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

War Crimes Prosecution Watch Volume 11 – Issue 18 November 14, 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

• BBC News: Central African Republic: Clashes leave 25 dead – UN
• BBC News: France ends Sangaris military operation in CAR
• International Justice Monitor: Prosecutor Asks ICC Judges to Give Bemba Longer Prison Sentence

Sudan & South Sudan

• UN News Centre: South Sudan: Ban to Put in Place Measures to Improve UN Mission’s Ability to Protect Civilians
• The New York Times: South Sudan Says 17 Accused in Attack Targeting Americans
• UN News Centre: Some 3,500 People Fleeing South Sudan Each Day Due to Ongoing Conflict – UN Refugee Agency
• Yahoo News: Sudan Arrests More Opposition Activists over Fuel Prices
• Sudan Tribune: Kenya Starts Pulling out Troops from South Sudan

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• The New York Times: As 3 African Nations Vow to Exit, International Court Faces Its Own Trial
• International Justice Monitor: ICC Makes Progress on Reparations for Victims in Lubanga Case
• International Justice Monitor: Prosecutor Asks ICC Judges to Give Bemba Longer Prison Sentence

WEST AFRICA

Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

• World Bulletin: Police Break Up Abidjan Demo Ahead Of Constitution Vote
• Daily Mail: Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast’s Iron-Willed President
• Daily Mail: Simone Gbagbo Trial Adjourned Again Over Witness Row
• Andolu Ajansi: Ivory Coast: Blowout Win For New Constitution
• Daily Mail: Ivory Coast’s Divisive New Constitution Sworn Into Law

Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon

• Fox News: Boko Haram Blamed For Nigeria Car Bomb Blast That Killed 9
• The Washington Post: Bombs, Bribes, Mud As Nigeria’s Boko Haram Refugees Go Home
• Reuters: Violence And Political Pressure Anger Nigeria’s Shi’ites
• World Bulletin : Boko Haram Razes Village Near Chibok
• NPR: After Scathing Report, Nigeria Deploys Female Police To Protect Displaced Women

Mali

• Global Voices: Timbuktu, Where There’s ‘Justice for Monuments, but Not for Victims of Rape’
• AllAfrica: Mali: France Calls On Mali to Act for Peace As UN Troops Killed
• Relief Web: Despite Mali Peace Accord, More Flee Persistent Violence

EAST AFRICA

Uganda

• Xinhua: Spotlight: Africa gears up for ICC withdrawal exodus, alternatives unclear
• Worldbulletin News: Uganda: President orders nation’s top university shut
• Reuters: In Uganda, gay men say police use torturous method to ‘prove’ homosexuality
• HRW – International Business Times: Uganda has damning human rights record as torture and state oppression is rife says
• AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: Government Asked to Investigate Royal Guards
• MassLive: Supporters of ‘crimes against humanity’ lawsuit against Springfield pastor Scott Lively gather at federal courthouse

Kenya

• ABC News: ICC Gets Support After 3 Withdrawals, but Kenya Is Critical
• The New York Times: Kenya Pulling U.N. Peacekeepers From South Sudan in Protest
• Press TV: Kenyan police clash with anti-government protesters
• Aljazeera: Fears after Kenya deports South Sudan rebel spokesman
• Standard Digital: DP Ruto challenges activist Mwangi to prove graft claims

Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)

• Africa News: S. Africa, Rwanda, Egypt, Tunisia voted to UN human rights commission
• Human Rights Watch: Stop Abuses against Street Vendors in Rwanda

Somalia

• Seattle Times: Somalia’s al-Shabab in comeback as Ethiopia pulls troops
• Sudan Tribute: Ethiopia says pullout of troops from Somalia not linked to unrest
• VOA News: Somali Troops Recapture Village from al-Shabab
• Garowe Online: Somalia: Scores dead as rival Somali troops clash in Southern Somalia
• Garowe Online: Somalia: Allied forces kill more than 100 militants in Southern Somalia
• Quartz Africa : Somalia remains the global capital of unsolved murders of journalists
• Aljazeera World: Somalia: The Forgotten Story
• Reuters: Somali militants intensify attacks, death count doubles: experts
• Reuters: Ceasefire between Somalia’s Puntland and Galmudug collapses, 20 killed
• The Wire: Twenty Killed As Ceasefire Between Somalia’s Puntland and Galmudug Collapses
• United Nations News Centre: INTERVIEW: Architecture around Somalia’s electoral process is infinitely more robust than in 2012 – UN envoy

NORTH AFRICA

Libya

• Human Rights Watch: Libya: Civilians Under Siege in Benghazi
• Libyan Express: Human Rights Solidarity presents Libya violations report in the Hague
• Reuters: U.S. using Tunisia to conduct drone operations in Libya: U.S. sources

EUROPE

Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

• Balkan Insight: Bosniak Fighter Jailed for Crimes Against Serb Civilians
• Balkan Insight: Bosnia-Croatia Relations Hit by Arrest of Croats
• B92: “War in Bosnia started with murder of Serb wedding guest”
• Balkan Insight: Radovan Karadzic’s Ex-Adviser Charged with Wartime Crimes
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Suspects in the case v. Đuro Matuzović et al. ordered into custody
• Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Troops Jailed for Killing Civilians, Children
• Balkan Insight: Bosnia Awards Iraqi War Crimes Convict €36,600

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

• Balkan Transitional Justice : Serbia’s Refusal to Extradite Radicals Raises Suspicion

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

• Balkan Insight: Kosovo Protests Over Serbian ‘War Crimes’ Arrest
• Balkan Insight: Serbia Releases Kosovo Albanian ‘War Crimes Suspect’
• Balkan Insight: Yugoslav Army Commander Accused of Croatia War Crime
• Balkan Insight: EU Raps Balkan States over War Crimes Progress

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Yemen

• The New York Times: Yemen Rebels Deny Their Missile Targeted Holy City of Mecca
• The New York Times: Airstrikes by Saudi-Led Coalition Kill Dozens in Western Yemen
• Middle East Monitor: EXCLUSIVE: Notorious Bahraini judge appointed to investigate alleged war crimes in Yemen
• Time: What You Need to Know About the Crisis in Yemen
• Bristol Herald Courier: Yemeni rebels release American man
• Huffington Post: Yemen’s Man-Made Famine

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

• The Cambodia Daily: Khmer Rouge Witness Escaped Pol Pot; Detained by Vietnamese
• The Cambodia Daily: Former Medic Plotted Against Regime, Khmer Rouge Tribunal Hears
• The Phnom Penh Post: Miniseries to examine forced marriage, Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

• The Daily Star: Salam meets with Special Tribunal head
• The Daily Star: Sparks fly over purpose of cell evidence at STL
• The Daily Star: STL has role in Lebanon’s future: court president
• The Daily Star: STL: Defense contests ‘political context’

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

• Bdnews24.com: War crimes verdict on Idris Ali of Shariatpur any day
• Swarajya Read India Right : Attack On Hindus In Bangladesh: Country’s Human Rights Commission Says Motive Was To Grab Land
• The Times of India City: Bangladesh blast suspect hunted down in Thane
• The Daily Star: Tangail man sent to jail in war crimes case
• Dhakatribune : ICT team visits Feni to probe war-time crimes of new Jamaat chief
• The Financial Express: Bangladesh believes in global cooperation to fight terrorism: Rabbi

War Crimes Investigations in Burma

• Reuters: Myanmar police to arm, train non-Muslims in conflict-torn region
• Anadolu Agency: More arrests in Myanmar’s Rakhine amid calls for probe
• Aljazeera: Myanmar’s Rohingya brace for more attacks in Rakine

Israel and Palestine

• The Independent: Israel breaching Palestinians’ right to development amid ‘epic’ unemployment and poverty, UN report says
• The National: Lives in ruins: the human tragedy unfolding in Gaza
• The World Post: Creating a legal precedent: Palestine considers suing Israel in international sports court
• Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council: Deconstruction Zone: Settlements and Ethnic Cleansing

North Korea

• ABC News: Japan, US, S Korea Agree to Step up Pressure on N Korea
• The Japan Times: Experts baffled after top U.S. official utters hard truth about North Korean nukes
• International Business Times: Invincible Shield Military Drill Against North Korean Threat: US, UK, South Korea To Begin Trilateral Exercise

Iraq

• Reuters: Iraqi army aims to reach site of IS executions south of Mosul
• UN News Centre: Nearly 8,000 families abducted by ISIL from Mosul vicinity – UN rights office
• Al Jazeera: Chemical dangers in the battle for Mosul
• ARA News: Mosul: US airstrike that killed Iraqi family deepens fears for civilians
• BBC News: Iraq suicide attacks: Ambulances used in Tikrit and Samarra
• USA Today: Iraqi military: Mass grave with 100 decapitated bodies found south of Mosul
• Reuters: Islamic State abducts more than 200 near Mosul, retreats with thousands: U.N.

Syria

• The New York Times: Bitter Rift Deepens as Russia Rejects Findings on Syria’s Use of Chlorine Bombs
• The New York Times: U.S. Says It Has Killed 119 Civilians in Iraq and Syria Since 2014

AMERICAS

North & Central America

• Foreign Policy: Exclusive: International Criminal Court Poised to Open Investigation into War Crimes in Afghanistan
• International Business Times: US War Crimes In Afghanistan? ICC Will Reportedly Investigate Human Rights Abuses, Torture Committed By American Soldiers

South America

• CounterPunch: Voting Against Peace in Colombia
• Frontline: Colombia’s search for peace

TOPICS

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

• IOL: ‘We are still victims of apartheid’
• Rocky Mountain Outlook: Culture at the crossroads of truth and reconciliation
• The Himalayan Times: ‘Resource crunch affecting probe into conflict-era cases’

Terrorism

• The Washington Post: Arizona man gets 8 years in prison on terrorism convictions
• Reuters: Erdogan says Europe aiding terrorism with support for Kurdish militants
• The Wall Street Journal: Kurdish Militants Claim Responsibility for Friday’s Car Bomb Attack in Turkey
• Reuters: Trial begins of Islamic State suspects in Turkey’s worst suicide bombing
• Fox News: Suspected coordinator of Paris, Brussels terror attacks identified

Piracy

• Associated Press: APNewsBreak: Abu Sayyaf got $7.3 million from kidnappings
• Maritime Executive: Somali Pirates Strike for First Time in Two Years
• Maritime Executive: Yachting Couple Attacked by Abu Sayyaf in Sulu Sea
• Maritime Executive/Reuters: EU NAVFOR Warns of Renewed Somali Piracy Risk
• Maritime Executive: Pirates Get Life for Attacking USS Ashland

Gender-Based Violence

• The Daily Observer: Delegates at major conference on women strongly condemn gender violence in the Caribbean
• DW: Gays in Bosnia still living life in the closet
• Stabroek News: Confronting the crisis of gender-based violence
• Stabroek News: Guyanese women continue to be subjected to widespread violence
• Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Gender Violence Rampant in Lawless Afghan Province

Commentary and Perspectives

• The Columbia Chronicle: African nations are not alone in human rights violations
• Eyewitness News: The ICC exit by African nations
• The Globe and Mail: International Criminal Court: A fight that Canada must lead

WORTH READING

• Richard J. Wilson: Restoration of Historical Memory and Dignity for Victims of the Armenian Genocide: A Human Rights Law Approach to Effective Reparations
• Richard Ashby Wilson: Propaganda and History in International Criminal Trials