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IMPUNITY WATCH PRESENTATION OF NECTALI RODENZO (3/5) from Impunity Watch on Vimeo.

November 9, 2010. Impunity Watch Law Journal and the International Law Society hosted Nectali Rodenzo, a lawyer and Co-Coordinator of the National Front of Lawyers in Resistance to the Coup in Honduras. Rodenzo shared his experiences of the 2009 Honduran military coup, its context and aftermath, and how it relates to the human rights situation on the ground in Honduras today.

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Central African Republic & Uganda

• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Bemba’s Trial Gives Hope to Kenya’s Internally Displaced
• BBC News: Aid Groups Fear Central Africa LRA ‘Christmas Massacre’
• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: TRC (Truth and Reconciliation Committee) Rather Than ICC for Uganda
• IRIN News: Sudan: Arm Militia to Contain LRA in Western Equatoria, Say Leaders

Darfur, Sudan

• Sudan Tribune: ICC Prosecutor May Open New Darfur Cases Next Year
• VOA News: ICC Prosecutor: Genocide in Darfur is “On-Going”
• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: ICC Hears Evidence in Darfur Case

Democratic Republic of the Congo (ICC)

• LubangaTrial.org: Prosecutor Argues Investigator’s Notes Not Subject to Disclosure
• LubangaTrial.org: Chamber Issues Order On Evidence Disclosure

Kenya

• The Washington Post: Int’l Court Prosecutor Seeks Kenya Charges
• ICC: Kenya’s Post Election Violence: ICC Prosecutor Presents Cases Against Six Individuals for Crimes Against Humanity
• All Africa: Kenya: Trial Start in May – Ocampo

AFRICA

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

• Hirondelle News Agency: ICTR President Appeals for Solution of Genocide-Acquittals’ Relocation
• Hirondelle News Agency: ICTR Prosecutor Wants DRC, Kenya and Zimbabwe to Act Over Genocide Fugitives
• Hirondelle News Agency: Lieutenant Hategekimana to Remain Behind Bars for Life
• Hirondelle News Agency: Ngirabatware’s Defence Case Adjourned to January 17

Special Court for Sierra Leone

• Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Last Witness Concludes His Testimony, Defense to Officially Close Their Case on Friday

EUROPE

Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

• State Court of BiH: Novica Tripković Ordered Into Custody
• State Court of BiH: Željko Ivanović Ordered Into Custody
• State Court of BiH: Second-Instance Verdict Delivered in the Branimir Glavaš Case
• State Court BiH: Velibor Bogdanović Pleaded Not Guilty
• BIRN Justice Report: Local Justice – Ristic and Devic: Trial to Begin Anew
• BIRN Justice Report: Local Justice: New Arrests in Brcko

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

• The Sofia Echo: State Co-operation Vital to Completing Work of UN War Tribunals, Security Council Told

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

• New York Times: Serbia: Court Acquits 10 Accused of Helping War Crimes Suspect
• Winnipeg Free Press: Montenegro Appeals Court Orders Retrial of 6 ex-Yugoslav Soldiers for War Crimes
• The Associated Press: Serbia Police Search 2 Locations for Fugitive War Crimes Suspect Hadzic Wanted by UN Court
• SETimes: Croatian Police Arrest War Crimes Suspect
• ABC News: Captain Dragan Appeals Against Extradition
• Associated Press: Serbia: 6 Charged With Helping War Crimes Fugitive
• Island Crisis: EULEX Arrests Two Kosovo Albanians for War Crimes

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

• VOA News: Donors, UN Weak Against Tribunal ‘Interference’: Court Monitor

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

• Naharnet: Bellemare to Fransen: Disclosing Documents to Sayyed Compromises Ongoing Investigation, National-International Security
• The Washington Post: Hariri Assassination Indictment Coming Very Soon
• Naharnet: Herman von Hebel Appointed Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
• NOW Lebanon: Hezbollah Finalizes Post-STL Indictment Scenarios, Says Source
• Naharnet: Fatima Issawi Quits STL
• Naharnet: STL Signs MoU with Netherlands Forensic Institute

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

• The Daily Star: Mandate For A New Trial
• Bangladesh’s First Online Newspaper: Govt Careful About War Crimes Trial
• AFP: Bangladesh Names Lawmaker as War Crimes Suspect

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

United States

• Associated Press: Holbrooke Remembered as ‘Giant’ of US Diplomacy
• USA Today: Richard Holbrooke was Focused on Mission at the End
• Reuters: U.S. Judge Dismisses Targeted-Kill Program Lawsuit
• Agence France Presse: US adds Suspected Al-Qaeda Militant to Terror Blacklist
• New York Times: Some Ex-Detainees Still Tied to Terror
• Agence France Presse: Don’t tie US Hands on Guantanamo: Holder
• Agence France Presse: US Senate to Consider Blocking Guantanamo Closure

TOPICS

Terrorism

• Agence France-Presse: US Indicts Dutchwoman, 17 Other Rebels on Terror Charges
• The Press Associated: Capital ‘Minutes From Catastrophe’
• The Telegraph: Radical Indonesian Cleric ‘Assembling Al-Qaeda Network Intent on Carrying Out Mumbai-Style Attack’
• Guardian Co. Uk. : Al-Qaida Planned to Bomb Manchester, Court Hears

Piracy

• Case Western Reserve University: Professors and Students at Case Western Reserve University School of Law Provide Assistance to Kenya Piracy Court
• U.S. Department of State: United States Works to End Piracy off Somalia’s Coast
• Zee News: Prosecuting Pirates in India a Problem: Navy Chief
• EHL: Shipping Groups Urge Gov’ts to Prosecute Pirates

Universal Jurisdiction

• Asian Tribune: Sri Lanka: West Trying Other Options to ‘Punish’ Sri Lankans
• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: A Trial for Habré?

REPORTS

NGO Reports

• Amnesty International: Croatian War Crimes Suspect Arrested

UN Reports

• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Ban Tells ICC to “Stay in the Offence”

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS

General

• Thailand
  • Bangkok Post: Diplomats Demand Answers
  • The Bangkok Post: Kanit Asked to Push for Reds’ Release

COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES

• Radio Netherlands Worldwide: A Trial for Habré?

WORTH READING

• Darryl Robinson: The Inaction Controversy: Neglected Words and New Opportunities
• Nienke Grossman: Sex Representation on the Bench and the Legitimacy of International Criminal Courts

For more information, please see:

Case Western Reserve School of Law – War Crimes Prosecution Watch – 20 Dec 2010

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IMPUNITY WATCH PRESENTATION OF NECTALI RODENZO (2/12) from Impunity Watch on Vimeo.

November 9, 2010. Impunity Watch Law Journal and the International Law Society hosted Nectali Rodenzo, a lawyer and Co-Coordinator of the National Front of Lawyers in Resistance to the Coup in Honduras. Rodenzo shared his experiences of the 2009 Honduran military coup, its context and aftermath, and how it relates to the human rights situation on the ground in Honduras today.

November 9, 2010. Impunity Watch Law Journal and the International Law Society hosted Nectali Rodenzo, a lawyer and Co-Coordinator of the National Front of Lawyers in Resistance to the Coup in Honduras. Rodenzo shared his experiences of the 2009 Honduran military coup, its context and aftermath, and how it relates to the human rights situation on the ground in Honduras today.

Impunity Watch Presentation with Nectali Rodenzo from Impunity Watch on Vimeo.

Rodezno and the Lawyer’s Front are engaged in the daily defense of life and liberties in post-coup Honduras, as part of a massive resistance that opposes not only the de facto government that took over when President Zelaya was ousted, but the illegitimate regime installed after fraudulent elections were held last November. Ongoing political assassinations, horrific police brutality, persecution and murder of anyone working in opposition to the Lobo government characterize the current regime’s approach to human rights. Rodezno will speak to the context in which the coup was perpetrated, and prospects for those who continue to struggle for justice in Honduras.