ICTY: Trial of Florence Hartmann's trial due in February

ICTY: Trial of Florence Hartmann’s trial due in February

The Trial Chamber at The Hague Tribunal ordered the start of the trial of former Prosecution spokeswoman Florence Hartmann to start on February 5, 2009.

Under a decision made by judge Carmel Aguis, Chamber Chairman of the Tribunal at The Hague, the trial of Florence Hartmann, former spokeswoman of the Hague Prosecution, is due to start on February 5, 2009.

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1. december 2008. | 11:04

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The trial will start with “a pre-trial conference” and the presentation of introductory arguments.

In August 2008 the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, charged Hartmann with contempt of Court, because she disclosed allegedly confidential data pertaining to the Appellate Chamber’s decisions in the case of Slobodan Milosevic, in her book “Peace and Punishment”, published in 2007, and an article on “Hidden Key Documents on Genocide” of 2008.

During the course of her appearance at the Court, on November 14, Hartmann refused to enter her plea so the Court recorded that “the indictee pleaded not guilty to both counts contained in the indictment”.

As per the Tribunal’s decision, the Prosecution and Defence are due to submit, to the Chamber, “their lists of witnesses”, who will testify at the trial, as well as subjects on which they will speak, indicating also to which counts their statements would refer.

Both parties announced earlier that they would need “a day or a day and a half” for the presentation of evidence, including statements by witnesses and introduction of material evidence.