Most of the lawyers and their representatives who have appeared before us have said that it is too short a timeframe. A simple back and forth exchange through the mail can take up to a month in the case of certain African countries. You are talking about two weeks in one direction and two weeks in the other. By trying to move things forward too quickly, we might risk finding ourselves in a situation where the hearing does indeed take place within the required 60 days but, in the end, in one out of every two cases, the hearing has to be adjourned and postponed until later because of the simple fact that the lawyers were not allowed enough time to prepare themselves. Are you not afraid that this might simply lead to situations that are the opposite of what had been aimed for?
On May 13th, 2010. See this statement in context.