Filing of a response to an interlocutory appeal

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Decision Regarding Leave to Amend Indictment - 12.02.2004 BIZIMUNGU et al. (Government II)
(ICTR-99-50-AR50)

9.       […] The Practice Direction on Procedure for the Filing of Written Submissions in Appeal Proceedings Before the Tribunal, dated 16 September 2002 (“Practice Direction”), provides that responses to interlocutory appeals governed by the Practice Direction are due ten days after the filing of the appeal.[1]  The Appeals Chamber notes, however, that the Practice Direction does not specifically provide a deadline for responses to appeals that follow certification of the Trial Chamber, although the Appeals Chamber has recently suggested that the response time of ten days should also apply to appeals following certification.[2]  The Appeals Chamber affirms this interpretation of the Practice Direction. […]

[1] Practice Direction, arts. II.2, III.8.

[2] Prosecutor v. Bagosora et al., No. ICTR-98-41-AR93, Decision on Application for Extension of Time to File Response to Interlocutory Appeal, 3 November 2003, pp. 2-3.

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