PROSECUTOR v ISSA HASSAN SESAY & ORS - ORDER TO PERMIT FILMING THE COURTROOM ( SCSL-04-15-T ) [2007] SCSL 38 (01 May 2007);


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TRIAL CHAMBER I


Before:
Hon. Justice Bankole Thompson, Presiding Judge
Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet
Hon. Justice Benjamin Mutanga Itoe
Registrar:
Mr. Herman von Hebel, Acting Registrar
Date:
1st of May 2007
PROSECUTOR
Against
ISSA HASSAN SESAY
MORRIS KALLON
AUGUSTINE GBAO
(Case No. SCSL-04-15-T)

Public Document


ORDER TO PERMIT FILMING IN THE COURTROOM


Office of the Prosecutor:
Defence Counsel for Issa Hassan Sesay:
James C. Johnson
Peter Harrison
Wayne Jordash
Sareta Ashraph


Defence Counsel for Morris Kallon:
Shekou Touray
Charles Taku
Melron Nicol-Wilson


Court Appointed Counsel for Augustine Gbao:
Andreas O’Shea
John Cammegh

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

HAVING CONSIDERED the request from Rebecca Richman Cohen, the Producer and Director of Racing Horse Productions, for permission to film in the body of Courtroom I during the opening statement of Mr. Wayne Jordash, Counsel for the First Accused, Issa Sesay, received by the Trial Chamber on the 30th of April 2007;

PURSUANT TO Rule 81 (D) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Special Court;

ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:

  1. That Rebecca Richman Cohen is authorised to film in the body of Courtroom I during the opening statement of Mr. Jordash in Prosecutor v. Sesay, Kallon and Gbao on Thursday, the 3rd of May 2007;
  2. That, unless specifically authorised, she may not film any of the Accused before the Court;
  3. That the use of the images and any commentary related thereto, should not, in any circumstances, be used in any way that could compromise or impair the fairness of the proceedings;
  4. That a representative of the Press and Public Affairs Office of the Special Court shall accompany her at all times during the filming.
Done at Freetown, Sierra Leone, this 1st day of May 2007

Hon. Justice Benjamin Mutanga Itoe
Hon. Justice Bankole Thompson
Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet

Presiding Judge
Trial Chamber I

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