FREDERICK K. COX INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTERFounder/Advisor Michael P. Scharf

War Crimes Prosecution Watch Volume 11 – Issue 12 August 22, 2016

Editor-in-Chief Kevin J. Vogel Technical Editor-in-Chief Jeradon Z. Mura Managing Editors Dustin Narcisse Victoria Sarant

War Crimes Prosecution Watch is a bi-weekly e-newsletter that compiles official documents and articles from major news sources detailing and analyzing salient issues pertaining to the investigation and prosecution of war crimes throughout the world. To subscribe, please email warcrimeswatch@pilpg.org and type “subscribe” in the subject line.

Opinions expressed in the articles herein represent the views of their authors and are not necessarily those of the War Crimes Prosecution Watch staff, the Case Western Reserve University School of Law or Public International Law & Policy Group.

Contents

AFRICA

CENTRAL AFRICA

Central African Republic

• Africanews: Son of former CAR president arrested in Bangui

Sudan & South Sudan

• The Citizen: South Sudan forces accused of atrocities

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Business Standard: Three aid workers kidnapped in DR Congo: Caritas
• Al Jazeera: Scores ‘hacked to death’ in machete attack in DR Congo. At least 64 bodies recovered near Beni town in North Kivu, but local authorities warn death toll could rise.

WEST AFRICA

C�te d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

• Stratfor: A Presidential Power Play Underway in Ivory Coast

Lake Chad Region � Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon

• Reuters: Nigeria Riven By New Battles Over Scarce Fertile Land
• All Africa: Nigeria: Four Officers, 16 Soldiers Court Martialled in Maiduguri for Gunrunning, Murder
• AfricaNews: EU Chastises Chad For Failing To Arrest Sudan’s Omar Al-Bashir
• PBS: What happened to 10,000 boys kidnapped by Boko Haram?
• The New York Times: Nigeria Is Freeing Children From Boko Haram, Then Locking Them Up

Mali

• UN News Centre: Mali: UN condemns attack on peacekeepers in Kidal
• The Guardian: Refugees claim abuse by soldiers as Mali’s conflict spreads
• allAfrica: Africa: Mali Seeks Geingob’s Backing in Conflict

EAST AFRICA

Uganda

• Human Rights Watch: Uganda: Police Attack LGBTI Pride Event: Arrests, Beatings, Assaults on Participants
• The Washington Blade: Uganda Pride events cancelled after violent police raid
• Norwegian Refugee Council: 2,000 South Sudanese flee to Uganda each day; Another 80,000 expected by yearend
• Amnesty International: Uganda: Minister’s remarks against LGBTI people amount to advocacy of hatred
• AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: Lira Moots By-Law to Bar Men From Divorcing Barren Wives
• Footprint to Africa: World Bank Group Releases Inspection Panel Report on Uganda Project
• Daily Monitor: UPDF pull out of Kony hunt

Kenya

• Daily Nation: Al-Shabaab Commander Suspected of Running Businesses in Nairobi
• Daily Mail: Kenya Clears Out Electoral Officials After Deadly Protests

Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)

• Open Democracy: Why does the west turn a blind eye to Rwanda’s dictatorship?
• Bloomberg: Congo’s Kabila in Rwanda as Rebel Attacks Roil Mineral Region

Somalia

• AllAfrica Global Media: Somalia, Small Step Towards Prosecutions for Abuses
• Gulf News People: Somalia’s battle to criminalise sexual violence
• AllAfrica Global Media: Somalia: President Signs Human Rights Commission Bill.
• International Business Times: Fadumo Dayib: Somalia’s first female presidential candidate urges talks with al-Shabab
• The Irish Times: Man ‘who was tortured’ gets new hearing over refugee status

NORTH AFRICA

Libya

• The New York Times: ISIS Fighters Are Still Lurking in Surt, Libyan Officials Warn

EUROPE

Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

• Balkan Insight: Bosnian Army Ex-Soldier Indicted for Prozor Attack
• Balkan Insight: Bosnia Denies Investigating Croatian General Gotovina

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

• BIRN: Milosevic’s Old Allies Celebrate His ‘Innocence’

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

• Balkan Insight: Montenegro Arrests Kosovo War Murder Suspect
• Balkan Insight: Serb War Crimes Suspect Arrested in Croatia
• Balkan Insight: Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla Jailed for Wartime Torture
• Balkan Insight: Krasniqi Lawyer Urges Appeal Court to Free Him

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

• The Cambodia Daily: Hor Namhong was Khmer Rouge Prison chief, Tribunal Told
• Cambodia Daily: At Tribunal, Farmer Tells of Escape from Well of Corpses
• The Phnom Penh Post: Defence says Samphan Ignorant of Khmer Rouge Crimes

Iraq

• Reuters: Islamic State captures up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqis: UNHCR
• The Washington Post: Iraqis flee Mosul campaign for packed and underequipped camp
• The New York Times: Kurdish Forces Launch Fresh Thrust to Retake Mosul From Islamic State

Syria

• The New York Times: U.S. Drones Record ISIS Fighters Fleeing Manbij in Northern Syria

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

• The Daily Star: 5 war crimes accused held in Mymensingh, Panchagarh
• Newsnext Bangladesh: Verdict in Shakhawat’s war crime case begins
• The Jurist: Bangladesh war crimes tribunal sentences former MP to death
• Al Jazeera: Bangladesh: Sons of convicted war criminals detained
• Amnesty International: Bangladesh: End illegal detentions immediately

War Crimes Investigations in Burma

• Advocacy Group Calls for Release of Arrested Arakan Activist: http://www.irrawaddy.com/burma/advocacy-group-calls-for-release-of-arrested-arakan-activist.html

AMERICAS

North & Central America

• Open Democracy: Amnesty law nullified in El Salvador: knowing the truth and taking the victims into account
• Reuters: El Salvador court denies extradition of former colonel to Spain
• The Guardian: US deports ex-Guatemalan soldier accused of role in 1982 massacre
• Telesur: Gunmen Raid Home of Leading Human Rights Lawyer in Guatemala

South America

• Reuters: Argentine judge starts inquiry into death of Spain’s Garcia Lorca
• Colombia Reports: 2nd poll confirms majority in Colombia opposes peace deal with FARC
• Colombia Reports: A 15-year history of peace with impunity in Colombia
• DW.com: Colombia, rebels seek help of Pope Francis, UN chief with peace court

TOPICS

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

• My Republica: No blanket amnesty, Dahal assures TRC
• Daily News: The Great U-Turn
• The Chronicle Journal: Indigenous parents more fearful, distrusting of education system: study

Terrorism

• Reuters: Suicide bomber kills at least 70 at Pakistan hospital, IS claims responsibility
• The Wall Street Journal: Singapore Is a Terrorist Target, Prime Minister Says
• ABC News: Social Media Posts Could Be Key at Terrorism Trial in Texas
• Bloomberg: Germany Sees Turkey as Platform for Islamist Groups, Leak Shows
• The Guardian: Refugees did not bring terrorism to Germany, says Angela Merkel
• BBC News: Russia St Petersburg: ‘Militants’ killed in counter-terrorism raid

Piracy

• Maritime Executive: $250 Ransom Demand Made for Indonesian Master
• Maritime Executive: Duterte: Philippine Army Must “Destroy” Kidnappers
• News Ghana: Togo sees launching of African journalists network for maritime security
• Sina English: Interview: High expectations for AU summit on maritime security: Togolese minister
• Maritime Executive/Reuters: Tanker Hijacked and Taken to Indonesia
• Maritime Executive: Two Kidnapped Seafarers Escape Abu Sayyaf

Gender-Based Violence

• The Star, Kenya: Gender-based violence among factors pushing 1.2m children out of school
• The Daily Times: Gender based violence

Commentary and Perspectives

• The Sidney Morning Herald: Alleged Timor war crimes forgotten as ministers fly in for Bali terror summit
• Inquirer: Extrajudicial killings as crime against humanity
• Xinhua: Commentary: Fixing distorted view of history, reflecting on past only way for Japan to avoid future mistakes
• The New York Times: America Is Complicit in the Carnage in Yemen

WORTH READING

• Luc Reydams: NGO Justice: African Rights as Pseudo-Prosecutor of the Rwandan Genocide
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum: Closing Impunity Gaps for the Crime of Aggression
• Nikolas Doukellis: Excavations in Search of Cultural Artifacts During Armed Conflict: A War Crime Under
  

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Author: Impunity Watch Archive