War Crimes Prosecution Watch is prepared by the International Justice Practice of the Public International Law & Policy Group and the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center of Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Central African Republic & Uganda
- Open Society Justice Initiative: Central African Judge Says Local Soldiers Brutalized Civilians
- Open Society Justice Initiative: New Witness Testifies in Closed Session
- Open Society Justice Initiative: Witness Says Bemba’s Group Used Child Soldiers
- Open Society Justice Initiative: Central African Generals Said Patassé Commands Bemba’s Troops
- Sudan Tribune: LRA Rebels Kill One and Abduct Five in W. Equatoria
- Open Society Justice Initiative: Bemba’s Men Plundered Shops, Homes, Churches
- Open Society Justice Initiative: Witness Continues Testifying in Closed Session
- Open Society Justice Initiative: Bemba Trial Continues in Private Session
- Reuters: ICC Urges U.N. Action on Bashir Visit to Djibouti
- Sudan Tribune: Darfur Rebels at ICC to Assert That AU Troops Were Legitimate Targets
- Sudan Tribune: Sudan Denies Pulling ICC Suspect From Meetings with UNSC
- AllAfrica.com: ICC Throws Out Ocampo’s Request
- The Atlantic: Kenyan Trial Asks, Can Journalism be a War Crime?
- AllAfrica.com: Govt Investigating Ocampo Six, Nation Tells ICC
- Capital News: Waki Still Advocates A Local Tribunal
- ICC Press Release: ICC Prosecutor: Gaddafi Used His Absolute Authority to Commit Crimes in Libya
- The New York Times: International Court Seeks Warrant for Qaddafi
- Xinhuanet: Sudan Foreign Ministry Criticizes ICC Arrest Warrant Against Gaddafi
AFRICA
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- Hirondelle News Agency: Ndahimana to Close His Defence Case by May 13
- Hirondelle News Agency: Defence Case of Captain Nizeyimana Begins
- Hirondelle News Agency: Kabuga’s Special Deposition Proceedings Now Scheduled for May 23
- Hirondelle News Agency: Diplomat Claims Did Not Witness Soldiers Manning Roadblocks in Rwanda
- Hirondelle News Agency: ICTR Sanctions Defence Team for Former Rwandan Youth Minister
- Hirondelle News Agency: ICTR Protected Witness to Testify Under His Real Identity in Denmark
- Hirondelle News Agency: Former Rwandan Mayor Closes His Defense Case
- Hirondelle News Agency: Appeals Chamber Denies Hategekimana Judicial Assistance Request
- Hirondelle News Agency: ICTR Frees One Rwandan General, Sentences Another to 30 Years Imprisonment
- Hirondelle News Agency: ICTR Judgement for Four Military Officers Important, Says Jallow
- Hirondelle News Agency: Military Officers Convicted of Killing of Premier
EUROPE
European Court of Human Rights
- MailOnline: Stop Meddling in Asylum Cases, Unelected Euro Judges Warned by 47 Countries
- TamilNet: German Rights Group Accuses Dias of War-Crimes
- The Lex Specialis: Khamzayev and Others v. Russia: The Application of Human Rights Law in Armed Conflict Situations
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: First Instance Verdict Upheld in the Predrag Bastah et al. Case
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Pronouncement of the Verdict in the Darko Dolic Case
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Darko Dolic Acquitted
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Commencement of trial in the Veselin Vlahovic case
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- Phnom Penh Post: Case 003 Deemed a “Charade”
- Phnom Penh Post: Khmer Rouge See the Light
- Associated Press: Groups Fear Khmer Rouge Tribunal May Halt Trials
- Bangkok Post: K. Rouge Court Asked to Release Ailing Defendant
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
TOPICS
REPORTS
- The Agence France-Presse: Sierra Leone ‘Anxiously’ Awaits Taylor Verdict: Official
- The UN News Centre: Rwanda: UN Genocide Tribunal Sentences Former Army Chief to 30 Years’ Jail
- Hinudstan Times: India Asks Sri Lanka to Probe Rights
- Democratic Voice of Burma: Rights Group Warns on UN “Courtesy”
- Asia Times Online: Limited Liability for Khmer Rouge Tribunal
- The Sunday Leader: Amnesty International Reports on Human Rights Violations
- World Socialist Web Site: New Zealand SAS Troops Implicated in Afghan War Crimes
- CNN: Former Rwandan Army Chief Gets 30 Years for Genocide
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS
Kenya
- Daily Nation: Seven Killed by Police at Mosque, Says Imam
- The Star: Isiolo Massacre Survivors Tell of Rape and Mass Graves
- Daily Nation: Bid to Disarm Clan ‘Led to Wagalla Massacre’
- Standard Media: TJRC Summons Former Senior State Officers
South Africa
Thailand
COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES
- Monsters and Critics: Serbia Can and Must Do More, UN War Crimes Prosecutor Warns
- Jurist: Legal Arithmetic: Adding Up the Legality of Operation Geronimo
- Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW): Ocampo Ready to Prosecute Gaddafi
- New York Times: International Court Seeks Warrant for Qaddafi
- Washington Wire: Justice Breyer Recalls Legal Lessons of the Holocaust
- Bloomberg Businessweek: UN Human Rights Chief Pillay Criticizes U.S. on Guantanamo Bay
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War Crimes Prosecution Watch is a bi-weekly e-newsletter that compiles official documents and articles from major news sources detailing and analyzing salient issues pertaining to the investigation and prosecution of war crimes throughout the world. For more information about War Crimes Prosecution Watch, please contact warcrimeswatch@pilpg.org.
