INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Central African Republic & Uganda

• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Bemba’s Trial Gives Hope to Kenya’s Internally Displaced
• BBC News: Aid Groups Fear Central Africa LRA ‘Christmas Massacre’
• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: TRC (Truth and Reconciliation Committee) Rather Than ICC for Uganda
• IRIN News: Sudan: Arm Militia to Contain LRA in Western Equatoria, Say Leaders

Darfur, Sudan

• Sudan Tribune: ICC Prosecutor May Open New Darfur Cases Next Year
• VOA News: ICC Prosecutor: Genocide in Darfur is “On-Going”
• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: ICC Hears Evidence in Darfur Case

Democratic Republic of the Congo (ICC)

• LubangaTrial.org: Prosecutor Argues Investigator’s Notes Not Subject to Disclosure
• LubangaTrial.org: Chamber Issues Order On Evidence Disclosure

Kenya

• The Washington Post: Int’l Court Prosecutor Seeks Kenya Charges
• ICC: Kenya’s Post Election Violence: ICC Prosecutor Presents Cases Against Six Individuals for Crimes Against Humanity
• All Africa: Kenya: Trial Start in May – Ocampo

AFRICA

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

• Hirondelle News Agency: ICTR President Appeals for Solution of Genocide-Acquittals’ Relocation
• Hirondelle News Agency: ICTR Prosecutor Wants DRC, Kenya and Zimbabwe to Act Over Genocide Fugitives
• Hirondelle News Agency: Lieutenant Hategekimana to Remain Behind Bars for Life
• Hirondelle News Agency: Ngirabatware’s Defence Case Adjourned to January 17

Special Court for Sierra Leone

• Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Last Witness Concludes His Testimony, Defense to Officially Close Their Case on Friday

EUROPE

Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

• State Court of BiH: Novica Tripković Ordered Into Custody
• State Court of BiH: Željko Ivanović Ordered Into Custody
• State Court of BiH: Second-Instance Verdict Delivered in the Branimir Glavaš Case
• State Court BiH: Velibor Bogdanović Pleaded Not Guilty
• BIRN Justice Report: Local Justice – Ristic and Devic: Trial to Begin Anew
• BIRN Justice Report: Local Justice: New Arrests in Brcko

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

• The Sofia Echo: State Co-operation Vital to Completing Work of UN War Tribunals, Security Council Told

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

• New York Times: Serbia: Court Acquits 10 Accused of Helping War Crimes Suspect
• Winnipeg Free Press: Montenegro Appeals Court Orders Retrial of 6 ex-Yugoslav Soldiers for War Crimes
• The Associated Press: Serbia Police Search 2 Locations for Fugitive War Crimes Suspect Hadzic Wanted by UN Court
• SETimes: Croatian Police Arrest War Crimes Suspect
• ABC News: Captain Dragan Appeals Against Extradition
• Associated Press: Serbia: 6 Charged With Helping War Crimes Fugitive
• Island Crisis: EULEX Arrests Two Kosovo Albanians for War Crimes

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

• VOA News: Donors, UN Weak Against Tribunal ‘Interference’: Court Monitor

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

• Naharnet: Bellemare to Fransen: Disclosing Documents to Sayyed Compromises Ongoing Investigation, National-International Security
• The Washington Post: Hariri Assassination Indictment Coming Very Soon
• Naharnet: Herman von Hebel Appointed Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
• NOW Lebanon: Hezbollah Finalizes Post-STL Indictment Scenarios, Says Source
• Naharnet: Fatima Issawi Quits STL
• Naharnet: STL Signs MoU with Netherlands Forensic Institute

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

• The Daily Star: Mandate For A New Trial
• Bangladesh’s First Online Newspaper: Govt Careful About War Crimes Trial
• AFP: Bangladesh Names Lawmaker as War Crimes Suspect

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

United States

• Associated Press: Holbrooke Remembered as ‘Giant’ of US Diplomacy
• USA Today: Richard Holbrooke was Focused on Mission at the End
• Reuters: U.S. Judge Dismisses Targeted-Kill Program Lawsuit
• Agence France Presse: US adds Suspected Al-Qaeda Militant to Terror Blacklist
• New York Times: Some Ex-Detainees Still Tied to Terror
• Agence France Presse: Don’t tie US Hands on Guantanamo: Holder
• Agence France Presse: US Senate to Consider Blocking Guantanamo Closure

TOPICS

Terrorism

• Agence France-Presse: US Indicts Dutchwoman, 17 Other Rebels on Terror Charges
• The Press Associated: Capital ‘Minutes From Catastrophe’
• The Telegraph: Radical Indonesian Cleric ‘Assembling Al-Qaeda Network Intent on Carrying Out Mumbai-Style Attack’
• Guardian Co. Uk. : Al-Qaida Planned to Bomb Manchester, Court Hears

Piracy

• Case Western Reserve University: Professors and Students at Case Western Reserve University School of Law Provide Assistance to Kenya Piracy Court
• U.S. Department of State: United States Works to End Piracy off Somalia’s Coast
• Zee News: Prosecuting Pirates in India a Problem: Navy Chief
• EHL: Shipping Groups Urge Gov’ts to Prosecute Pirates

Universal Jurisdiction

• Asian Tribune: Sri Lanka: West Trying Other Options to ‘Punish’ Sri Lankans
• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: A Trial for Habré?

REPORTS

NGO Reports

• Amnesty International: Croatian War Crimes Suspect Arrested

UN Reports

• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Ban Tells ICC to “Stay in the Offence”

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS

General

• Thailand
  • Bangkok Post: Diplomats Demand Answers
  • The Bangkok Post: Kanit Asked to Push for Reds’ Release

COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES

• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: A Trial for Habré?

WORTH READING

• Darryl Robinson: The Inaction Controversy: Neglected Words and New Opportunities
• Nienke Grossman: Sex Representation on the Bench and the Legitimacy of International Criminal Courts

For more information, please see:

Case Western Reserve School of Law – War Crimes Prosecution Watch – 20 Dec 2010