AFRICA

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

• Hirondelle News Agency: ICTR, ICC Go for Mid-Year Judicial Recess
• Hirondelle News Agency: Paul Kagame to Visit France on September 12
• Shout-Africa: UN Court Refers Genocide Cases to Rwanda
• Hirondelle News Agency: Former DFLR Commander Appointed Head of Rwanda Correctional Service

Special Court for Sierra Leone

• AFP: Five Face Contempt Charge at Sierra Leone Special Court
• UN News Centre: One Convicted, Four Others Deny Contempt Charges at UN-backed Court for Sierra Leone

EUROPE

European Court of Human Rights

• Reuters: Turkish Court Sentences Dink Assassin to 23 Years

Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

• Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Local Justice – Hakalovic: Trial Postponed
• Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Karadzic: Protection of the Serb people
• Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Defense Counsel Assigned to Ratko Mladic
• Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Entering of Goran Hadzic’s Plea Postponed
• Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Decision on Bozidar Vucurevic’s Extradition Still Pending

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

• International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: Appeals Chamber Affirms Florence Hartmann’s Contempt Conviction
• International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: Goran Hadzic in Tribunal’s Custody
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Court Told What Tolomir Knew of Srebrenica
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Karadzic’s Wartime Authority Assessed
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Hadzic Refuses to Enter Plea

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

• The Sacramento Bee: Court Rejects Serb Extradition Request for Divjak

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

• VOA Khmer: CPP Chief Calls Next Tribunal Enough for ‘Justice’
• Phnom Penh Post: Hamill’s Lawyers on Warpath
• VOA Khmer: Tribunal Judge Sees At Least Two Years of Trials Ahead

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

• Special Tribunal for Lebanon: El Sayed Appeal
• Special Tribunal for Lebanon: The President of the Tripoli Bar Association Visits the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
• Daily Star: Tribunal Financially Sound
• Daily Star: Lawyers Urge World to Stand Behind Tribunal
• Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Pre-Trial Judge Lifts Confidentiality from Parts of the Indictment
• Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Salim Janil Ayyash
• Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Hussein Hassan Oneissi
• Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Mustafa Amine Badreddine
• Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Assad Hassan Sabra
• Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Prosecutor Bellemare Takes Measures to Facilitate Arrest of Accused

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

• Bangladesh News 24: Jamaat Plea for Foreign Lawyers
• Bangladesh News 24: Foreign Lawyer Plea for Retarding Trial: Shafique
• The Daily Star: Alim’s Bail Extended till Oct 16
• Bangladesh News 24: No Foreign Lawyers for Jamaat Leaders

War Crimes Investigations in Burma

• The Sydney Morning Herald: Australian Admits War Crimes in Burma
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Doubts Over Australia ‘War Criminal’ Claims
• Mizzima: Another Self-Proclaimed War Criminal Surfaces in Australia

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

United States

• Bloomberg: Plotters Sold Weapons, Drugs to Supply Taliban, Hezbollah, U.S. Charges
• Washington Post: Mexican Cartels Move into Human Trafficking
• Miami Herald: US Could Sanction Dutch Bank for Doing Business with Terror Sponsors

TOPICS

Terrorism

• BBC: Mumbai Blasts: Probe Into ‘Suspect’ Death
• The Washington Post: Nigeria: 5 Cops Plead Not Guilty to Killing Sect Leader, Committing Terrorist Act
• The Washington Post: Greek Court Jails 6 for Terrorism Over Militant Anarchist Group’s Bombings
• Jakarta Globe: Bali Bombing Suspect Patek to Be Sent Home for Trial
• Time: France’s Counter-Terrorism Ace Finds Himself Under Scrutiny
• BBC: Amnesty: Saudi Terror Law ‘Would Strangle Protest’
• Los Angeles Times: Insanity Defense Might be Used for Norway Attacks Suspect

Piracy

• BuaNews: Tough Laws Needed to Deal with Pirates
• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Where’s Justice for Pirates?
• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Somali Pirates: Public Prosecutor Demands 10 Year Sentence

Universal Jurisdiction

• Expatica: Belgian Court Rejects Kadhafi Daughter’s NATO Complaint
• The Canadian Press: Canada Nabs Foreign Suspects, But Prosecution is Uncertain, Ministers Allow
• Business Day: Verdict Soon on Somalis Accused of Taking SA Sailors
• AlertNet: Bosnian Wartime General Freed by Austrian Court

REPORTS

UN Reports

• BBC: Sudan’s South Kordofan Fighting: UN Warns of War Crimes
• UN News Service: UN Welcomes Arrest of Last Remaining Fugitive Wanted for Balkan War Crimes
• UN News Service: UN Report Calls for Prosecution of Perpetrators of Mass Rape in DR Congo

NGO Reports

• Amnesty International: Children in Somalia Face War Crimes
• Human Rights Watch: Global: Schools No Havens in War Zones

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS

Burundi

• News24: Burundi Plans TRC Panel for 2012

Ivory Coast

• Reuters Africa: Coast’s Ouattara Sets Up Inquiry into War Crimes

Kenya

• Capital FM News: TJRC Fate Now Lies With Lawmakers
• Daily Nation: Truth Team Told of Bids to Kill Mboya
• Capital FM News: Kurias Feel Snubbed by Successive Regimes

COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES

• JURIST: The Mumbai Bombings and the Law of US-Pakistan Relations
• The Japan Times: Again, Justice for Cambodia
• International Justice Tribune : Prosecuting ‘Genocidaires’ in Arusha
• Truthout: Former Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor: David Hicks’ War Crimes Charge Was a “Favor” for Australia
• American Society of International Law: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Response to the Situation in Libya
• The Daily Star: MP Aoun: STL Issues Should Be Brought to U.N
• Huffington Post: The Prosecutor v. Muammar Gaddafi and a Step Closer to Justice
• Voice of America: Ivorian President Says Justice Will Be Applied Equally
• International Business Times: Gaddafi, NATO Forces and the ICC: What About International Justice