PROSECUTOR v ISSA HAASAN SESAY & ORS - DECISION ON PROSECUTION'S INTENTION TO EXTEND PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR ADDITIONAL WITNESSES ( SCSL-2004-15-T ) [2004] SCSL 193 (22 October 2004);


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THE TRIAL CHAMBER


Before:
Hon. Judge Benjamin Mutanga Itoe, Presiding Judge
Hon. Judge Bankole Thompson
Hon. Judge Pierre Boutet
Registrar:
Robin Vincent
Date:
27th of October 2004
PROSECUTOR
Against
ISSA HASSAN SESAY
MORRIS KALLON
AUGUSTINE GBAO
(Case No. SCSL-2004-15-T)

ORDER ON PROSECUTION MAP EXHIBITS


Office of the Prosecutor:
Defence Counsel for Issa Hassan Sesay:
Luc Côté
Lesley Taylor
Peter Harrison
Wayne Jordash
Sareta Ashraph


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


Defence Counsel for Augustine Gbao
Andreas O’Shea
John Cammegh

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

NOTING the Decision on Prosecution’s Motion for Judicial Notice and Admission of Evidence dated the 24th of June 2004, in which this Chamber took judicial notice as to the existence, authenticity and contents of a map of Sierra Leone;[1]

CONSIDERING that it would benefit the trial proceedings if the Prosecution would highlight on this map all locations referred to in the Amended Consolidated Indictment, that include districts and towns within the territory of Sierra Leone;

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


ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:

  1. That the Prosecution highlight on the map, to a readable scale, all locations referred to in the Amended Consolidated Indictment, that include districts and towns within the territory of Sierra Leone, and submit this copy to the Trial Chamber and to the Defence; and
  2. That the Prosecution submit additional maps to the Trial Chamber and the Defence Teams that highlight all locations referred to in each specific count of the Amended Consolidated Indictment, that include districts and towns within the territory of Sierra Leone. Separate maps should be submitted for the following areas of the Amended Consolidated Indictment:
    • (a) Counts 3-5;
    • (b) Count 6-9;
    • (c) Counts 10-11;
    • (d) Count 13; and
    • (e) Count 14.
  3. That the Prosecution submit all highlighted maps to the Trial Chamber and the Defence by the 5th of November 2004, and move the Trial Chamber to admit these maps as exhibits into evidence; and
  4. That the Defence file their responses, if any, on the issue of admissibility of the exhibited maps by the 12th of November 2004.

Done in Freetown, Sierra Leone, this 27th day of October, 2004



Hon. Judge Pierre Boutet
Hon. Judge Benjamin Mutanga Itoe
Presiding Judge,
Trial Chamber

Hon. Judge Bankole Thompson

[Seal of the Special Court for Sierra Leone]


[1] Map of Sierra Leone, Scale 1:350,000, UNAMSIL Geographic Information Service, 6 May 2002.