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SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE
JOMO KENYATTA ROAD • FREETOWN • SIERRA LEONE
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TRIAL CHAMBER II

SCHEDULING ORDER

TRIAL CHAMBER II (“Trial Chamber”) of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (“Special Court”), composed of Justice Teresa Doherty, presiding, Justice Richard Lussick and Justice Julia Sebutinde;

HAVING ORDERED orally the change of the scheduling of the court proceedings on 21 July 2005;

RECALLING the Trial Chamber’s Order for the Commencement of Trial and Scheduling Order of 20 January 2005 (Scheduling Order);

RECALLING that the Scheduling Order was subject to further orders of the Trial Chamber;

HAVING CONSIDERED the request of the Defence for shorter sitting hours in order to prepare their forthcoming defence case;

HAVING CONSIDERED the rights of the Accused under Article 17(4)(b) of the Statute of the Special Court and the duty of the Court to ensure a fair and expeditious trial;

HEREBY CONFIRMS the oral Order that the Trial Chamber will sit from Monday to Friday, excluding Wednesday afternoon, from 9:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and from 2:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and that breaks during the Trial will be at the discretion of the Trial Chamber, subject to further order.

Done at Freetown this 26th day of July 2005.

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