TRIAL CHAMBER I

ORDER FOR EXPEDITED FILING

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

MINDFUL of the “Order Concerning the Preparation and Presentation of the Defence Case” of the 21st of October 2005 and of the “Consequential Order for Compliance with the Order Concerning the Preparation and Presentation of the Defence Case” of the 28th of November, 2005;

MINDFUL of the “Order on Urgent Motion for Reconsideration or, in the Alternative, for Leave to Appeal the Order for Compliance with the Order Concerning the Preparation and Presentation of the Defence Case” of the 29th of November, 2005

HAVING RECEIVED the “Urgent Fofana Motion for Reconsideration of the 25 November 2005 Oral Ruling and the 28 November 2005 Consequential Order of Trial Chamber I” filed by the Defence for the Second Accused, Moinina Fofana, on the 1st of December, 2005 (“Motion”);

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 any remaining written submissions;

PURSUANT TO Rule 7(C), 26bis, 54 and 73 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Special Court;

HEREBY ORDERS that any response to the Motion by the Office of the Prosecution shall be filed no later than Friday, the 2nd of December, 2005, at 4.00pm. The Chamber will dispose of the Motion solely based on these written submission;

AUTHORIZES the Court Management Section of the Special Court to serve the present order after 4:00pm, today the 1st of December, 2005.

Done at Freetown, Sierra Leone, this 1st day of December, 2005.

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