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Contents
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Central African Republic & UgandaDarfur, SudanDemocratic Republic of the Congo
- ICC–CPI: ICC Judge Declines to Reduce Thomas Lubanga Dyilos’s Sentence
- ICC–CPI: Bemba, Kilolo et al. Trial Opens at International Criminal Court
AFRICA
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- UN News Centre: Mali: UN hails war crimes trial for suspect in destruction of historic monuments
- The Hague Justice Portal: ICC: Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi makes first appearance before the ICC
- UN News Centre: Fallout from Boko Haram violence fastest growing crisis in Africa, warns UN relief official
- UN News Centre: Lauding progress to date, UN official urges Malian parties to adhere to peace accord
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mato Čondrić Acquitted of War Crimes Charges
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment Confirmed in the Case v. Suad Ramić
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Bosnia Charges Nine Soldiers with Abusing Prisoners
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Kosovo Serb Leader Condemns ‘Unjust’ Detention
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Bosnian Serb Fighter Jailed for Village Killings
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Bosnian Court Eases Oric’s Travel Restrictions
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Former HVO Fighter Charged With War Crimes
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- The Diplomat: Evidence Mounts Over Khmer Rouge Genocide of Muslims and Vietnamese
- The Cambodia Daily: Judges: Arrest Would Humiliate Meas Muth
- AFP: France Opens War Crimes Inquiry Against Assad Regime
- NBC News: U.N. Chief: Refer Syria War to International Criminal Court
- Bloomberg View: Russia Risks Being Prosecuted for Syria’s War Crimes
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- The New York Times: ISIS Defectors Reveal Disillusionment
- The New York Times: Plea Talks Taking Place in Chicago Islamic State Case
- The Forum: Feds Nab Man at Queens Home for Allegedly Attempting to Join ISIS
- The New York Times: Thousands Enter Syria to Join ISIS Despite Global Efforts
- NBC Chicago: Bosnian Immigrant Pleads Guilty to Role in ISIS Plot: Two Illinois men will appear in a Chicago federal courtroom as they are accused of helping terrorist organizations.
- The Daily Beast: Generation ISIS: The Western Millennials Stocking the Terror Army
- The Wall Street Journal: Islamic State Claims Killing of Aid Worker in Bangladesh
- The New York Times: U.N. Adds Four British Members of ISIS to Sanctions List
- NDTV: Singapore Detains 2 Men Planning to Join Islamic State: Government
- Naharnet Newsdesk: STL: Partial Loss for the Prosecution and Partial Victory for Jadeed, Khayat
- Beirut Business Report: Special Tribunal for Lebanon find Journalist Guilty of Contempt
- The Daily Star: STL Reiterates Seriousness of Charge Against Khayat
- The New York Times: Lebanon: TV Executive is Fined in Case Tied to Hariri Tribunal
- Yahoo News: Prosecutor to Appeal TV Channel’s Acquittal in Hariri Case
- The Daily Star: Abu Adass Acquaintance Testifies to STL
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
- The Washington Times: Illegal Immigrant Detention Centers Rife With Abuses, U.S. Civil Rights Commission Report Finds
- The New York Times: U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies
- Al Jazeera America: US Accepts UN Advice on Police Violence, Racism; Advocates Call For Action
- Reuters: U.S. Court to Revisit Guantanamo Detainee’s Conspiracy Conviction
- The Washington Post: Iran’s President Blames U.S. For Middle East Violence
- U.S. News & World Report: US Military Commanders Favor Keeping Troops in Afghanistan Beyond 2016
TOPICS
- The New York Times: Hungary Accuses Migrant Protesters of Terrorism for Clashing With Police
- The Chicago Tribune: Lawyer says Bolingbrook Teen in Plea Negotiations in Terrorism Case
- Fox News: Circuit Court Remands Terrorism Case on Grounds FBI Withheld Info of al-Awlaki Investigation
- Time: Embassies Warn of Possible Terrorist Attacks Targeting Westerners in Bangladesh
- U.S. News: Russia Urges Coordinated Terrorism Fight with US, Others as its Syria Airstrikes Begin
- UN News: Terrorism and Climate Change Greatest Threats to Humanity, Bangladeshi Leader Tells UN Assembly
- All Africa: Somalia: Trial Against Alleged Somali Pirate Kingpin Begins
- Horseed Media: Somalia Wants Repatriation of ‘Pirate’ Prisoners in Kenya Jails
- Hellenic Shipping News: SE Asia Piracy: criminal networks, corporate collusion and corruption
- Trinidad Daily Express: Pirate Attack: Fisherman Killed off North Coast
- The Guardian: South Sudan: Women And Girls Raped as ‘Wages’ for Government-allied Fighters
- Daily Mail: Yazidi Sex Slave Claims She Was Raped by ‘White American ISIS Jihadi’ in Syria
- Balkan Insight: ‘20,000 Women Sexually Assaulted’ During Bosnian War
- UN News Centre: Fallout from Boko Haram Violence Fastest Growing Crisis in Africa, Warns UN Relief Official
- BBC: MSPs Approve Human Trafficking Law
REPORTS
- The Indian Panorama: UN Seeks Special Court On Sri Lankan War Crimes
- Memo: Middle East Monitor: UN: War in Syria Will Ignite New Wars
- UN News Centre: Mali: UN Hails War Crimes Trial for Suspect in Destruction of Historic Monuments
- Reuters: U.N. Rights Boss Urges Sri Lanka to Probe Secret Jails, Missing People
WORTH READING
- Darryl Li: Jihad in a World of Sovereigns: Law, Violence, and Islam in the Bosnia Crisis
- Sean D. Murphy: The Identification of Customary International Law and Other Topics: The Sixty-Seventh Session of the International Law Commission
- David A. Koplow: You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: Alternatives to the U.N. Security Council for Enforcing Nuclear Disarmament and Human Rights
