TRIAL CHAMBER II

ORDER FOR A WRITTEN REPRESENTATION
FROM THE REGISTRAR PURSUANT TO RULE 33 ON SECURITY MEASURES FOR A SITE VISIT TO KARINA TOWN IN THE BOMBALI DITSRICT OF SIERRA LEONE

I, JUSTICE TERESA DOHERTY, Presiding Judge of Trial Chamber II (“Trial Chamber”) of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (“Special Court”);

SEISED of the Prosecution Motion for a Locus in Quo visit to Karina, Bombali District, The Republic of Sierra Leone, dated 22 September 2005 (“Motion”);

NOTING the Defence Response thereto;

CONSIDERING that the Trial Chamber, in order to effectively examine the request, needs guidance in which way the security of the Participants can be ensured during such a potential site visit and that the Registrar is the proper organ to make such a security assessment;

FINDING that it would be helpful to have a written representation of the Registrar in order to determine this matter;

RECALLING Rule 33 and Rule 27(B) of the Rules;

HEREBY instructs the Registrar to file a written representation to the Motion not later than Friday, 14 October 2005 with particular emphasis to the following questions:

(1) In which way can the security of the participants be ensured?;
(2) Is transportation by car a feasible alternative to transportation by Helicopter?;
(3) How many days of notification are necessary to Security Section if a site visit is ordered?

Done at Freetown, Sierra Leone, this 10th day of September 2005.

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