Beqe Beqaj is charged with contempt of court. The accused has been transferred to The Hague and early next week will appear before a Tribunal judge

Kosovo Albanian is accused of intimidating prosecution witnesses in the case against three former KLA members. His initial appearance scheduled for early next week

At his initial appearance before the Tribunal, Beqa Beqaj pleads not guilty to all counts of the indictment charging him with contempt of court. Judge orders he be remanded in detention

Former leader of the Kosovo Serb “resistance” Kosta Bulatovic has been charged with contempt of court for “his conscious and persistent obstruction of justice”, that is, his refusal to answer the questions of the prosecutor in Slobodan Milosevic’s absence. Milosevic is still on sick leave due to a very high blood pressure and a “risk of a cardio-vascular incident”

The prosecutor charges Beqa Beqaj with “contempt of court, attempted contempt of court and inciting others to contempt of court” because of his alleged contacts with a key prosecution witness in the case against Limaj and others

Journalists and publishers of the Hrvatsko slovo and Hrvatski list and former head of SIS charged with contempt of court for publishing the identity and testimony of protected witnesses in Blaskic trial

What has Beqa Beqaj told the OTP investigator about his contacts with the key witness? Beqaj has been charged with contempt of court for allegedly attempting to interfere with a witness in the Limaj et al. case

Prosecution and defense close at the trial of Beqa Beqaj, charged with contempt of court for his attempts to interfere with the witnesses in the proceedings against the three former KLA members. Prosecution proposes a sentence of six months in prison, defense calls for acquittal

Interfering with witnesses is "a very serious offence" because the Tribunal relies to a great extent on the sincerity of witnesses, Judge El Mahdi said as he sentenced Kosovo Albanian Beqa Beqaj to four months in prison

Former leader of the Kosovo Serb "resistance" tried on contempt of court charges, after he refused to answer prosecutor's questions in the absence of Milosevic who was ill . Judgment will be delivered on Friday, 13 May.

Finding him guilty of "serious contempt of court" and taking into consideration "serious health problems that would make it difficult for him to serve the sentence", the Trial Chamber has sentenced Bulatovic to four months' imprisonment, but suspended the sentence for two years

Journalist and former Croatian intelligence chief pleaded not guilty to charges of contempt of court today. Their defense indicated they would file motions to dismiss the indictment, while prosecutor continues with the investigation

The prosecutor alleges that in November 2004, the publisher and editor of Hrvatsko slovo started publishing transcripts of the testimony of a protected witness in the Blaskic case, which constitutes contempt of court

Judge Orie confirms contempt of court indictments for two Croatian newspaper editors, Josip Jovic of Slobodna Dalmacija and Marijan Krizic of Hrvatsko slovo. They have been charged for making public the identity of a protected witness who testified at the trial of Tihomir Blaskic

Prosecutor files a motion to join the indictments against four Croatian journalists and editors who published the testimony of the same protected witness in the Blaskic case

At the initial appearance, former editor-in-chief of Hrvatsko slovo, Marijan Krizic, pleaded not guilty to charges of contempt of court. Former editor-in-chief of Slobodna Dalmacija Josip Jovic failed to show. An arrest warrant will probably be issued against him

After Josip Jovic, former editor-in-chief of Slobodna Dalmacija, refused to show up for his initial appearance last Monday to enter his plea on the charges of contempt of court, judges issue the warrant for his arrest and transfer to The Hague

The Trial Chamber allowed the prosecutor to clarify a few terms and dates in the indictment for contempt of court against Rebic and Marijacic and to specify the ICTY orders the accused allegedly violated

Josip Jovic entered his plea before an ICTY judge. His lawyer indicated he would be contesting the jurisdiction in this case before Tribunal, not before the courts in Croatia

Josip Jovic, former editor-in-chief of the Slobodna Dalmacija daily, charged with contempt of court, failed to appear for his trial this morning. The trial has been postponed until 11 July. If the accused fails to show up then, the Chamber will issue a warrant for his arrest and detention on remand until a new trial date is set, after the recess

Josip Jovic, former editor-in-chief of the Slobodna Dalmacija daily, was tried today on contempt of court charges for publishing the transcript of the testimony by Stjepan Mesic. Mesic had testified in closed session at the Tihomir Blaskic trial. While the prosecution claims that Jovic “insolently defied” the court orders, the defense is trying to prove that the accused “was confused”

According to the prosecution, the judges, not Carla del Ponte's office, are to blame for the fact that the indictment against Josip Jovic was issued with a considerable delay – five and a half years after the violation of the court order

Croatian free-lance journalist was found guilty of “particularly egregious” contempt of court, for deliberately publishing confidential information about a number of witnesses “with reckless disregard for the safety of witnesses”. He thus dissuaded the witnesses from cooperating with the Tribunal. After the sentencing, Margetic was taken to the UN Detention Unit

Dragan Jokic, former engineer chief in the VRS Zvornik Brigade, sentenced to 9 years for aiding and abetting the crimes committed in Srebrenica, was charged today with contempt of court as he refused to testify at the trial of seven Bosnian Serb military and police officers. The seven are on trial for the genocide and other crimes in Srebrenica and Zepa

Former VRS Zvornik Brigade chief of Engineering sentenced to 9 years for aiding and abetting crimes in Srebrenica pleaded today not guilty for contempt of court. He was charged for refusing to testify at the trial of the Srebrenica seven. Jokic’s trial is scheduled to open on 10 December 2007

Ljube Krstevski, former chief of the police station in Cair, on the outskirts of Skopje, was arrested and transferred to the Tribunal’s detention unit after he refused to testify at the trial of Ljube Boskoski and Johan Tarculovski. At his initial appearance before an ICTY judge today, the prosecution asked that the contempt of court charges against him be dropped

Astrit Haraqija, former Kosovo minister of culture, youth and sport, and his associate Bajrus Morina are charged with contempt of court. The prosecution alleges that they pressured a protected witness not to testify at the trial of Haradinaj, Balaj and Brahimaj

Former Kosovo minister and his associate are charged with contempt of court for attempting to pressure a prosecution witness at the trial of Haradinaj, Balaj and Brahimaj. They arrived in The Hague and will enter their plea tomorrow

Former Kosovo minister of culture and his associate plead not guilty to contempt of court. They are charged with trying to pressure a prosecution witness at the trial of Haradinaj, Balaj and Brahimaj. After they entered their plea the accused - who surrendered voluntarily to the Tribunal yesterday – were taken back to the UN Detention Unit

Baton Haxhiu, journalist from Kosovo who testified as a prosecution witness at two trials before the ICTY, is charged with contempt of court for disclosing the identity of a protected witness in the trial of Haradinaj, Balaj and Brahimaj. His initial appearance is scheduled for tomorrow

The trial of Baton Haxhiu, journalist from Pristina, was concluded in record time. The prosecution called for his conviction on contempt of court charges asking for a fine of € 15,000 to be imposed. The defense argues Haxhiu ‘didn’t intend to violate the Tribunal’s order’, calling for his acquittal. If the Trial Chamber does find him guilty, the defense added, Haxhiu should be ‘reprimanded’

The Trial Chamber concludes that Kosovo journalist Baton Haxhiu knew that the disclosure of a protected witness’s name to the public is a violation of an order issued by the Tribunal. He was found guilty of contempt of court and was fined €7,000

Carla del Ponte’s former spokeswoman is charged with ‘knowingly and intentionally obstructing justice’ by making public the confidential information contrary to the Appeals Chamber decisions. The information pertains to the decisions granting confidential status to documents from the Supreme Defense Council that Belgrade handed over to the prosecution in the Slobodan Milosevic case

Ljubisa Petkovic explained why he failed to comply with two subpoenas issued by the Trial Chamber to compel him to testify at the trial of Vojislav Seselj. He did so because of the ‘pressure, blackmail and intimidation on the part of the OTP’, leading him to decide to ‘cease all contacts with the investigators’

The judge was surprised that former OTP spokesperson decided not to enter her plea; he wondered ‘what the defense will gain with the postponement’ since ‘the accused has already publicly stated she is opposed to the proceedings’. It was the judge’s ‘assumption that she is challenging the indictment’. The defense insists on trial in open court and ‘the interest of the public to be informed how international justice works’

French journalist faces contempt of court charges for publishing information about confidential decisions of the Appeals Chamber in the Slobodan Milosevic case. Today she again refused to enter her plea, at her second appearance before a Tribunal judge. The Rules of Procedure stipulate that a plea of not guilty will be entered on behalf of the accused in such a case. Human rights organizations from the former Yugoslavia protest against Florence Hartmann’s prosecution

The trial of French journalist on contempt of court charges for disclosing information about confidential decisions of the Appeals Chamber will be held on 5 and 6 February 2008. Hartmann has requested that all correspondence between Geoffrey Nice, former prosecutor in the Milosevic case, and UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon regarding her book Peace and Punishment be disclosed to her

ICTY Registry has approved new defense counsel for French journalist Florence Hartmann. Hartmann, who faces contempt of court charges because she published confidential decisions of the Appeals Chamber, will be defended by British barrister Karim Khan instead of French attorney William Bourdon at the trial slated for 5 and 6 February 2009

According to Florence Hartmann’s defense, the trial of the French journalist facing contempt of court charges ‘would not only be unnecessary but would be tantamount to abuse of the process’ because of many irregularities and abuses committed by Canadian MacFarlane, acting as the special investigator and prosecutor in this case

Alleging that the behavior of the special amicus curiae prosecutor is contrary to the basic legal documents and Tribunal’s jurisprudence, Florence Hartmann’s defense has demanded that he be ordered to disclose the statements of witnesses who will give evidence at the contempt of court trial on 5 and 6 February 2009

The defense accuses the amicus curiae investigator turned amicus curiae prosecutor, of running a ‘negligent, incomplete and thoroughly flawed investigation’, ‘abuse of process’ and repeated instances of contempt of court for disclosing parts of a confidential document to public

Because of a ‘real apprehension of bias’ and possible ‘contamination’ between the judges and the amicus curiae investigator-cum-prosecutor, the defense of French journalist charged with contempt of court will call for the disqualification of judges Agius and Orie

The defense of French journalist Florence Hartmann has already called for the disqualification of two judges and one senior legal advisor; now it is asking for permission to file appeals against three decisions of the Special Chamber sitting in her contempt of court case

After considering the motion submitted by Florence Hartmann’s defense, the three judges sitting in the panel will recommend to the ICTY president to appoint new judges to replace judges Orie and Agius in the Special Chamber hearing in contempt of court case against the French journalist

Special prosecutor amicus curiae call for urgent scheduling of the trial of French journalist Florence Hartmann charged with contempt of court. The defense ‘slows the process down’ with their pre-trial motions ‘showing little interest" for the timely trial, MacFarlane contends.

The motion filed by the special prosecutor calling for urgent trial of Florence Hartmann ‘has no merit, no valid legal basis, and is unnecessary and premature’, according to Hartmann’s defense. In its response, the defense qualifies the prosecutor’s accusations that the defense is ‘tactically delaying the proceedings’ as ‘unfortunate, gratuitous and quite simply, false’

All decisions and orders issued by the previous Special Chamber – including the indictment itself – became null and void by the disqualification of the two judges, the defense of Florence Hartmann contends. In its motion Hartmann’s defense urges the newly appointed Special Chamber not to proceed with the contempt of court case against the French journalist in the interest of justice

Special Chamber hearing the case against French journalist Florence Hartmann has ruled that the proposals and information contained in a joint request filed by three victims’ associations from BH asking to be appointed amici curiae are not "desirable for the proper determination" of the proceedings against Hartmann on contempt of court charges

The first day of the trial of Florence Hartmann, charged with contempt of court for disclosing information on the Appeals Chamber’s confidential decisions in the Slobodan Milosevic case. A prosecution witness has confirmed the protective measure protect the contents of the decisions and not the fact those decisions exist. The defense has noted that all the information the French journalist is charged with disclosing were already in public domain

As Louis Joinet, Florence Hartmann’s defense witness, stressed today, the judges’ motives and the legal reasoning behind their decisions cannot be ‘confidential’ as this would prevent legal critique and control necessary for the functioning of every legal system

On the third day of the trial of Florence Hartmann for contempt of court, freedom of speech expert Louis Joinet completed his evidence. Natasa Kandic, director of the Humanitarian Law Center in Belgrade, began her testimony. The trial continues on 1 July 2009

Continuing her evidence at the trial of Florence Hartmann, the director of the Humanitarian Law Center in Belgrade asked for a review of the Appeals Chamber’s decisions granting confidential status to the documents of the FRY Supreme Defense Council. Closing statements will be delivered on Friday

Noting that the French journalist deliberately published the information about the Appeals Chamber’s confidential decisions, in his closing argument the prosecutor amicus curiae called for a fine ranging from EUR 7,000 to 15,000. The defense qualified this approach as ‘legal fundamentalism’, saying that the prosecutor amicus curiae was trying to ‘mislead’ the Trial Chamber. The defence called for Florence Hartmann’s acquittal

The Special Chamber of the Tribunal in The Hague has found the French journalist ‘guilty’ of ‘conscious and deliberate obstruction of justice’ sentencing her to a €7,000 fine. All the defense’s arguments were rejected. The defense indicated at trial it intended to appeal before the ICTY Appeals Chamber and the European Court of Human Rights if their client were convicted

Florence Hartmann’s defense has filed notice of appeal against the judgment finding the French journalist guilty of contempt of court and fining her EUR7,000. The appeal has 13 grounds, noting more than 120 errors of facts and law the Trial Chamber made, according to the defense

In a detailed appeal, Florence Hartmann's defense has asked for the judgment convicting the French journalist of contempt of court to be overturned. Hartmann was found guilty for disclosing ‘the contents, purported effects and confidential nature’ of the decisions of the Appeals Chamber granting confidential status to documents of the FRY’s Supreme Defense Council

Zuhdija Tabakovic pleaded not guilty yesterday to the six counts in the indictment unsealed after his initial appearance by the Tribunal. He is charged with signing a false statement and agreeing to confirm its contents in court in the Milan and Sredoje Lukic case in exchange for 1,000 Euros. Two other witnesses for Milan Lukic's defense contacted through Tabakovic agreed to do the same

Zuhdija Tabakovic was convicted today of contempt of court and sentenced to three months in prison. Last Friday Tabakovic made a plea agreement with the prosecution to plead guilty to three counts in the indictment charging him with giving false evidence and bribing witnesses in the Milan Lukic case

At her initial appearance before the Tribunal, former member of Milan Lukic’s defense pled not guilty to all five counts in the indictment charging her with contempt of court. She is alleged to have ‘knowingly and willfully interfered with administration of justice’

As things stand now, the trial of Jelena Rasic on contempt of court charges will last 15 days. The prosecution has indicated it intends to call 19 witnesses and the defense will have four witnesses. Rasic is a former case manager in Milan Lukic’s defense team

Professor Berko Zecevic faces charges of ‘knowingly and willfully interfering with the administration of justice’ because he refused to testify at the trial of Radovan Karadzic. Zecevic denies that his actions constitute ‘contempt of court’. On the contrary, Professor Berko Zecevic maintains it is ‘contempt of the work of a university professor’ on the part of the prosecutors and judges of the Tribunal

At his initial appearance before a Tribunal judge, Professor Berko Zecevic says the demands he has made to the prosecution regarding his testimony at the trial of Radovan Karadzic have been misunderstood. He did not ‘refuse’ to cooperate, but merely tried to defend his ‘integrity and freedom’. He is ready to testify whenever the court asks him to. The indictment against him has been suspended and will be withdrawn once Professor Zecevic has completed his testimony. He has been released from detention and is now in a hotel

After Seselj persistently refused to comply with a number of Trial Chamber’s orders to withdraw from his website confidential information on protected prosecution witnesses, the Trial Chamber decided to issue the third contempt of court indictment against Vojislav Seselj. This is the fourth indictment against Seselj before the Tribunal

At the contempt of court trial, the Serbian Radicals’ leader started his case with the testimony of one of the 11 protected prosecution witnesses whose identity he made public in one of his books, as the indictment against him alleges. The witness claims he agreed to testify for the prosecution because he was ‘scared by the threats made by the OTP investigators’. After he changed his mind, the witness contacted Seselj’s defense and allowed the publication of the statements he gave to Seselj’s associates

As they testified in Vojislav Seselj’s defense at his contempt of court trial, several former members of Seselj’s formations claimed that their statements to the OTP investigators were made under duress. They were scared by the investigators’ threats and blackmail and blamed the Serbian Radical Party leader. The witnesses failed to explain how their fear vanished suddenly and what prompted them to switch sides and turn from prosecution witnesses back into Seselj’s followers and his witnesses. The accused again behaved scandalously in the courtroom and insulted the judges

In the closing arguments delivered at the second contempt of court trial of the Serbian Radical leader, the prosecutor sought a three-year sentence for the accused because he disclosed the identities of 11 protected witnesses. As the accused said, he would like to be sentenced to death, although the case against him didn’t warrant a conviction. Jovan Glamocanin claims Zoran Djindjic tried to pressure him into taking part in ‘Seselj’s political assassination’ in mid-April 2003; at that time, Djindjic was already dead

The Serbian Radicals’ leader pleaded not guilty to the charges stemming from his refusal to comply with a number of court orders to withdraw confidential information from his website. Seselj has made public on his website the identities of protected prosecution witnesses and has already been sentenced to 15 months in prison for this offense. The reason for Mladic’s conduct in court two days ago was discovered today

In one of the longest appellate proceedings in the history of the Tribunal in The Hague, all grounds of appeal presented by Florence Hartmann were dismissed by the Appeals Chamber. The Trial Chamber’s judgment handed down in September 2009 was upheld. The Trial Chamber found the French journalist guilty of contempt of court and fined her €7,000. As the French journalist said, the judgment threatens to undermine the progress achieved in the past three decades in the domain of the protection of freedom of speech

Former KLA soldier Shefqet Kabashi decided to postpone entering his plea. As he explained, he hasn’t yet read the indictment. Kabashi is on trial for contempt of court for refusing to testify in the Hardinaj et al. case. He is now scheduled to re-appear before the court next Friday. In the meantime, there will be a new attempt to make him testify about the KLA crimes in Jablanica. Kabashi talked about them in his statements to the OTP investigators but refused to repeat his claims in court

The Tribunal’s Registrar informed the Appeals Chamber that French journalist Florence Hartmann hasn’t paid the first installment of the fine on time. Hartmann was sentenced to a fine for contempt of court. The Support Committee to Florence Hartmann claims that the money has been deposited into a French bank account on time

The trial of Shefqet Kabashi for contempt of court has been postponed until a new trial chamber is set up. Judges Moloto and Delvoie have recused themselves in order to maintain the 'assumption of impartiality': the two judges sit on the panel trying Haradinaj and other KLA commanders

The Trial Chamber hearing the case of former KLA member Shefqet Kabashi will hand down its judgment in the afternoon on 16 September 2011

Shefqet Kabashi, former KLA soldier, has been sentenced to two months in prison for contempt of court. ‘By contumaciously refusing to answer questions of the prosecution’, the judgment noted, Kabashi ‘deprived’ the Trial Chamber of the evidence relevant for the ‘ascertainment of the truth’ in the case against former KLA commanders Haradinaj, Balaj and Brahimaj

The Tribunal’s Registry notified the Appeals Chamber that the former OTP spokesperson Florence Hartmann has yet to pay the two installments of her fine for contempt of court. The Support Committee for Florence Hartmann claims that the money has been deposited into a French bank account

The Appeals Chamber set a new deadline by which French journalist Florence Hartmann is to pay her fine for contempt of court. Hartmann was warned that if she failed to pay the fine on time, she risked the conversion of her fine into a prison sentence. The Appeals Chamber warned Hartmann she also ran the risk of being convicted of contempt of court again and that a warrant for her arrest might be issued

According to the order in lieu of indictment made public at the Tribunal, Dragomir Pecanac refused to testify “for reasons of health and also because an indictment has been raised against him in Sarajevo and a criminal report filed in Belgrade on the same grounds”. Ruling that the reasons were insufficient to justify his failure to comply with the subpoena and testify, the Trial Chamber charged Pecanac with contempt of court. The decision was reached by a majority vote

The Registry has notified the Appeals Chamber that Florence Hartmann has failed to transfer the sum of €7,000 to the Tribunal before the expiry of the second deadline. She was fined for contempt of court. Hartmann has not explained the reason for her default in writing. Hartmann claims she has sent a letter to the judges in good time, explaining how the Tribunal could collect the fine

The Tribunal’s Appeals Chamber has issued an order for the arrest of French journalist Florence Hartmann. Hartmann was fined € 7,000 for contempt of court. The sentence has now been converted into seven days in jail

The contempt of court trial started without the accused who is ill and remained in the Detention Unit. The trial began without the prosecution as it is not a party in the trial, without the opening statements and without the examination of witnesses. The judges appeared as both the prosecutors and triers

Two weeks after the Tribunal issued an international warrant for the arrest of Florence Hartmann, she has written to the UN Special Rapporteur for freedom of opinion and expression. Hartmann has indicated she will also write to the UN Rapporteur on the independence and impartiality of judges and lawyers. Will the Hartmann vs. the Tribunal case end up in the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg?

Former VRS major Dragomir Pecanac was found guilty of contempt of court and was sentenced to three months in prison for failing to comply with a Trial Chamber’s subpoena to appear and testify at the trial of his former superior Zdravko Tolimir

The Tribunal stated today that Milan Tupajic, war president of the Crisis Staff and the Serb municipality of Sokolac, has been arrested in BH on a contempt of court indictment issued by the Tribunal. Tupajic is currently awaiting transfer to The Hague

Former war president of the Crisis Staff in the Serb municipality of Sokolac Milan Tupajic pleaded not guilty to the counts in the contempt of court indictment against him. Tupajic was indicted because he failed to comply with the subpoenas compelling him to testify at the trial of former Republika Srpska president Radovan Karadzic

The trial of Milan Tupajic has been postponed until 3 February 2012. Tupajic is charged with contempt of court for refusing to testify at the trial of Radovan Karadzic. Tupajic has ‘absolutely no complaints’ about his stay in the Detention Unit in Scheveningen

Former case manager in Milan Lukic’s defense team pleaded guilty to all counts in the contempt of court indictment charging her with bribing witnesses to make them give false evidence at the trial for crimes against Muslims in Visegrad. Instead of the trial, there was a sentencing hearing

Milan Tupajic’s defense counsel urged the judges to acquit his client, wartime president of the Sokolac municipality, of contempt of court charges. He was indicted because he failed to testify in the Karadzic case. Tupajic complained about health problems and ‘the events’ after he testified against Krajisnik in 2005. ‘Those seven years would have been easier for me in the Detention Unit in Scheveningen than in my town, Sokolac’, Tupajic said

The Trial Chamber found Milan Tupajic guilty of contempt of court. By refusing to testify in the case against Radovan Karadzic Tupajic deprived the judges of ‘relevant evidence’

At the status conference in the third contempt of court case against the Serbian Radical Party leader, he said that he had been ready to proceed to trial for a long time, but he immediately asked to be granted the right to privileged communication with his legal advisors to prepare his defense case, his testimony and the examination of three witnesses he intended to call

The Serbian Radical Party leader will appear in court on 17 April in order to enter his plea for the third time to the counts in the third contempt of court indictment against him. He has been indicted because he has stubbornly refused to comply with the Chamber's orders to delete from his website confidential information about protected witnesses. He will have to reenter his plea because of the 'changes in the nature' of the charges against him, caused by his failure to comply with the latest order to remove the controversial information from his site

The Serbian Radical Party leader pleaded not guilty for the third time on the third contempt of court indictment against him. He also presented a list of ‘status’ demands to the judges; one of the demands was to be allowed to address the Serbian media via video link as a part of the election campaign. Seselj heads the Serbian Radical Party slate and his wife is running for the president as a Serbian Radical Party candidate

The Tribunal has announced that the trial of the Serbian Radical Party leader on the third contempt of court indictment will start on 12 June 2012. Seselj was indicted for repeatedly refusing to remove confidential material about protected prosecution witnesses from his website. The accused, Vojislav Seselj, is the only witness

Vojislav Seselj refused to participate in the trial on the third contempt of court indictment for purported lack of legal assistance. The Trial Chamber then postponed the trial until next Monday granting the Serbian Radical leader the ‘last chance’ to ‘reconsider his attitude’ once again

The Serbian Radical Party leader remained adamant and refused to participate in his trial on the third contempt of court indictment; he claims his right to due process has been violated. The Trial Chamber remained adamant too, and insisted on the trial despite the fact that the accused refused to call any evidence. The trial was over in 13 minutes

The Trial Chamber today sentenced Vojislav Seselj to two years in prison for ‘deliberately and willfully’ obstructing the administration of justice. Judge Trechsel appended his dissenting opinion. The two years Seselj received today make a total of four years and nine months, and that is before he has heard the judgment in his main trial

If he wants to appeal against the judgment sentencing him to 18 months for contempt of court, Vojislav Seselj will have to re-file his appellate brief, which must not exceed 9,000 words. Seselj’s initial brief, returned by the Appeals Chamber, contains more than 33,000 words

As Vojislav Seselj has twice refused to obey the Trial Chamber’s orders instructing him to submit an abridged appellate brief, the judges have concluded that he has waived his right to appeal in the second contempt of court case in which he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. The appellate judges will thus consider just the appeal filed by the amicus curiae prosecutor who wants Seselj’s sentence doubled

General Radislav Krstic once again refused to comply with the Trial Chamber’s subpoena to testify at the trial of Radovan Karadzic and was charged with contempt of court

On Thursday, 4 April 2013, General Radislav Krstic will enter his plea on the indictment charging him with contempt of court. Krstic has refused to comply with the Tribunal’s subpoena to appear as a witness at Radovan Karadzic’s trial

The former commander of the VRS Drina Corps will stand trial before the Tribunal once again, this time for refusing to comply with a subpoena compelling him to give evidence in Radovan Karadzic’s defense case. Krstic is serving his 35-year sentence for aiding and abetting the Srebrenica genocide

The prosecution contends that Carla del Ponte did not commit contempt of court when she discussed Milosevic’s confidential witness list with US diplomats. If the specially appointed chamber concludes otherwise, the same procedure should apply to Karadzic and his defense team since they disclosed in public the cable with the purportedly confidential information on witnesses

The special chamber appointed after Radovan Karadzic filed a motion accusing Carla Del Ponte of contempt of court concluded it lacked jurisdiction to consider the request referring the case involving the former chief prosecutor to Judge Meron, who is the president of both the Tribunal and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals

Theodor Meron, the Tribunal’s President, has dismissed Karadzic’s request for the appointment of a special chamber to consider the possible culpability of Carla Del Ponte, citing lack of jurisdiction. Since Karadzic has in the meantime submitted the same request to the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, the ‘Del Ponte case’ was thus referred to its president: Judge Meron

Judge Moloto today issued a decision rejecting Radovan Karadzic’s motion for the appointment of amicus curiae to investigate allegations of contempt of court against former Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte in 2004 when she shared a ‘confidential list’ of Slobodan Milosevic’s potential defense witnesses with a US legal team

In its decision issued today, Judge Antonetti's Trial Chamber ruled that the Mechanism for the International Criminal Tribunals had the jurisdiction to deal with Vojislav Seselj’s confidential motion. Seselj wanted the Tribunal to institute contempt of court proceedings against former chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte

Less than two hours before Radovan Karadzic was due to hear his verdict, Florence Hartmann was arrested on the lawn in front of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The victims who also gathered there tried unsuccessfully to shield her with their bodies. Former chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte was ‘shocked’ by the news of Hartmann’s arrest

Upon her transfer to the UN Detention Unit, former spokeswoman of the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor has been segregated from the rest of the detainees, placed in isolation and under round-the-clock surveillance. Her lawyer considers the regime to be 'unnecessary, unjustified and disproportionate', but cannot lodge a complaint because the management of the detention unit are away for the Easter holiday

After Florence Hartmann has served three thirds of her seven-day prison sentence, President Theodor Meron granted her early release. The President issued the decision in order to ensure ‘equal treatment’ of all the convicted individuals, and in light of the demonstrated degree of rehabilitation and exemplary conduct in prison