FREDERICK K. COX INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER Founder/Advisor Michael P. Scharf

War Crimes Prosecution Watch Volume 11 – Issue 14 September 19, 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

• Human Rights Watch: A Chance for UN Peacekeeping to Get It Right
• openDemocracy: Rethinking what ICC success means at the Bemba Trial

Sudan & South Sudan

• Sudan Tribune: SPLM-N warns EU and US against funding Sudan’s militia
• Sudan Tribune: S. Sudan committed to hybrid court for war crimes: official
• BBC: South Sudan’s Kiir and Machar profited during war – report

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• International Justice Monitor: Judge Orders Legal Aid for Bemba in Witness Corruption Case
• Daily Mail: DR Congo warlord on hunger strike at war crimes trial

WEST AFRICA

Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

• Voice of America: Obama Lifts Sanctions Against Ivory Coast, Citing Progress

Mali

• allAfrica: Mali: President Fires Defence Minister After Gunmen Seize Village
• Institute for Security Studies: A New African Force For Mali?
• The Washington Post: Gunmen Kill 3 Soldiers, Injure 2 In Central Mali ‘Ambush’

EAST AFRICA

Uganda

• Christian Newswire: Liberty Counsel : Liberty Counsel Files Brief on Behalf of American Pastor in International Lawsuit
• Geeska Africa: Uganda drops charges against 17 in Muslim clerics murder trial
• AllAfrica: The Observer: Uganda: Kony Lawyer, Minister Sued Over Shs 1.2 Trillion
• AllAfrica: The Observer: Uganda: Mukulu Causes Fracas in Court to Get Transfer
• AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: Museveni Orders Police Field Force Unit Out of Kampala

Kenya

• All Africa: Somalia: 70,000 Refugees at Dadaab Willing to Return Somalia
• The Washington Post: Can Two Men Once Charged with War Crimes Tame Ethnic Violence in Kenya?

Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)

• The New Times: Rwanda: Swedish MPs Commit to Push for Arrest of Genocide Fugitives
• K93.3fm : Rwanda’s Withdrawal May Not Affect Future AfCHPR Ratifications

Somalia

• Daily Nation: Repatriation threatened after Dadaab returnees are blocked in Somalia
• AllAfrica: Al Shabaab Beheads Elders in Southern Somalia
• AllAfrica: Mortar Shell Hits Near Mogadishu International Airport Ahead of IGAD Meeting
• AllAfrica: President Mohamud Launches National Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism (Cve)
• Human Rights Watch: Kenya Is Abandoning Somali Refugees
• Human Rights Watch: Five Wrongfully Detained in Somalia Now Free

NORTH AFRICA

Libya

• The New York Times: Militia Seizes Libyan Oil Terminals in Challenge to Government

EUROPE

Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment confirmed in the case v. Enver Buza
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Suspect Jasmin Viković ordered into custody
• Balkan Insight: Bosnia Arrests Six Serbs for Milici War Crimes
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Prohibiting measures ordered to the Suspects in the case v. Radomir Pantić et al.
• Balkan Insight: Bosnian War Rape Victims Struggle for Compensation

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

• The Daily Star: UN judges set date for Ratko Mladic trial closing arguments
• Balkan Insight: Hague Tribunal Slams Serbia Again For Non-Cooperation
• Balkan Insight: Mladic Trial: Court Refuses to Consider Bias Claims

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

• SB92: Man who spied for Croatia sentenced to three years in prison
• Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Soldier Jailed for Prisoners’ Beating, Murder
• Balkan Insight: Bosnian War Rape Victims Struggle for Compensation

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

• The New York Times: Married off by the Khmer Rouge, and ‘Nobody Could Help Me’
• The Phnom Penh Post: Former Khmer Rouge Supporter Gives Talk to Students
• Japan Times: Japanese Academic Testifies at Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia

Iraq

• The Washington Post: IS car bombing kills at least 12 civilians in Iraqi capital
• Reuters: Iraq gears up for late-year push to retake Mosul from Islamic State
• ALALAM: ISIS Barbarically Executes 8 Iraqi People by Drowning inside Cage in Mosul City
• RUDAW: UPDATED: Coalition airstrike destroys ISIS chemical weapons plant near Mosul
• Xinhua: Family of 7 killed in bomb blast while fleeing IS-held town in Iraq

Syria

• Aljazeera: Syria’s war: Use of chemical gas to be investigated
• CNN: Syrian ceasefire appears to hold, but aid deliveries are on standby

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

• The Daily Star: Prosecutors: Hariri killing was plotted in south Beirut
• The Daily Star: STL expert witness unpacks analysis of conspiracy
• The Daily Star: STL: Defense puts forward its own theory of phones

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

• The Telegraph: Financial backer of biggest Islamist party in Bangladesh hanged for 1971 war crimes
• The Daily Star: Tangail man shown arrested in war crimes case
• Bdnews24: Pakistan parliament adopts resolution against Bangladesh’s war crimes trial

War Crimes Investigations in Burma

• The Indian Express: Myanmar Army Discharges 55 Child Soldiers: UN
• The Irrawaddy: KNU Tells Burma Army to Cease Hostilities in Karen State
• Myanmar Times: TNP Offers to Negotiate Peace Between Rival Groups in Shan State

AMERICAS

North & Central America

• CBC News: Trois-Rivières man deported to Ivory Coast for alleged war crimes
• Los Angeles Daily News: Genocide in Guatemala topic of USC international conference
• Truthout: Iraqi Woman Uses Chilcot Report in War Crimes Lawsuit Against George W. Bush

South America

• Daily Mail: Ex-head of Argentina air force convicted in ‘dirty war’ case
• Colombia Reports: ICC welcomes Colombia peace deal, but urges prosecutions
• Colombia Reports: FARC leaders touring Colombia to beg forgiveness for war crimes
• AP The Big Story: UN approves Colombia peace mission
• Telesur: Historic: Peru Jails 10 Military Men for Brutal State Massacre

TOPICS

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

• The New Times: Political will, selfless leadership key to a united Africa – activists
• Vancouver Sun: B.C. First Nations, business council pledge economic support with new agreement
• The Wire: Long Road Ahead For Transitional Justice in Nepal
• The Daily News: Disappearances major topic at UNHRC sessions
• The West Australian: Police frustrated with youth crime, family dysfunction in Kalgoorlie: Gordon

Terrorism

• The Hindu: Kabul’s global charity attacked in ‘war crime’
• The Washington Post: Report offers new details on San Bernardino terrorist attack
• The Guadian: Sarkozy urges special courts and facilities to detain potential terrorism suspects
• Bloomberg: Facebook and Israel Agree to Tackle Terrorist Media Together
• CNN: Germany: 3 alleged ISIS members arrested in Paris attacks probe
• The Guardian: Old Bailey jury to hear secret evidence from counter-terrorism officer
• ABC News: Russia Urges Syrian Rebels to Separate From ‘Terrorists’
• NBC News: 9/11 ‘Sponsors of Terrorism’ Bill Could Fuel Extremism: Saudi Adviser

Piracy

• The Economist: High-seas piracy hits a two-decade low
• BBC News: ‘Do you have an AK-47 and can you swim?’
• S&P Global Platts: Piracy ebbs in Southeast Asia waters on lower oil price, better law enforcement
• Hellenic Shipping News: Indonesia can nab pirates in Philippine waters
• Maritime Executive: Vietnam to Extradite Eight Indonesian Pirates

Gender-Based Violence

• Huffington Post: Religious leaders aim to end gender-based violence in Ethiopia
• Indian Express: Odisha prepares standard operating procedure to curb gender-based violence
• Thomson Reuters Foundation News: Mexican women battle gender-based violence online

Commentary and Perspectives

• The Daily Telegraph: Ambiguity in war crime law leads to Turnbull’s ‘Oh $#!%!’ moment
• Just Security: The Law of Aiding and Abetting (Alleged) War Crimes: How to Assess US and UK Support for Saudi Strikes in Yemen
• Business Day Live: Israel war crime probe hinges on co-operation

Author: Impunity Watch Archive