Case No. IT-04-79-PT

IN TRIAL CHAMBER II

Before:
Judge Krister Thelin, Pre-trial Judge

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of:
8 April 2005

PROSECUTOR

v.

Mico STANISIC

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ORDER IN RELATION TO THE PROSECUTION’S MOTIONS FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES

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The Office of the Prosecutor:

Mr. Alan Tieger

The Accused:

Mr. Mico Stanisic

I, Krister Thelin, Judge 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 ("Tribunal"),

NOTING the "Prosecution’s Motion for Protective Measures for Victims and Witnesses" filed on 24 March 2005 ("First Motion");

NOTING the "Prosecution’s Second Motion for Protective Measures for Victims and Witnesses and Notification of Protective Measures in Force", filed confidentially on 1 April 2005 ("Second Motion");

NOTING the "Order Regarding Composition of Trial Chamber and Designating a Pre-trial Judge", issued on 21 March 2005, whereby I was designated pre-trial Judge in the present case;

NOTING that pursuant to Rule 126bis of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence ("Rules"), unless otherwise ordered, a response, if any, to a motion filed by a party shall be filed within fourteen days of the filing of the motion;

NOTING that the Registry has indicated that (a) the Accused has not yet formally appointed or been assigned counsel to represent him, and (b) he has not yet received the motions in his own language;

PURSUANT TO Rules 65ter and 126bis of the Rules,

HEREBY ORDER that the deadline provided for in Rule 126bis of the Rules for the filing of a response to the First Motion and Second Motion will run from the time that the Accused is appointed or assigned Defence counsel.

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

Dated this eighth day of April 2005,
At The Hague
The Netherlands

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Krister Thelin
Pre-trial Judge