THE TRIAL CHAMBER

ORDER TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR FILING OF THE
PROSECUTION SUPPLEMENTAL PRE-TRIAL BRIEF

THE TRIAL CHAMBER (“Trial Chamber”) of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (“Special Court”);

NOTING the Trial Chamber’s “Order for Filing Pre-Trial Briefs” of 13 February 2004, in which it ordered that the Office of the Prosecutor (“Prosecution”) file a pre-trial brief, pursuant to Rule 54 and Rule 73 bis (F) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Special Court (“Rules”), and the subsequent filing of the Prosecution pre-trial brief on 1 March 2004;

NOTING the Order to the Prosecution to file a supplemental pre-trial brief on or before 19 April 2004, issued by this Trial Chamber on 30 March 2004;

NOTING that the Special Court will observe its judicial recess during the period of 5 April to 16 April 2004;

CONSIDERING the oral request by the Prosecution through the Registrar for an extension of time to file its supplemental pre-trial brief in light of the judicial recess;[1]

PURSUANT TO Rules 54 and 73 bis of the Rules;

HEREBY GRANTS the request; and

ORDERS that the Prosecution supplemental pre-trial brief in this case shall be filed on 21 April 2004.

[1] See, Letter from David Crane to Judge Bankole Thompson, 31 March 2004, attached hereto and thereby made available to the Defence. The Trial Chamber takes this opportunity to remind the Parties that any correspondence to the Trial Chamber shall be filed inter partes, save those matters which require consideration ex parte.