon, for the Office of the Prosecutor
Mr. Igor Pantelic and Mr. Novak Lukic, for Miroslav Tadic
Mr. Deyan Ranko Brashich, for Stevan Todorovic
Mr. Borislav Pisarevic and Mr. Aleksander Lazarevic, for Simo Zaric

THIS TRIAL 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 ("International Tribunal"),

BEING SEISED of an oral application made by the counsel acting for Milan Simic in the merits on 4 November 1999 ("the Motion") for the testimony of Mr. Drago Vukovic to be heard in closed session,

HAVING HEARD the arguments of the parties in open session on 4 November 1999,

CONSIDERING that the testimony of Mr. Drago Vukovic is expected to refer matters covered by lawyer-client privilege, and that it will be necessary for his testimony to be heard in closed session in order to protect the interests of justice,

HAVING GRANTED THE MOTION orally on 4 November 1999,

PURSUANT TO RULE 79 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal,

HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ORDER that the testimony of Mr. Drago Vukovic shall be heard in closed session and that edited records and transcripts of the sessions shall be released to the public and to the media only after review by the Victims and Witnesses Section and redaction of any privileged information.

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

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Patrick Robinson
Presiding

Dated this fifth day of November 1999
At The Hague
The Netherlands

[Seal of the Tribunal]