Journalist and Author - Florence Hartmann
Florence Hartmann revealed confidential rulings from an international court. Shaun Let asks if she put journalistic ambition before justice?
On the same day that a war crimes tribunal jailed the Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for 40 years, it also detained a journalist. Florence Hartmann used to work at the tribunal, but her decision to reveal confidential court decisions led to a brief spell in custody. She says the world had a right to know that Serbia had been allowed to keep secret documents which could have helped victims of war crimes win compensation. Critics say Hartmann's actions made it harder for the tribunal to get co-operation in the future. How did her own experience of the horrors of the Bosnian War influence her decision? Did Florence Hartmann put journalistic ambition before justice?
(Photo: Florence Hartmann at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of having disclosed confidential judicial information. Credit: Olaf Kraak/AFP)
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