Case No. IT-04-80-I

IN TRIAL CHAMBER II

Before:
Judge Carmel Agius, Presiding
Judge Jean-Claude Antonetti
Judge Kevin Parker

Registrar:
Mr. Hans Holthuis

Order of:
1 March 2005

PROSECUTOR

v.

Zdravko TOLIMIR
Radivoje MILETIC
Milan GVERO

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ORDER DESIGNATING JUDGE FOR INITIAL APPEARANCE

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The Office of the Prosecutor:

Ms. Carla del Ponte

The Accused:

Radivoje Miletic
Milan Gvero

 

I, Carmel Agius, Presiding Judge of Trial Chamber II 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 Indictment in the case The Prosecutor v. Zdravko Tolimir, Radivoje Miletic and Milan Gvero, confirmed by Judge Daqun Liu on 10 February 2005;

NOTING the two Decisions by Judge Daqun Liu dated 23 February 2005 and 25 February 2005 lifting the confidentiality of the Indictment against Radivoje Miletic and Milan Gvero and subsequently against Zdravko Tolimir;

NOTING that Radivoje Miletic and Milan Gvero ("Accused") surrendered and were transferred to the seat of the Tribunal on 28 and 24 February 2005 respectively;

NOTING the Order by the President of the Tribunal dated 24 February 2005 and the Order of the Vice-President of the Tribunal dated 28 February 2005, both assigning the case against Radivoje Miletic and Milan Gvero to Trial Chamber II;

CONSIDERING that it is in the interests of justice and of an expeditious trial to appoint a judge of the Trial Chamber for the purpose of the initial appearance;

PURSUANT TO Rule 62 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Tribunal;

HEREBY DESIGNATE myself, Judge Carmel Agius, as Judge of Trial Chamber II for the initial appearance of Radivoje Miletic and Milan Gvero.

 

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

Dated this first day of March 2005,
At The Hague
The Netherlands

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Judge Carmel Agius
Presiding

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