IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER
Before:
Judge Patrick Robinson, Presiding
Judge David Hunt
Judge Mohamed Bennouna
Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis
Decision of:
19 January 2001
PROSECUTOR
v.
BLAGOJE SIMIC
MILAN SIMIC
MIROSLAV TADIC
STEVAN TODOROVIC
SIMO ZARIC
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DECISION ON MIROSLAV TADIC’S APPLICATION TO PROVISIONALLY
LEAVE HIS RESIDENCE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AND THERAPY
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The Office of the Prosecutor:
Ms. Nancy Paterson
Counsel for the accused:
Mr. Slobodan Zecevic, for Milan Simic
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 the "Application of the Accused Mr. Miroslav Tadic to Provisionally Leave his Residence for Medical Treatment and Physical Therapy" filed on behalf of the accused Miroslav Tadic ("the Accused") on 13 December 2000 and the "Notice of the Accused Mr. Miroslav Tadic Pursuant to the Trial Chamber’s Scheduling Order of December 15, 2000" filed on 22 December 2000 (together "the Application"), requesting leave from the Trial Chamber to leave his residence in order to undergo medical treatment and physical therapy in Mljecanica Spa, Banja Luka area, Republika Srpska,
NOTING the Prosecutor’s Response to the Application filed by the Office of the Prosecutor ("Prosecution") on 2 January 2001, in which the Prosecution stated that it has no objection to the Application,
CONSIDERING that the Accused was granted provisional release by this Trial Chamber on 4 April 2000, subject to certain conditions, including the requirement "to remain within the confines of the municipality of Bosanski Samac",
HEREBY GRANTS the Application under the following terms and conditions:
(i) for a period of not more than three consecutive weeks within the months of January or February 2001, the Accused may leave the municipality of Bosanski Samac to travel to the Mljecanica Spa in Banja Luka to receive medical treatment and therapy,
(ii) the Accused shall notify the Trial Chamber of the exact dates of medical treatment and therapy as soon as they are known;
(iii) during the period of absence from Bosanski Samac, the Accused shall report each day for the duration of that period from the Mljecanica Spa by telephone to the local police in Bosanski Samac,
This Decision does not affect the continuing application of the terms and conditions of the Accused’s provisional release, as set forth in this Trial Chamber’s Decision dated 4 April 2000, except to the extent specified in paragraphs (i) and (iii) above.
Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative.
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Patrick Robinson
Presiding
Dated this nineteenth day of January 2001
At The Hague
The Netherlands SSeal of the TribunalC