International Criminal Court
Central African Republic & Uganda
- Bemba Trial: Two Bemba Witnesses Blame Atrocities on Bozizé Rebels
- Bemba Trial: Witness: Central African Rapes Were Fueled by Drug Abuse
- Bemba Trial: Former Rebel Not Aware of Crimes by Bemba’s Fighters
Darfur, Sudan
- Sudan Tribune: Nigeria Hints It Was Preparing to Arrest Sudan’s Bashir During Visit
- Premium Times: Nigeria Claims Sudan’s Al-Bashir Escaped Shortly Before Handover to ICC
Democratic Republic of Congo
- Katanga Trial: Trial Chamber’s Reasoning in Ngudjolo is Flawed and Unrealistic, Prosecution Claims
- UPI: U.N. Rights Envoy Headed to DRC
- Katanga Trial: Q & A with International Criminal Court Registrar Herman von Hebel: Part I
- Lubanga Trial: Lubanga Victims Must Apply to Participate in Ntaganda Proceedings
Kenya
- AllAfrica: ICC Prosecutor Seeks 400 Hours to Present Ruto Case
- AllAfrica: Bensouda Wants to Recharacterize Ruto’s Case
- Standard Digital News: International Criminal Court Releases Work Plan for William Ruto’s Trial
- AllAfrica: Update Witness List, Judges Tell Bensouda
- AllAfrica: Victims in Uhuru ICC Case Fear Being Exposed
- AllAfrica: Bensouda Bids to Use Ruto Prior Witness Statements
- AllAfrica: Bensouda Plans to Unleash Fresh Witnesses
- AllAfrica: ICC Judge Rejects Bid to Amend Ruto Charges
- Fox News: ICC Says Kenya’s Ruto Must Attend Whole Trial, for Now
- Capital News: Ruto Now Seeks Staggered ICC Court Appearance
Libya
- ANI News: UK Must Intervene to Ensure Fair Trial for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi: Lawyer
- Newsclick: Report Card on Libya: Death Sentences and the International Criminal Court
- Daily Star: Libya Spy Chief Lawyers Want Referral to U.N.
- The Madison Times: More Violent, Unstable and Uncertain
- The Independent: Is Libya Too Scared to Put Saif Gaddafi on Trial?
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Africa
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Chad
Special Court for Sierra Leone
Europe
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Bosnian War Victims Demand Court Name Perpetrators
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Bosnia ‘Failing’ to Prosecute War Crimes Efficiently
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Bosnian Serb Fighter’s Wife: Rape Charges False
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Bosnian Serb to be Extradited from Israel
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Extradited Bosnian Serb Genocide Suspect Remanded
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina::Second-Instance Verdict Delivered in Dusko Jevic et al.
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Domestic Prosecutions in the Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Serbs’ Alleged Killers Sent for Sarajevo Trial
- Balkan Insight: Witness Recalls Grim Conditions in Silos Camp
- Balkan Insight: Witness Recalls Beatings and Abuse in Dretelj
- Balkan Insight: Witness Claims Deposition Made ‘Under Pressure’
- Balkan Insight: Witness Says Forced Labour Injured His Spine
Middle East and Asia
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: Governor-General of New Zealand Announces New Pledge During ECCC Visit
- The Phnom Penh Post: KRT Judge ‘Abused Discretion’
- Gulf Times: Cash-Strapped Khmer Rouge Court Seeks Funds
- The Phnom Penh Post: Incite Charges for Foursome
- The Phnom Penh Post: Four Freed, But Charges Stand
Syria
- BBC News: Syria Conflict: ‘Chemical Attacks Kill Hundreds’
- HRW: Syria: Witnesses Describe Alleged Chemical Attacks
Special Tribunal for Lebanon
- The Daily Star: Hurdles in the Way of STL’s Hariri Trial
- The Daily Star: We Must Avoid a ‘Show Trial,’ STL Lawyer Says
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- Outlook India: Bangladesh Govt Seeks Death Penalty for Jamaat Chief
- Dhaka Tribune: Government Seeks Ban on Jamaat
- Bangladesh News 24: Khokon Razakar Trial Ordered
- Bangladesh News 24: SQ Chy Verdict ‘Any Day’
- The Daily Star: Wartime Killing of Journalist, Victim’s Son Testifies at War Crimes Tribunal
- Dhaka Tribune: HRW to Face Contempt Charge: Prosecution
- Bangladesh News 24: Jamaat “War Crimes” Probe Begins
- Dhaka Tribune: HRW Slammed for ‘Unethical, Bias’ Reporting
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
North and South America
United States
- Miami Herald: Guantánamo Lawyer Floats Possible Defense Argument: 9/11 Attack Justified
- The Wall Street Journal: Manning Sentenced to 35 Years in WikiLeaks Case
- The New York Times: Facial Scanning Is Making Gains in Surveillance
- The New York Times: Top-Secret Court Castigated N.S.A. on Surveillance
South & Central America
Columbia
- Reuters: Interview-Colombia’s Santos Says FARC Faces Jail, Death Without Peace
- Colombia Reports: FARC’s Most Serious Crimes Must Not Go Unpunished: ICC
Peru
- Los Angeles Times: Peru Commandos Kill Two Shining Path Leaders
- Andean Air Mail & Peruvian Times: Fujimori Changes Strategy to Exit Peruvian Prison
Chile
Topics
Terrorism
- Jewish News: Will Terrorist Prisoners Released for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Talks Be Prosecuted in the U.S.?
- CNN-IBN Live: Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court Asks Govt to Arrange Panel’s Visit to Mumbai
- The Hindu: Morsy Supporters Face Murder, Terrorism Probe in Egypt
Piracy
- Muscat Daily: Two Piracy-Related Incidents off the Coast of Sultanate
- The National: UAE to Host International Counter Piracy Conference
- UN News Centre: Security Council Urges Broad Regional Approach to Counter Piracy in Gulf of Guinea
- The Global Times: 12 Suspected Pirates Killed Around Nigeria’s Restive Oil Town
Gender-Based Violence
- Thomson Reuters Foundation: U.N. Pressures Indonesia to Stop Health Workers Performing FGM
- UN News Centre: UN Humanitarian Wing Warns of Pervasive Sexual Violence in Somalia
- Women’s eNews: Sudan’s Anti-FGM Campaign Avoids Using the Term
- The Bahamas Weekly: Task Force Set to Tackle Gender Based Violence in The Bahamas
Reports
UN Reports
- The Republic: Sri Lanka Leader Appoints Committee to Investigate Wartime Disappearances Ahead of UN Update
- World Bulletin: Israel Extradites War Crimes Suspect to Bosnian Authorities
- Fox News: Bangladesh Prosecutors Accuse US Rights Group of Contempt
NGO Reports
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
Nepal
- The Himalayan Times: HLPC Urges Govt to Forward TRC Ordinance
- Business Standard: Nepal Maoists Warn to Revolt If Cases Against Them Revived
Ivory Coast
Commentary and Perspectives
- Justice in Conflict: Impending Disaster: The ICC in Kenya and Africa
- Opinio Juris: Emerging Voices: Piracy vs. Core Crimes – Assessing the Consequences of the Juxtaposition Between Transnational and International Crimes
- The Guardian : Hague War Crimes Ruling Threatens to Undermine Future Prosecutions
- Opinio Juris: More Misdirection on Specific Direction
- Justice in Conflict: Could Russia Be a Key to International Justice in Libya?
- Opinio Juris: Emerging Voices: Pirates of the Indian Ocean – Enforcement in the Seychelles
- Opinio Juris: The Specific-Direction Requirement Would Not Have Acquitted the Zyklon-B Defendants
- Opinio Juris: Emerging Voices: International Cooperation for the Domestic Prosecution of International Crimes
- Opinio Juris: Emerging Voices: The Transformative Influence of International Criminal Law in Domestic Perspective
Worth Reading
- The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict: Armed Conflict and Forced Migration: A Systemic Approach to International Humanitarian Law, Refugee Law and Human Rights Law
- University of California, Irvine School of Law & Legal Studies Research Paper Series : The Council and the Court: Improving Security Council Support of the International Criminal Court
- Maryland Journal of International Law: Human Rights Litigation and the National Interest: Kiobel’s Application of the Presumption Against Extra-Territoriality to the Alien Tort Statute
