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PROSECUTOR v ISSA HASSAN SESAY & ORS - ORDER FOR EXPEDITED FILING - Case No. SCSL-04-15-T [2008] SCSL 25 (28 February 2008)

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TRIAL CHAMBER I

Public Document

ORDER FOR EXPEDITED FILING

TRIAL CHAMBER I (“Trial Chamber I”) of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (“Special Court”) composed of Hon. Justice Benjamin Mutanga Itoe, Presiding Judge, Hon. Justice Bankole Thompson and Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet;

HAVING RECEIVED the Motion to Vary Protective Measures for Witnesses DIS-249, DIS-310, DIS-314, DIS-315, DIS-316 and DIS-317, filed confidentially by the Office of the Prosecutor (“Prosecution”) on the 27th of February 2008 (“Motion”);

NOTING that the Prosecution requests the Trial Chamber for an order that all protective measures currently granted to the witnesses referred to in its motion be rescinded;

NOTING further that the Prosecution request for an expedited filing on this matter;

CONSIDERING that Article 17(4)(c) of the Statute of the Special Court provides that the Accused shall be entitled “to be tried without undue delay”;

CONSIDERING that the fair and expeditious consideration of the Motion requires the imposition of an expedited timetable for the filing of a response and a reply;

PURSUANT TO Rules 7 and 54 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Special Court;

HEREBY ORDERS as follows:

1. Any Response to the Motion by the Defence shall be filed no later than Friday, the 29th of February 2008 at 4:00 p.m.; and
2. Any Reply by the Prosecution shall be filed no later than Monday, the 3rd of March 2008 at 4:00 p.m.