Volume 5, Issue 17 – November 22, 2010
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Central African Republic & Uganda
- Human Rights Watch:Congo/Central African Republic: LRA Victims Appeal to Obama
- AllAfrica.com: Weakened LRA Now Boasts Only 250 Ugandan Fighters
- Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Bemba Did Not Come On His Own
Democratic Republic of the Congo (ICC)
- LubangaTrial.org: New Witness Testifies In Closed Session
- LubangaTrial.org: Intermediary Questioned About Payments From The ICC
- LubangaTrial.org: Defense Attorneys Complain About Access To Lubanga
- Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Intermediary Denies Bribing Witness
- LubangaTrial.org: Court Rules Prosecution Has Broad Duty To Disclose
Kenya
- AllAfrica.com: Kenya: Kinuthia, General to Appear Before ICC
- Daily Nation: December Date for Six Kenya Chaos Suspects
AFRICA
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- Hirondelle News Agency: President of MRND Militia Worked for RPF, According to Witness
- Hirondelle News Agency: Rwanda’s Request Over ICTR Archives Remains Firm
- Hirondelle News Agency: Former Rwandan Mayor Rewarded Assailants, Claims Witness
- Rwanda News Agency: ICTR Complains at Slow Pace of French Genocide Investigations
- Hirondelle News Agency: Prosecution Asks for Adjournment of Ngirabatware’s Defence Case
- Hirondelle News Agency: Former Rwandan Planning Minister Starts Presenting His Defence Case
Special Court for Sierra Leone
- CharlesTaylorTrial.org: Last Witness Concludes His Testimony, Defense to Officially Close Their Case on Friday
- CharlesTaylorTrial.org: Defense Lawyers Formally Close Their Case in The Charles Taylor Trial
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- State Court of BiH: Dragan Nešković and Zoran Ilić Pleaded Not Guilty
- State Court of BiH: Dragan Rodić Sentenced to Eight Years of Imprisonment
- State Court of BIH: First Instance Verdict Upheld
- State Court of BiH: Slavko Lalović Pleaded Not Guilty
- State Court of BIH: Miroslav Anić Ordered Into Custody
- Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Ivanovic: Witness Fails to Appear
- BIRN Justice Report: Klickovic et al: Acquittal Verdict in Bosanska Krupa Crimes
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Appeals Filed in Trbic Case
- The Australian Times: Srebrenica Massacre Accused Ratko Mladic Could Have Been captured in 2006: Vladimir Vukcevic
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Ex-UN Officer Claims Sarajevo Trams Targeted
- British Broadcasting Corporation: Serbia in Hunt for War Crimes Fugitive Ratko Mladic
- ICTY: Trial Court Orders Suspension of Proceedings in Karadzic Case
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- The Associated Press: Serbia Arrests 5 Men Sought in Montenegro on Charges of War Crimes During Croatian Conflict
- BBC: Serbia in Hunt for War-Crimes Fugitive Ratko Mladic
- Radio Free Europe: Verdicts of Suspected Mladic Supporters to be Announced Thursday
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- Associated Press: Cambodia Rebuffs UN Chief on Khmer Rouge Trials
- The New York Times: In Cambodia, Clinton Advocates Khmer Rouge Trials
- VOA News: Groups Urge Adding Sexual Violence to Tribunal Charges
Iraqi High Tribunal
Special Tribunal for Lebanon
- Naharnet: Siddiq Reportedly Shot and Wounded by Lebanese in Germany
- Bloomberg: UN’s Tribunal on Hariri Undeterred By Attack on Investigators in Lebanon
- Zawya: Head of Hariri Tribunal Concerned about Intimidation
- Naharnet: Ban Phones Hariri, Discusses Dahiyeh Incident
- Naharnet: Secret Documents Confirm Indictment to be Issued Soon
- PressTv: STL Indictment Report Rejected
- Naharnet: STL, Foreign Press Association in The Hague Host 2nd Int’l Media Forum on Reporting on Int’l Justice
- Naharnet: Awkar Confirms Naharnet Report: US Announces $10 Million Transfer to STL
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- The Financial Express: War Criminals’ Trial Must be Completed on Bangladesh Soil: PM
- Zeenews.com: Bangladesh Changes Rules to Detain 1971 War Criminals
- The Daily Star: ‘Keep Sayedee Detained Till Dec 29’
- The Hindu: Dhaka Court Questions Repatriation of Pakistani War Criminals
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
United States
- Agence France Presse: UN Rights Chiefs Lead New Assault on US
- Agence France Presse: Planes Swept in US after Yemen-Linked Bomb Scare
- Washington Post: Jury Asked to ‘Send a Message’ in Guantanamo
- CNN: Guantanamo Detainee Khadr to Serve 8 More Years in Prison
TOPICS
Terrorism
- Jakarta Globe: Indonesia Prosecutors Prepare to Take Down Abu Bakar Bashir on Terror Charges
- Associated Press: UK Agrees to Settle with Ex-Guantanamo Detainees
- Sify News: Nine Convicted for Murder of Pakistan Army’s Surgeon General
- New York Times: Detainee Acquitted on Most Counts in ’98 Bombings
- The Wall Street Journal: Alleged Weapons Trafficker Pleads Not Guilty
Piracy
- United Nations: Piracy off Coast of Somalia Outpacing International Efforts to Defeat it, Under-Secretary-General Says in Briefing to Security Council
- Associated Press: US Piracy Trial for 5 Men to Begin in Virginia
- Xinhua: Kenyan Court Stays Orders on Piracy Cases
Universal Jurisdiction
- The Telegraph: Sri Lanka President Drops Out of Britain Visit Over Arrest Fears
- Associated Foreign Press: Spanish Rights Group to File Court Case Against Morocco
- Associated Foreign Press: Donors to Meet in Senegal to Raise Funds for Habre Trial
REPORTS
UN Reports
- The Canadian Press: UN Representative Says Child Pirates Should be Rehabilitated, Not Tried as Adults by Tribunal
- The Irrawaddy: Exiled Group Calls for UN Commission of Inquiry
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS
General
- Canada
- Kenya
- Solomn Islands
WORTH READING
- Louise Mallinder: Reconciliation, Peacebuilding and Restorative Amnesties
- Ryan Y. Park: Proving Genocidal Intent: International Precedent and ECCC Case 002
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