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Contents

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Central African Republic & Uganda

Darfur, Sudan

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kenya

Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

AFRICA

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Mali

EUROPE

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

War Crimes Investigations in Burma

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

United States

  • Washington Post: U.S. General on Training Syrian Rebels: ‘We Have to Do It Right, Not Fast’
  • Washington Post: Islamic State Militants Switching Up Tactics After Airstrikes, General Says
  • Reuters: Prosecutors Call Karadzic ‘Driving Force’ Behind Bosnian Genocide
  • New York Times: Mending Alliance, U.S. and Afghanistan Sign Long-Term Security Agreement
  • Bloomberg: Al-Qaeda Spokesman’s U.S. Plea Deal Approved by Judge
  • Washington Post: White House: Israel Faces Estrangement from Allies If Settlement Building Proceeds

South & Central America

Colombia

  • Colombia Reports: Partial Colombia Peace Deals Release to Avert ‘Opposition Rumors’

Ecuador

  • Efe: 60 Convicted for Role in 2010 Uprising in Ecuador

Guatemala

  • Associated Press: Guatemala Ex-Police on Trial in 1980 Embassy Fire

Mexico

  • Los Angeles Times: CMass-killing Prosecution Will Test Mexican President Peña Nieto

TOPICS

Piracy

  • The Maritime Executive: Fight Piracy Intelligently
  • CNBC: The Link Between Illegal Fishing and Piracy
  • Bakken: Black Gold Buccaneers: Is Nigeria’s Failing Amnesty Causing Rise in Oil Piracy?
  • The Indian Republic: India Lacks Clear, Unambiguous Mechanism for Prosecution of Pirates: Ranjit Sinha
  • BBC World News: Somali Pirates in Deadly Clashes Over Ransom

Gender-Based Violence

  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics: Prosecutor: FGM Getting Riskier in Kenya
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics: UK Opens First FGM Clinic
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics: Iraqi Kurdistan ‘Against FGM’
  • All Africa: Rwanda: Prosecution. Experts Discuss Handling GBV Evidence in Courts

REPORTS

UN Reports

  • Scoop World Independent News: Tamils to Rally against Sri Lankan President
  • McClatchy DC: Israeli Probes into Possible Gaza War Crimes Draw Criticism
  • The National: In War-Crime Trials, the Issue of Jurisdiction is Paramount
  • Sahara Reports: Nigerian Anti-Corruption Coalition Wants Modu Sheriff And General Ihejirika To Face International Criminal Court For Sponsoring Boko Haram
  • UN News Centre: International Criminal Court Opens Second Probe into Central African Republic Violence
  • Reuters: Sri Lanka President Uses U.N. Speech to Assail War Crimes Probe
  • GlobalPost: U.N. Body Demands to Probe War Crimes in Nepal
  • U-T San Diego: UN Rights Body to Share Syria War Crimes Evidence
  • TASS Russian News Agency: Joint Probe by UN, CE, OSCE into War Crimes in Donetsk Urged by Russia’s Civic Chamber
  • Firstpost: Twenty-Two Countries Back Sri Lanka against UN Probe into War Crimes

NGO Reports

  • Amnesty International: China’s Trade in Tools of Torture and Repression

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS

Sri Lanka

Brazil

Nepal

 

Author: Impunity Watch Archive