Press Release . Communiqué de presse
(Exclusively for the use of the media. Not an official document)

The Hague, 18 July 2003
JK/ P.I.S./ 771e

SUBPOENA AD TESTIFICANDUM ISSUED FOR MILORAD DODIK

Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) yesterday issued a subpoena at the request of the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) ordering Milorad Dodik to appear and testify as a witness in the case of The Prosecutor v. Radoslav Br|anin (case no. IT-99-36-T). The confidentiality of the subpoena was lifted on 18 July 2003.

Mr. Dodik is the President of the Party of Independent Social-Democrats (SNSD) in the Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He previously served as Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska (January 1998 – January 2001) and was an independent member of the Bosnian Serb Assembly from 1991.

Under the terms of the subpoena, Mr. Dodik is ordered to appear and testify commencing on 31 July 2003. A wilful failure to comply with an Order of a Trial Chamber to appear pursuant to a subpoena constitutes contempt under Rule 77 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence.

The full text of the documents will be available upon request from the Press Office.

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