Vol. 6, Issue 15 — October 24, 2011
IN MEMORIAM: The staff of War Crimes Prosecution Watch would like to dedicate this issue to the memory of Judge Antonio Cassese, a giant in the field of international criminal law, and former president of both the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. For more on his life, please see here or the website of the Special Court for more information.
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Central African Republic & Uganda
- BembaTrial.org: Central African Colonel Says Bemba Forces Worked Independently
- BembaTrial.org: Bemba’s Soldiers ‘Destroyed Central African Army Property’
- Voice of America: US Troops Deploy to Fight Lord’s Resistance Army
Darfur, Sudan
- BBC News: Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir in Malawi: ICC Wants Answers
- Nyasa Times: Malawi Downplays ICC Ultimatum
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kenya
- Capital FM News: Mutula Sides with Ocampo on Evidence
- The Standard: Tough Call for Election Suspects After ICC Gag Order
- AllAfrica.com: ICC Cases Threatened by Social Media Leaks
Libya
- Reuters AlertNet: Libya: Protect Civilians in Sirte Fighting
- Reuters: Up to 7,000 Held in Libyan Prisons, UN Says
- Reuters: Update 1-Britain Warns Africa Not To Shelter Libya Fugitives
- The Washington Post: Moammar Gaddafi is Captured, Killed as Last Loyalist Holdout in Libya Falls
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Voice of America News: ICC Prosecutor Arrives in Ivory Coast for War Crimes Probe
- The Washington Post: Int’l Court Prosecutor: Court Will Investigate 3-6 People Over Ivory Coast Post-Poll Violence
AFRICA
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- The Guardian: Genocide Tribunal to Close Down 2014
- Hirondelle News Agency: Mixed Verdict on Two Conspiracy Meetings in Butare
- UN News Centre: Security Council Allows Judge in UN Tribunal for Rwanda to Work Part-Time
- Hirondelle News Agency: Washington Supports Transfer of ICTR Cases to Rwanda
- Hirondelle News Agency: Is Major Mpiranya Dead?
- Hirondelle News Agency: Final Arguments Thursday in Former Minister’s Genocide Trial
- Hirondelle News Agency: Evidence Preservation Hearings to Start Monday in Mpiranya Case
- Hirondelle News Agency: Nzabonimana, Faithful to the Old Regime Until the End (Portrait)
Special Court for Sierra Leone
- ABC News: Liberia: Opposition Would Welcome Warlord Charles Taylor Home
- AllAfrica.com : Talk of Taylor’s Return Sparks Sharp Responses From U.S. Congressmen
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Closing Arguments of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH in the Ljubisa Vranjes and Another Case
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment Confirmed in the Fikret Planincic et al. Case
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment Confirmed in the Jasko Gazdic Case
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Plea Hearing in the Veselko Raguz and Another Case
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Commencement of Trial in the Zoran Marjanovic Case
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Commencement of Trial in the Miralem Macic Case
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: Trial Chamber Denies Prosecution’s Request to Sever Mladic’s Indictment
- Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Tolimir Witness Contempt Charge
- Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Bid for Two Mladic Trials Rejected
- Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Witness Speaks of Zupljanin Role in Prijedor
- Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Court Told of Stanisic Powers
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- Croatian Times: Serbia Finds No Grounds to Extradite War Crimes Suspect Vucurevic
- Croatian Times: Croatia Indicts Two Ex Yugoslav Army Officials for War Crimes
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- VOA Khmer: Judge’s Resignation Spurs Calls for Tribunal Overhaul
- Phnom Penh Post: KRT has ‘Right’ to Investigate
- VOA Khmer: Top UN Official to Look Into Political Interference at Tribunal
- Phnom Penh Post: Case 002 Start Date Set
- Phnom Penh Post: Tweeting Judge’s Cyber Diary
Special Tribunal for Lebanon
- Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Tribunal Appoints New President
- Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Pre-Trial Judge Requests Trial Chamber to Decide on Proceedings in Absentia
- Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Trial Chamber Calls for Submissions on In Absentia Proceedings
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- Bangladesh News 24: Structural problems in ICT: Muhith
- Bangladesh News 24: ICT Trial to be Exemplary: Qamrul
- Bangla News 24: USA Supports Trial of War Crimes Against Humanity: Spokesperson
- Gulf Times: Report on Jamaat Leaders’ War Crimes Soon
- The Peninsula: Bangladesh Opposition Calls for Immediate Halt to ‘Farcical’ Trial
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
- Reuters: U.N. Investigator Wants More Freed in Myanmar
- The Sunday Times Newspaper In Sri Lanka: Rights Groups Bring UN’s Nambiar into ‘War Crimes’ Probe
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
United States
- The Detroit News: Abdulmutallab Pleads Guilty, Warns U.S. of ‘Day of Judgment’
- Los Angeles Times: Three U.S. Muslims Convicted in Terrorism Case
- Agence France Presse: Uganda Welcomes U.S. Troops to Hunt Rebel Leaders
- Associated Press: US Strike Kills 9 Al-Qaida Militants in Yemen
- The Washington Post: US Gov’t Seeks to Block Reopening Demjanjuk Citizenship Case; Was Convicted of Nazi War Crimes
TOPICS
Terrorism
- Reuters: Saudi Court Puts 85 Militants on Trial
- CNN: Pakistan Court Suspends Death Sentence of Governor’s Killer
- The Washington Post: Report: Southeast Asian Terror Suspect Says He Tried to Stop Bali Bombings
- BBC: Birmingham Bookshop Owner Ahmed Faraz Faces Terror Charges
- The Washington Post: Indonesian Militant Gets 8 Years in Prison for Helping Set up Terrorist Training Cell
- Bloomberg: Britain Freezes Assets of 5 Iranians in Alleged Saudi Plot
Piracy
- Bloomberg: No Decision Made to Charge Captured Pirates, NATO Says
- Business Daily: UK Backs War on Piracy with Sh368m to Build Courts, Jails
- AllAfrica Global Media: Judge is Accused of Delaying Pirates Case
Universal Jurisdiction
- Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Tamil Tigers’ Dutch Day of Judgement
- Rediff News: US-Based Sikh Group Lodges Criminal Complaint Against Big B in Australia
- Center for Research on Globalization: Torture Victims to Initiate Private Prosecution Against George W. Bush on his Arrival in Canada
Gender-Based Violence
REPORTS
UN Reports
- Mmizzima News: UN Envoy Calls for Release of all Political Prisoners in Burma
- The Reuters Canada: U.N. Rights Office Against Proposed Saleh Immunity
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS
Canada
- Cape Breton Post: Residential School Survivors Share Stories of Abuse, Recovery
- CBC News: Truth Commissioners Visit Eskasoni
Ivory Coast
Liberia
COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES
- Jurist: Anwar al-Awlaqi and the Law of War
- Radio Netherlands: Ocampo at ICC– 9 years, 0 Convictions
- Jurist: Combatant Immunity and the Death of Anwar al-Awlaqi
- Huffington Post: Supreme Court to Rule on Corporate Personhood for Crimes Against Humanity
- Capital FM News: Social Media a New Threat to the ICC
- Opinio Juris: Gadaffi’s Death May Obscure Truth About Pan Am 103 Bombing
- Amnesty International: Libya Urged to Investigate Whether al-Gaddafi Death Was a War Crime
WORTH READING
- Michigan Journal of Gender and the Law: Victim Participation at the International Criminal Court and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: A Feminist Project?
- SSRN: ICC, R2P, and the International Community’s Evolving Interventionist Toolkit
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