FREDERICK K. COX INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER Founder/Advisor |
War Crimes Prosecution Watch
Volume 12 – Issue 8 |
Editor-in-Chief James Prowse Technical Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors |
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
- Fox News World: Peacekeeper battalion in Central African Republic challenges UN ‘war’ on sexual abuse
- Relief Web: Escalating violence in eastern CAR poses grave threat to civilians
- Aljazeera : CAR: Church shelters Muslims fleeing Anti-balaka
- ABC News : Central African Republic, armed groups sign deal in Rome
- The Washington Post : Clashes erupt in Central African Republic after peace deal
- AfricaNews: Sudan’s rebel movement suspends peace talks with government
- Sudan Tribune: S. Sudanese rebel leader sacks officials over misconduct
- BBC: South Sudan no longer in famine
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Yahoo! News: DR Congo’s ‘The Terminator’ to testify in war crimes trial
- Reuters: Medical app aims to tackle rape, flag war crimes in conflict-torn Congo
- Reuters: U.S. warns of new reports Congo troops killing, raping women, children
WEST AFRICA
Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon
- Newsweek: Nigeria’s President Buhari Must Investigate Military’s War crimes’ Against Boko Haram Suspect, Says Amnesty
- The Hindu Net Desk : Who is Muzoon Almellehan?
- UN News Centre: Terrorist Attacks ‘Major’ Hurdle to Peace in Mali, UN Mission Chief Tells Security Council
- Al-Jazeera: Soldiers Killed in Attack on Mali Military Camp
- Reuters: Al Qaeda-linked Group Claims Deadly Attack at Mali Resort
EAST AFRICA
- AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: Amnesty Fails to Give 6,000 Ex-Rebels Resettlement Package
- Newsweek: Joseph Kony: Rebels Kidnap Civilians Weeks after U.S. Stops Hunting Ugandan Warlord
- VOA News: Officials Want to Arm Civilians After Militant Attacks in Kenya
- Newsweek: Islamist Violence in Africa: Kenya a Foils Al-Shabab Attack, Arrests Six Fighters of Al-Qaeda Affiliate
- SOFREP News: Kenya struggling with increase in terror attacks silently seeks vengeance on Somali diaspora
Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)
- Daily Maverick: Ghosts of Rwanda: War crimes, genocide, and terrorism — where to now for Nyamwasa?
- Black Star News: Rwanda: Reign of Terror Strikes Rusizi District
- News 24: UN court to review Rwanda genocide conviction
- USA Today: Hostages held, 17 killed in attack at Somalia restaurant
- Los Angeles Times: Somali survivors tell of extremists’ restaurant siege that killed 31
- Garowe Online: Somalia: Two taxmen shot dead in Mogadishu
NORTH AFRICA
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Trial Verdict upheld in the case v. Dragoja Zmijanjac
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Trial Verdict upheld in the case v. Marijan Brnjić
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Trial Verdict handed down in the case v. Zdenko Andabak et al.
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia Jails Ex-Policemen for Livno Prisoner Abuses
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight : UN Urged to Pressure Serbia over Wanted Radicals
- Balkan Insight : UN Prosecutor: Bosnia Nationalists ‘Glorifying War Criminals’
- New York Times : Retrial Begins for 2 Serbs at U.N. War Crimes Tribunal
- Balkan Insight: Serbian Security Chiefs ‘Implemented Milosevic’s Criminal Plan’
- Balkan Insight: Stanisic and Simatovic ‘Controlled Ethnic Cleansing Units’
- Balkan Insight: Serbian Security ‘Trained Serb Forces in Croatia’
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- France 24: Ex-rebels set to come out on top in Kosovo vote
- Balkan Insight: Macedonia Prosecution Faces Deadline to Press Charges
- Balkan Insight: Senior Kosovo Ex-Guerrillas’ Supreme Court Appeal Opens
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
- The New York Times: ISIS Has Killed Hundreds of Civilians in Mosul, U.N. Says
- The Washington Post: Rights groups: Many casualties in Mosul from heavy weapons
- TIME: Human Rights Watch Says Using White Phosphorous in Fight Against ISIS Harms Civilians
- The Washington Post: U.S.-led airstrikes on Syria’s Raqqa cause ‘staggering’ civilian deaths, U.N. says
- Amnesty International: Syria: Expert Analysis Shows US-Led Coalition Use of White Phosphorus May Amount to War Crime
- The Washington Post: U.S. aircraft shoots down a Syrian government jet over northern Syria, Pentagon says
- The Economist: Al-Qaeda is losing ground in Yemen. Yet it is far from defeated
- United Nations News Centre: Warring parties in Yemen ‘must take all feasible precautions’ to minimize harm to civilians – UN envoy
- Independent.co.uk: Saudi air strikes kill at least 25 in attack on Yemen market
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- Voice of America Cambodia: Prosecutors Give Summation at Trial of Khmer Rouge Leaders
- Laredo Morning Times: Prosecutors urge life imprisonment for Khmer Rouge leaders
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
- DVB: Military guilty of war crimes in northern Burma: Amnesty report
- BBC: No comment on Myanmar death extradition bid
- Reuters: Israel, Palestinians have failed to prosecute war crimes: U.N.
- Independent: Benjamin Netanyahu to crack down on Israeli human rights groups
- ABC News: Palestinian attackers killed after killing Israeli officer
- Human Rights Watch : Israeli Forces Kill Gaza Fisherman at Sea
AMERICAS
- Tallahassee Democrat: Apalachicola grocer deported amid torture revelations
- The New York Times: U.S.-Led Airstrikes in Syria Killed Hundreds of Civilians, U.N. Panel Says
- National Post: Canada’s rhetoric about strengthening the international order is at total odds with its actions at the UN
- Human Rights Watch: Colombia: Armed Groups Oppress Riverside Communities
- NBC News: Argentina: Children of ‘Dirty War’ Sorry for Fathers’ Human Rights Abuses
- Miami Herald: In embattled Venezuela, human rights groups push legal escape hatch for Maduro regime
TOPICS
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Daily Maverick: We need another Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Vanguard: Separatist Agitations: Set up Truth, Reconciliation Commission, Prof Nwabueze tells Buhari
- Anglican Journal: In Aboriginal Day message, primate stresses TRC Calls to Action
- The New Daily: Victorian Judges Drag Three Federal Ministers into Court for Criticising Terror Sentences
- The Telegraph: Record Number of Terror Arrests as EU Warns of ‘Stay-at-Home’ Jihadist
- Jurist: India Special Administrative Court Finds Six Guilty of 1993 Mumbai Bombings
- Hellenic Shipping News: Amid Attacks and Piracy off Yemen, Naval Alliance Boosts Security in Bab Al Mandeb Strait
- Maritime Executive: Philippines: Abducted Crewman Escapes
- The Diplomat: Asia’s Deadly Pirates
- Jerusalem Post: TFull Justice Requires Punishment
- The Wire: The Illusion of Justice Under the International Criminal Court
- The Balkin Insight: UN Needs to Properly Compensate Kosovo Victims
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