Vol. 6, Issue 23 — February 13, 2012

 

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Central African Republic & Uganda

• BembaTrial.org: Bemba’s Freed Guilty Soldiers Once Observers Left
• BembaTrial.org: Bemba’s Former Confidant Cross-Examined in Closed Session
• BembaTrial.org: Witness Told Bemba to Try Errant Soldiers
• BembaTrial.org: MLC Insider Will Give All Evidence in Private Session
• New Vision: DPP Rejects Kwoyelo Amnesty
• BembaTrial.org: Upcoming Prosecution Witness to Testify via Video Link
• BembaTrial.org: Bemba Trial Continues in Closed Session
• BembaTrial.org: New Prosecution Gives All Evidence in Closed Session

Darfur, Sudan

• Sudan Tribune: AU May Ask ICJ for Opinion on Bashir’s Immunity from ICC Prosecution
• Reuters: UN Cautions Its Darfur Envoy Over Bashir Encounters

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• KatangaTrial.org: Asylum Lawyers Seek Status Conference
• KatangaTrial.org: The Prosecution May Still Charge Witness 159 with Contempt

Kenya

• AllAfrica.com: Ocampo Dismisses Appeals Requests By ICC Suspects
• CapitalFM News: We’ll Get Muthaura Free in ICC Case – Lawyer
• AllAfrica.com: Githu’s ICC Team Keeps Tight Lid on Its Agenda
• AllAfrica.com: G7 Defies Court Order Over Uhuru, Ruto Presidency Debate
• Defence Web: Key Political Risks to Watch in Kenya

Libya

• CNN: Libya: Aisha Gadhafi Offers Information to Help Protect Brother Saif
• AFP: ICC Rejects Kadhafi Daughter’s Offer of Information on Seif
• CNN: Libya’s Saif Gadhafi Could be Tried Within Weeks, Official Says

Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Ouattara’s Rampant Justice

AFRICA

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

• The New Times: Rwanda: Countries Hosting Genocide Fugitives Have No Choice but to Send Them Home
• Hirondelle News Agency: Ngirabatware Defence Hearing Resumes at ICTR
• Hirondelle News Agency: Prosecution Seeks Dismissal of Uwinkindi Application Over His Transfer
• BBC News: Rwanda Genocide: ICTR Seeks Refuge for Acquitted
• Hirondelle News Agency: Ngirabatware Trial Adjourned Sine Die
• Hirondelle News Agency: Judgment in March for Former Minister and Military Officer

Special Court for Sierra Leone

• Associated Press: Charles Taylor Lawyers Seek to Reopen Defense Case

EUROPE

Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Saban and Elvir Delilbasic Enter a Not Guilty Plea
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment Confirmed in the Case v. Zeljko Jukic
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Session of the Appellate Panel in the Slavko Lalovic Case
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment Confirmed in the Case v. Goran Saric
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Status Conference Before the Appellate Panel in the Case v. Zoran Babic et al
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Custody of Dusko Tadic Terminated and Prohibiting Measures Ordered
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Plea Hearing in the Case of Nihad Bojadzic

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Seselj Sues Tribunal for Two Million Euro
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Ex-Case Manager Pleads Guilty in Lukic Contempt Case
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Former Bosnian Serb General Describes Command Structure
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Karadzic Disputes Forensic Reports
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: Jelena Rasic Sentenced to 12 Months’ Imprisonment for Contempt of the Tribunal

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

• Croatian Times: Croatia’s First PM Investigated Again for ‘Communist Crimes’
• Adnkronos: Balkans: Leaders Agree to Together Bring Justice to War Criminal

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

• VOA Khmer: Defense Attempts to Raise Controversial Suspects at Tribunal
• The Phnom Penh Post: KRT Pay Freeze Will Linger
• The Phnom Penh Post: Twitter Key in Judge’s Rejection
• The Phnom Penh Post: Lawyers Chided Over 004 References
• VOA Khmer: Head of Research Center Addresses Tribunal Over Documentation
• The Phnom Penh Post: Vietnam Relationship Back in KRT Spotlight
• VOA Khmer: Cambodia Court Extends Key Khmer Rouge Official’s Prison Sentence
• VOA Khmer: With One Trial Finished, Questions Loom Over Controversial Cases
• VOA Khmer: Nuon Chea Describes Chinese Aid to Khmer Rouge

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

• Special Tribunal for Lebanon: In Absentia Proceedings
• Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Media Advisory — Trial Chamber Decision on In Absentia Proceedings: The Upcoming Steps
• Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Assignment of Permanent Counsel
• The Daily Star: STL Hopes to Finish Work within 3 Years
• The Special Tribunal for Lebanon : Media Advisory – Victims’ Applications Sent to Pre-Trial Judge

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

• Bangladesh News 24: Dhaka City AL Kicks Off Rally
• Daily Star: ICT to Replace ‘Documents’ With ‘Manuscripts’ in Rules
• Bangladesh News 24: Irate ICT Adjourns Proceedings
• Bangaldesh News 24: Witness Testimony Halted for Poor Health
• Bangladesh News 24: 80-Yr-Old Recalls Wife’s Rape, Torture in ’71
• Daily Star: Charges Against Kamaruzzaman Accepted
• Bangladesh News 24: ICT Adjourns on Witness Fiasco
• Bangladesh News 24: Hearing on Sayedee Case Halted Till Feb 13

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

United States

• San Francisco Chronicle: U.S. Considering Freeing Taliban at Guantanamo Bay
• Wall Street Journal: Leader of Liberian War Faction Ordered out of US
• Los Angeles Times: Senate Democrat Challenges Obama on Killing American Terror Suspects

TOPICS

Terrorism

• Boston.com: Nigerian Terror Suspect’s Trial Set for Oct. 1
• The Washington Times: 2 Convicted in Al Qaeda Terror Plot in Norway
• BBC: Mumbai Gunman Qasab Appeals in India Supreme Court
• The New York Times: Militants Plead Guilty in Plan to Bomb London Stock Exchange
• Deutsche Welle: Suspected Associate of Neo-Nazi Group Arrested
• The New York Times: Turkey: Ex-Chief of Military is Charged
• BBC: Germans Jailed Over UK Terror Offences
• Reuters: Ethiopia PM Says May Pardon Jailed Politicians, Journalists

Piracy

• The National: Legal Battle Against Piracy Sails into Uncharted Waters
• gCaptain: Royal Navy Hands Over Suspected Pirates to Face Prosecution in Seychelles
• The Gulf Today: Court to Deliver MV Arrilah-1 Verdict on April 1

Universal Jurisdiction

• The East African: Rwanda Petitions AU, UN Over Indictments
• Los Angeles Times: Crusading Spanish Judge is Suspended for Career-Ending 11 Years

Gender-Based Violence

• The Daily Star: Sayedee at War Crimes Tribunal: 81yrs Old Recalls Wife’s Rape in ’71
• The Guatemala Times: Guatemala Heeds the Cries of Femicide Victims

REPORTS

UN Reports

• CNN: U.N. Security Council Debates Syria as Violence Rages
• Reuters Africa: UN Cautions its Darfur Envoy over Bashir Encounter
• UN News Service: Criminal Violence Taking Rising Toll in Caribbean Countries, UN Report Finds

NGO Reports

• Amnesty International: UN Court Ruling on Nazi War Crime Victims: A Setback for Rights
• Human Rights Watch: Bosnia: European Court Halts Syria Deportation
• Human Rights Watch: Yemen: Unlawful Attacks, Denial of Medical Care in Taizz

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS

Canada

• The Prince Albert Daily Herald: Aboriginal Spirit Proves Unbreakable

Kenya

• Daily Nation: Kenyans Feel Marginalised, Says Truth Commission
• The Star: Kiplagat should not Come Back to Office, Says TJRC

Liberia

• Daily Observer: War Perpetrators, Victims, Brace for Palava Hut Talks

Thailand

• Bangkok Post: TRC Denies Setting Payouts

COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES

• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Tribunal Brings No Reconciliation to Cambodians
• The New York Times: Drones for Human Rights
• Lawfare: Paul Stephan on ICJ Decision in Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy)
• LieberCode: Cambodia Tribunal Increases Duch Sentence to Life
• Opino Juris: ICJ Issues Jurisdictional Immunities Judgment
• EJIL: Talk!: AU Commission Press Release on ICC Pre-Trial Chamber’s Decisions on Bashir’s Immunity
• Middle East Monitor: Morocco and the International Criminal Court: Balancing National and International Law
• The New York Times: The Khmer Rouge’s Perfect Villain
• Jurist: Mugesera: Clarifying Rwanda Incitement Jurisprudence
• Jurist: Prosecuting Genocide: Reflecting on the Vukovic Decision

WORTH READING

• Texas International Law Journal: Reconciling Universal Jurisdiction with Equality Before the Law
• International Criminal Law Review: Defence Counsel Immunity at the Ad Hoc Tribunals

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