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Former U.N. war crimes rep, Hartmann, charged with contempt at ICTY

The International Criminal Court at the Hague Thursday charged former U.N. war crimes spokesperson Florence Hartmann with two counts of contempt for disclosing sensitive information regarding Slobodan Milosevic during his prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugloslavia.

The Hague accuses Hartmann of disclosing the information in her 2007 book, “Peace and Punishment,” and and in article titled “Vital Genocide Documents Concealed,” published earlier this year.

In “Peace and Punishment,” Hartmann accuses Russia, the United States, Britain and France of harboring Serbian war criminals.  She also alleges Western powers knew of the attacks on Srebrenica before the events occurred.

She appears before the court Sept. 15.

 

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Daniel Graeber

Daniel Graeber is a writer for United Press International covering Iraq, Afghanistan and the broader Levant. He has published works on international and constitutional law pertaining to US terrorism cases and on child soldiers. His first major work, entitled The United States and Israel: The Implications of Alignment, is featured in the text, Strategic Interests in the Middle East: Opposition or Support for US Foreign Policy. He holds a MA in Diplomacy and International Conflict Management from Norwich University, where his focus was international relations theory, international law, and the role of non-state actors.

Areas of Focus:International law; Middle East; Government and Politics; non-state actors

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