FREDERICK K. COX
INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTERFounder/Advisor
Michael P. ScharfWar Crimes Prosecution Watch Volume 11 – Issue 23
January 23, 2017
Editor-in-Chief
Kevin J. VogelTechnical Editor-in-Chief
Jeradon Z. MuraManaging Editors
Dustin Narcisse
Victoria SarantWar 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.
CENTRAL AFRICA
- UN News Centre: UN condemns deadly ambush that leaves one ‘blue helmet’ dead in Central African Republic
- The Washington Post: In Central African Republic, ‘impunity on staggering scale’
- UN News Centre: Central African Republic: UN-backed humanitarian plan aims to save 2.2 million lives
- Al Jazeera: South Sudan Rejects 4,000 Additional UN Peacekeepers
- Time/Yahoo News: President Obama Signs Executive Order Easing Sanctions Against Sudan
- Reuters: Sudan Extends Ceasefire by Six Months
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- International Criminal Court: Ntaganda case: ICC Trial Chamber VI rejects challenge to jurisdiction over two war crimes counts
- International Justice Monitor: Judges Affirm That ICC Can Try Ntaganda Over Rape of UPC Child Soldiers
- International Justice Monitor: Ntaganda’s Trial Resumes at the ICC
- International Justice Monitor: Recorded Testimony of Witness Who Declined to Testify at Ntaganda Trial Admitted Into Evidence
WEST AFRICA
- The Guardian: Mutinous Ivory Coast soldiers seize control of three cities
- BBC: Ivory Coast defence minister freed by mutinous soldiers
- BBC: Ivory Coast unrest: Calm reported after two-day mutiny
- CNN: Deal reached with soldiers in Ivory Coast?
Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon
- Reuters: Nigeria Militants Say Readying Fighters to Hit ‘Enemy’ in Niger Delta
- Human Rights Watch: Nigeria: Disturbing Intolerance of Dissent
- Deutsche Welle: Nigeria Grants Asylum to Gambian Strongman
- Voice of America: Bomb Blasts at Nigeria’s Maiduguri University Kill 5
- Associated Press: Nigerian Air Force Bombs Refugee Camp, More Than 100 Dead
- allAfrica: West Africa: Mali’s Keita Hails ‘Loyal’ Hollande At France–Africa Summit
- News24: African Leaders Vow To End Conflict
- ABC News: UN Chief: Consider Sanctions on Those Thwarting Mali Peace
EAST AFRICA
- DailyMail: Trial of Ugandan LRA warlord Dominic Ongwen resumes in The Hague
- Human Rights Watch: The Long Wait for Justice in Northern Uganda
- Standard Digital: Opposition Threatens to Sue Aden Duale at ICC Over Recorded Remarks
- Daily Nation: HRW Report Puts Kenya on the Spot Over Human Rights Abuses
Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)
- Newshub: Rwandan genocide fugitive may be hiding in NZ
- The Star Kenya: 20 French Officials Face Prosecution in Rwanda over 1994 Genocide
- News of Rwanda: Testing Phase Of The Genocide In Rwanda Before 1994
- Garowe Online: Somalia’s election is fraud, women not meant to be leaders, says Al Shabaab spokesman
- Garowe Online: Somalia: Galmudug forces block MPs from filing motion against President
- VOA News: Three Killed in Mogadishu Blast
- Garowe Online: Somalia: Puntland parades weapons seized from IS fighters
- Wall Street Journal: Somalia’s Crooked Route to Democracy
NORTH AFRICA
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Trial Verdict upheld in Mensur MemiČ et al.
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia Indicts Two for Crimes Against Brcko Serbs
- Balkan Insight: Radovan Karadzic’s Ex-Advisor Goes on Trial
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment confirmed in the case v. Slobodan Taranjac et al.
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment confirmed in the case v. Elvir MuminoviČ et al.
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment confirmed in the case v. Slavko MilovanoviČ
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Croatian ‘Salami King’ Awaits War Profiteering Trial
- Balkan Insight: Kosovo Charges ‘Extradited Serbian’ with War Crimes
- Balkan Insight: Croatia Tries Soldier for Operation Storm Killings
- RT: French court orders release of ex-Kosovo PM as Serbia demands extradition over ‘war crimes’
- Balkan Insight: Serbia Demands Haradinaj’s Extradition from France
- Balkan Insight: Kosovo MP Fatmir Limaj’s War Crimes Trial Opens
- Balkan Insight: Kosovo Indicts KLA Ex-Guerrilla for War Crimes
- Balkan Insight: Croatian Serb Policeman Charged over Village Raid
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
- Reuters: Iraqi forces battle Islamic State near Tigris river in Mosul
- Yahoo News: Iraq forces retake IS-bombed ‘Jonah’s tomb’ in Mosul
- Chicago Tribune: Troops take ‘full control’ of eastern Mosul from Islamic State, Iraq says
- Reuters: As Caliphate Crumbles, Islamic State Lashes Out in Iraq
- Sputniknews: Beleaguered Daesh Driving a Wedge into Terror-Fighting Coalition in Iraq
- BBC News: Syria conflict: Car bomb kills 11 in government-held town
- The Guardian: UN warns of war crimes over disruption to water supply north of Damascus
- The Daily: Assad’s Newest War Tactic: Dehydration
- Gulf News: Clashes kill 9 near Damascus despite truce
- The Washington Post: Dozens killed in northern Syrian town as truck bomb rips through busy market
- Foreign Policy: U.S. Allies Slam Brakes on Obama’s Parting Blow at Putin
- Human Rights Watch: Yemen: No Accountability for War Crimes
- Yemen News Agency (SABA): YNGOC strongly condemns Saudi air strike on Yemen school
- Human Rights Watch: Letter to Saudi-Led Coalition Joint Incidents Assessment Team Regarding Yemen Investigations
- Relief Web: United States announces $76 million in humanitarian assistance for Yemen
- Relief Web: Over Two Million Yemenis Displaced by Conflict: IOM
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- The Cambodia Daily: Meas Muth is Unfazed as Tribunal Investigation Concludes
- Khmer Times: Investigation into Case 003 Complete
- The Daily Star: STL defense turns attention to Ogero
- The Daily Star: Ogero official briefs STL on data transmission process
- The Daily Star: STL reviews cellular evidence ahead of expert testimony
- The Daily Star: Aoun meets with STL head, calls for more transparency
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- New Age BD: WAR CRIMES: ICT takes charges against Kishoreganj suspects into cognizance
- The Financial Express: Trial of Khaleda to be held in people’s court: PM
- Bdnews24.com: Dead man’s trial leaves war crimes tribunal unhappy
- Gulf Times: Bangladesh war crimes court sentences 12 to death in 2016
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
- Time: Around 22,000 Rohingya Have Fled Military Violence in Burma in the Past Week
- Asian Correspondent: Burma: Rights Groups Urge Govt to Probe Case of Missing Kachin Christian Leaders
- Catholic Herald: Rights Groups Concerned by Disappearances of Burma Pastors
- The Irrawaddy: Civil Society Groups Highlight Continued Abuses During UN Visit
- Haaretz: Israeli Soldier Convicted of Manslaughter for Lethal Shooting of Wounded Palestinian Assailant
- The New York Times: 4 Die in Jerusalem Attack as Palestinian Rams Truck Into Soldiers
- The Times of Israel: Netanyahu, in secret talks with publisher, named ‘hostile’ journalists he wanted sidelined
- BBC News: Israel-Palestinian conflict: Summit warns against unilateral actions
AMERICAS
- National Post: Federal Court upholds deportation of Tamil Tigers fundraiser who has fought to stay in Canada for 22 years
- Waterloo Region Record: Canada silent on whether it will press on with Oberlander case
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: ICE arrests former Guatemalan special forces member linked to 1980s massacre
- Colombia Reports: Colombia military assassinated more civilians under Uribe than FARC did in 30 years
- Colombia Reports: More than 15,000 ‘FARC’ crimes will go unpunished because suspects are dead
- Colombia Reports: Human Rights Court convicts Colombia for Medellin war crimes
- Yahoo News: Italy sentences two former South American leaders to life in prison for Operation Condor murders
TOPICS
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Kathmandu Post: Heal the pain
- Reuters: Rights watchdog raps Nepal over war crimes
- NewsGhana.com: Burundi lacks expertise to identify massacre victims
- myRepublica: TRC working to set up regional office in Dipayal
- The New York Times: Greek Fugitive Is Arrested in Athens Shootout
- USA Today: U.S. adds Osama bin Laden’s son to global terrorist list
- BBC News: Syria conflict: Car bomb kills 11 in government-held town
- BBC News: Egypt police station suicide attack kills eight in Sinai
- UN News Centre: UN condemns terrorist attack in Jerusalem by Palestinian assailant
- The Washington Times: House chairman urges Obama to stop Gitmo transfers, cites terrorists’ return to battlefield
- Reuters: Kurdish militants claim responsibility for Izmir attack that killed two
- Maritime Executive: Eight Fishermen Killed by Pirates Off Mindanao
- Maritime Executive: Piracy Agreement to Cover Other Illicit Activity
- The Virginian-Pilot: Kidnappings at sea reach 10-year high despite fall in pirate attacks
- Maritime Executive: Abu Sayyaf Releases Two Seafarers
- American Journal of Transportation: Civilization Ends at the Waterline: 2016 IMB Piracy Report
- Thomas Reuters Foundation News: Tears of joy as water washes away years of gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea
- Just Security: Top 10 Gender and Security Developments of 2016
- Americas Quarterly: Fighting Gender Violence: What Brazil, Argentina and Others Are Doing
- Coastweek: Kenyans fight gender-based violence problem with new technology
- The Institute for Women’s Policy Research: Afghanistan’s Domestic Violence Loophole
- allAfrica: Africa: Protection of Culprits of Gender Violence Robs Women of Their Rights
