Volume 6, Issue 1 – April 11, 2011
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Central African Republic & Uganda
* Reuters: Wanted Rebel Leader Returns to Eastern Congo
* Open Society Justice Initiative: Bemba Defense Contests Expert’s Report
* Open Society Justice Initiative: New Witness Testifies in Closed Session
* Open Society Justice Initiative: Victims’ Lawyer Denied Permission to Question Witness
* Open Society Justice Initiative: Central African Top Prosecutor Testifies in Bemba Trial
Democratic Republic of the Congo
* UPI: DRC Fighters to Testify at Warlord Trials
* LubangaTrial.org: Trial Resumes with Testimony that Lubanga Ordered Demobilization of Child Soldiers
* AP: Lawyer for Rwandan Rebel Detained by International Court Seeks Release
* LubangaTrial.org: Defense Witness Denies Forced Conscription of Children in Second Day of Testimony
* LubangaTrial.org: UPC Had No Military Objectives, Witness States
* LubangaTrial.org: Witness Insists Thomas Lubanga was Not a Military Leader
* KatangaTrial.org: Katanga and Ngudjolo are Responsible for Attack on Bogoro, Victims Claim
* LubangaTrial.org: Lubanga Not Responsible for Military Takeover in Bunia, Witness Says
* LubangaTrial.org: UPC Decrees Demobilization of Child Soldiers But Seeks More
Kenya
* AllAfrica: State Files Request to Stop ICC Cases
* Daily Nation: ICC Judges Receive Kenya’s Request to Strike Out Cases
* Daily Monitor: ICC Opens Trial of 6 Kenyan Officials
Libya
* Reuters: Probing Libyan Killings, ICC Support at Turning Point
* The Guardian: Muammar Gaddafi’s Exit Hindered by UN Resolution, Law Experts Warn
* Reuters: Gaddafi Planned Civilian Killings, Hague Court Says
AFRICA
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
* Hirondelle News Agency: Prosecution Requests Life Imprisonment for Former Rwandan Businessman
* Hirondelle News Agency: French Lawyer Accuses Prosecution of Colluding With Rwandan Authorities
* Hirondelle News Agency: Prosecution Requests Life Imprisonment For Setako
* The New Times: Gatete Judgment Set for Today
* Hirondelle News Agency: Rwandan Minister Gatsinzi Accuses Colonel Bagosora of Sabotage
* Hirondelle News Agency: Bagosora Recognizes Rwandan Genocide At Last
* Hirondelle News Agency: Appeals Chamber Confirms Sentence Against Former Rwandan Military Officer
* Hirondelle News Agency: One Defence Witness For Nzabonimana Still At Large
Special Court for Sierra Leone
* New Dawn Liberia: Taylor’s Verdict in December
EUROPE
European Court of Human Rights
* IberoSphere: Garzón Appeals to Strasbourg over Prosecution for Franco-era Probe
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
* The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Osman Šego Plead Not Guilty
* The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Commencement of trial before the Appellate Panel in the Ljubo Tomic et al. Case
* The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Session Before the Appellate Panel in the Radomir Vukovic et al.
* The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Closing Arguments of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH and Defense in the Miodrag Markovic Case
* The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Plea Hearing in the Bozidar Kuvelja Case
* The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Status Conference in the Saša Barizanin Case
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
* International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia: Gotovina et al. Judgement to be Rendered on 15 April 2011
* Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Prosecutors Want Life Term for Perisic
* Institute for War and Peace Reporting: VRS Leadership Structure Explained
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
* Reuters: Serb Police Arrest 1991 Dubrovnik Siege Suspect
* The Canadian Press: Wife of Europe’s Most Wanted War Crimes Fugitive Mladic Insists He Has Died
* Croatian Times: War Crimes Convict Arrested in Germany
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
* VOA Khmer: Defense Calls for Acquittal of Khmer Rouge War Criminal
* VOA Khmer: In Hearing, a Push for Longer Sentence in Duch Case
* UN News Centre: UN-Backed Tribunal Concludes Appeal Hearing for Convicted Khmer Rouge Figure
* Phnom Penh Post: Looking Ahead at the KR Tribunal
* VOA Khmer: Planning Under Way for Trials of Aging Khmer Rouge
Special Tribunal for Lebanon
* Naharnet: Riyadh Contributes $10 Million to Tribunal
* Naharnet: International Tribunal: Indictment Will Name Suspects but not Parties
* The Daily Star: Special Tribunal for Lebanon Appoints New Spokesperson
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
* Bangladesh News 24: Alim Produced Before ICT
* Bangladesh News 24: Alim Out of Jail
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
United States
* Appeals Court Overturns Release of Gitmo Detainee
* McCaul Seeks to Have Cartels Designated as Terrorists
* Little Headway Made at Guantanamo
* In Reversal, 9/11 Plotter to Be Tried by Military Panel
* Supreme Court Rejects Guantanamo Appeals
TOPICS
Terrorism
* BBC: Bali Bombing Suspect Umar Patek ‘Arrested in Pakistan’
* The Telegraph: Terrorist Who Tried to Kill pregnant Fiancée Must Be Considered for Parole, Court Says
* UPI: Saudis Charge 5,000 on Terror Counts
* The National: Freed Saudi Arabian Terror Suspects ‘Were Not Innocent’ Piracy
* AP: Somalia Opens Prisons for Pirates, More Planned
* Defense News: Solution for Piracy ‘Scourge’ Remains Elusive
* AP: Pirates Jailed in 17 Nations as Prosecutions Rise
* Star Tribune: Federal Prosecutors Seek 2012 Trial Date for 14 Suspected Pirates Accused of Hijacking Yacht
* The National: Pirates Face Prosecution in Federal UAE Court
* Breakbulk Online: Pirates Sent to Seychelles for Prosecution
Universal Jurisdiction
* The Jerusalem Post: UK Begins Amending Universal Jurisdiction Legislation
* The Vancouver Sun: Spain Tries to Extradite Man from Alberta to Face War Crimes Charges
REPORTS
UN Reports
* AP: UN Votes on Sanctions against Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo
* UN News Centre: UN-Backed Tribunal Concludes Appeal Hearing for Convicted Khmer Rouge Figure
* AP: UN Official: Goldstone Must Request Repeal of Gaza War Crimes Report Before it Can Be Canceled
NGO Reports
* BBC: Burma: Hope and Fears Over New Political System
* VOA: Ghadafi Forces Reported Using Landmines
* Reuters: U.N. Rights Body Urged to Act on Syria, Bahrain, Yemen
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS
Kenya
* Daily Nation: Wagalla: TJRC Calls Ex-Security Men
* Bloomberg: Kenya Truth Commission Summons Former Chairman, Nation Says
Thailand
* Bangkok Post: Army Insists Troops Did Not Use Live Bullets
COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES
* National Times: Australia Left Wanting When Allegations of War Crimes Arise
* Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Somali Pirates Prove Problem for Dutch
* Washington Post: Reconsidering the Goldstone Report on Israel and War Crimes
WORTH READING
* The Dual Foundation of Universal Jurisdiction: Towards a Jurisprudence for the ‘Court of Critique’
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