PROSECUTOR v ALEX TAMBA BRIMA & ORS - ORDER FOR A WRITTEN REPRESENTATION FROM THE REGISTRAR PURSUANT TO RULE 33 ON SECURITY MEASURES FOR A POTENTIAL TEMPOARY RELEASE OF THE ACCUSED KANU (SCSL-04-16-T ) [2005] SCSL 137 (22 September 2005);


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TRIAL CHAMBER II


Before:
Justice Teresa Doherty, Presiding Judge
Registrar:
Robin Vincent
Date:
22 September 2005
PROSECUTOR
Against
Alex Tamba Brima
Brima Bazzy Kamara
Santigie Borbor Kanu
(Case No.SCSL-04-16-T)

ORDER FOR A WRITTEN REPRESENTATION
FROM THE REGISTRAR PURSUANT TO RULE 33 ON SECURITY MEASURES FOR A POTENTIAL TEMPOARY RELEASE OF THE ACCUSED KANU


Respondent:

Defence Counsel for Alex Tamba Brima:
Registrar
Kojo Graham
Glenna Thompson


Defence Counsel for Brima Bazzy Kamara:
Andrew Daniels
Mohamed Pa-Momo Fofanah


Defence Counsel for Santigie Borbor Kanu:
Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops
Carry Knoops
Abibola E. Manly-Spain

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

SEISED of the Motion of the Accused Kanu for Temporary Provisional Release to Allow the Accused to Visit his Mother’s Grave, dated 7 September 2005 (“Motion”);

NOTING the Prosecution’s Reply and the Defence Response thereto;

NOTING that the Accused Kanu requests a temporary release in order to visit his mother’s grave;

CONSIDERING that the Trial Chamber, in order to effectively examine the elements of Rule 65, needs guidance on whether the security of the Accused can be ensured during such a potential visit and that the Registrar is the proper organ to make such an 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, 30 September 2005.


Done at Freetown, Sierra Leone, this 22nd day of September 2005.


Justice Teresa Doherty
Presiding Judge

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