PROSECUTION v ISSA HASSAN SESAY & ORS - ORDER ON TRIAL MONITORING DURING CLOSED SESSION ( SCSL-04-15-T ) [2005] SCSL 161 (09 November 2005);


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THE TRIAL CHAMBER


Before:
Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet, Presiding Judge
Hon. Justice Bankole Thompson
Hon. Justice Benjamin Mutanga Itoe
Interim Registrar:
Lovemore Green Munlo
Date:
9th of November 2005
PROSECUTOR
Against
ISSA HASSAN SESAY
MORRIS KALLON
AUGUSTINE GBAO
(Case No.SCSL-04-15-T)

ORDER ON TRIAL MONITORING DURING CLOSED SESSION


Office of the Prosecutor:
Defence Counsel for Issa Hassan Sesay:
Luc Côté
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. Justice Pierre Boutet, Presiding Judge, Hon. Justice Bankole Thompson and Hon. Justice Benjamin Mutanga Itoe;

HAVING BEEN informed that an international monitor, namely Mr. Philip Grant, acting under the auspices of Trial (Track Impunity Always) has requested to be allowed to monitor the Court proceedings during closed sessions;

MINDFUL of the “Order on Trial Monitoring During Closed Session” of the 27th of October 2004, the “Order on Trial Monitoring During Closed Session” of the 5th of November 2004 and the “Further Order to Permit Monitors in Closed Sessions” of the 9th of May 2005;

PURSUANT TO the provisions of Rule 79 and particularly those of Rule 79 (C) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Special Court;


ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:


  1. That the monitor, Philip Grant, may sit in the Public Gallery during trial proceedings when the Court is sitting in closed session between the 9th of November 2005 and the 14th of November 2005, inclusive;
  2. That the monitor is required to sign a declaration stating that he will not disclose any of the evidence elicited by witnesses during closed session and that he will report only on the practice and procedure of the Court during closed session;
  3. That the monitor must seek the approval of the Registrar of all oral or written commentary on the practice and procedure of the Court during closed session prior to its publication or release;
  4. That the monitor may share such material with other international and national organizations with the approval of the Registrar; and
  5. That the monitor must comply with all Orders of the Court regarding protective measures for witnesses and closed sessions.

Done in Freetown, Sierra Leone, this 9th day of November 2005,



Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet Presiding Judge,
Trial Chamber I


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