Volume 5, Issue 24 – February 28, 2011
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Central African Republic & Uganda
- Open Society Justice Initiative: Witness Tells Bemba Trial His Son Was Attacked Last Week
- IRIN News: Concerns Rise Over Human Rights Abuses
- All Africa: Witness Says ‘Furious’ MLC Soldiers Started Killings After Losing Battle
- Open Society Justice Initiative: Witness Defends Conduct of Libyan Troops in CAR
- Open Society Justice Initiative: Bemba’s Commanders Looked on as Soldiers Abused Civilians
Darfur, Sudan
- Sudan Tribune: Russian Envoy Questions the Worthiness of Prosecuting Sudanese President
- The Economist: Dim Prospects: The International Criminal Court Loses Credibility and Co-operation in Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo (ICC)
- LubangaTrial.org: Court Orders Disclosure of Victims’ Information
- KatangaTrial.org: Katanga-Ngudjolo Trial Poised to Resume
- LubangaTrial.org: Lubanga Trial to Resume After Judges Reject Defense Call For Dismissal
- ICC:ICC Trial Chamber I Rejects Thomas Lubanga Dyilo’s Application for a Stay of the Proceedings
Kenya
AFRICA
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- Hirondelle News Agency: Prosecutor Requests Delay to Submit Final Brief
- Hirondelle News Agency: Ngirabatware, Ngirumpatse Conclude Their Testimonies
- Hirondelle News Agency: Repentant “Genocidaire” Defends Former Mayor Ndahimana
- Hirondelle News Agency: “Ndahimana was Overwhelmed by MRND Militias” (Witness)
Special Court for Sierra Leone
- CharlesTaylorTrial.org: Déjà Vu at the Charles Taylor Trial
- Sierra Express Media: UN Hands Over Special Court Security to Sierra Leone Police
- CharlesTaylorTrial.org: Charles Taylor’s Lawyer Now Needs a Lawyer Himself
- CharlesTaylorTrial.org: Trial Chamber Not Properly Constituted, Disciplinary Hearings For Charles Taylor’s Lawyer Cannot Take Place
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Indictment Against Osman Sego Will Be “Developed Further”
- Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Pustivuk: Trial Postponed
- State Court of BiH: Indictment Confirmed in the Saša Baričanin Case
- Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Gasal et al: Investigation Could Be Endangered
- Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Vlahovic: Indictment for Grbavica Crimes Confirmed
- Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Tripkovic: Communication Difficulties
- Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Vlahovic: Custody Extension Motion Filed
- Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Baricanin: Custody or Prohibiting Measures
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- The Canadian Press: UN Judges Order Suspension of Karadzic Genocide Trial to Give Him Time to Review Evidence
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Prlic Defence Lambasts Prosecutor
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Zecevic Contempt Case Halted
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Court Hears of Serb Paramilitary Looting
- Canadian Press: UN Prosecutor Assesses Serbia’s Progress in Capturing Fugitive Ratko Mladic
- ICTY.org: Vlastimir Đorđević Convicted for Crimes in Kosovo
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- The Associated Press: Bosnian Says it Will Extradite a Croatian War Veteran Wanted by Serbia for War Crimes
- Croatian Times: Serbian Authorities Question Purda
- BLIC: Mladic’s Property to be Confiscated
- Croatian Times: Veteran Maslov Denies Serbia´s Charges of War Crimes
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- Voice of America Khmer: Khmer Rouge Leaders to Remain in Detention
- Voice of America Khmer: Tribunal Meets in Full Session as Case 2 Approaches
- The Phnom Penh Post: KR Tribunal Begins Rule Change Session
- Voice of America Khmer: Cambodians in US Set to Meet Over Tribunal Case
- The Phnom Penh Post: KRT Introduces Video-Link
Special Tribunal for Lebanon
- The Associated Press: Hariri Tribunal Judges Clarify Legal Ground Rules
- Naharnet: STL Public Affairs Chief Says Indictment Release Date Unchanged
- Associated Free Press: New Government Delayed as Lebanon Talks Drag On
- The Daily Star: Siddiq Says Tribunal Witness Known as ‘Mr. X’ is MP Ali Hassan Khalil
- Naharnet: U.S. Think Tank Unveils Alleged List of Hizbullah Members Named in Hariri Case
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
United States
- Associated Press: Guantanamo Detainee Release Blocked by Appeals Court
- Associated Press: US Secures Another Guantanamo War Crimes Plea Deal
- Reuters: Guantanamo Prisoner to Help Prosecute Others
TOPICS
Terrorism
- The Sydney Morning Herald : Terrorism Charges Denied: ‘I Was Only Defending Islam’
- The Miami Herald : Guantánamo Detainee Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy with Al Qaeda
- CNN: Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for JFK Bomb Plot
- Postmedia News : Conviction of Khadr May Mean More U.S. Tribunals
Piracy
Universal Jurisdiction
REPORTS
UN Reports
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS
General
- Kenya
◦ The Standard: Rights Groups Want TJRC Disbanded, Reconstituted
- Thailand
◦ Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Truth but No Reconciliation
- Nigeria
◦ Osun Defender: Aregbesola Inaugurates Justice Uwaifo’s Truth Commission, Vows to End Impunity
- Canada
COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES
WORTH READING
- Virginia Law Review (forthcoming): A Unified Approach to Extraterritoriality
- SSRN: International Law and Sexual Violence Against Men
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