Contempt 
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THE HAGUE | 04.04.2013.
GENERAL KRSTIC PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CONTEMPT OF COURT
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 HAGUE | 28.03.2013.
GENERAL RADISLAV KRSTIC TO APPEAR AGAIN BEFORE JUDGES
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 HAGUE | 25.03.2013.
GENERAL KRSTIC CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT OF COURT
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
THE HAGUE | 23.08.2012.
SESELJ ‘WAIVES HIS RIGHT TO APPEAL’
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
THE HAGUE | 06.07.2012.
SESELJ WILL HAVE TO REDO HIS APPEAL
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
THE HAGUE | 28.06.2012.
SESELJ GETS TWO MORE YEARS FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT
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
THE HAGUE | 18.06.2012.
TRIAL COMPLETED IN SPITE OF SESELJ’S OBSTRUCTION
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 HAGUE | 12.06.2012.
SESELJ’S THIRD CONTEMPT OF COURT TRIAL POSTPONED
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 HAGUE | 29.05.2012.
SESELJ’S THIRD CONTEMPT OF COURT TRIAL TO START ON 12 JUNE
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
THE HAGUE | 17.04.2012.
SESELJ ‘PLEADS NOT GUILTY’ AND WOULD DEARLY LIKE TO TAKE PART IN THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN SERBIA
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
