Case No.: IT-95-13/1-PT

THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

Before:
Judge Theodor Meron, President

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of:
6 October 2005

THE PROSECUTOR

v.

MILE MRKSIC
MIROSLAV RADIC
VESELIN SLJIVANCANIN

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ORDER ASSIGNING A CASE TO A TRIAL CHAMBER

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Office of the Prosecutor

Mr. Marks Moore

Counsel for the Accused

Mr. Miroslav Vasic for Mile Mrksic
Mr. Borivoje Borovic and Ms. Mira Tapuskovic for Miroslav Radic
Mr. Novak Lukic and Mr. Momcilo Bulatovic for Veselin Sljivancanin

 

I, THEODOR MERON, President 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 "Order Assigning a Judge to a Case Before a Trial Chamber" in Case No. IT-95-13/1, Prosecutor v. Mile Mrkšic, Miroslav Radic, Veselin Sljivancanin, filed on 15 December 2003;

NOTING Security Council resolution 1629 (2005) permitting Judge Christine Van Den Wyngaert to be assigned to the present case notwithstanding Article 12 of the Statute of the Tribunal and notwithstanding that Judge Wyngaert’s elected term as a permanent Judge of the Tribunal will begin on 17 November 2005;

NOTING that on 4 October 2005 at the 26th plenary meeting of the 60th session, the General Assembly endorsed the recommendation of the Secretary-General that Judge Wyngaert be assigned to the present case;

CONSIDERING that the Secretary-General has appointed ad litem Judge Krister Thelin to this case;

NOTING that Rule 19 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Tribunal authorizes the President of the Tribunal to coordinate the work of the Chambers;

CONSIDERING the trial management and case distribution needs of the Tribunal;

HEREBY ASSIGN the present case to Trial Chamber II, composed, with immediate effect, as follows:

Judge Kevin Parker

Judge Krister Thelin

Judge Christine Van Den Wyngaert

 

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

Done this 6th day of October 2005,
At The Hague,
The Netherlands.

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Judge Theodor Meron
President

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