International Criminal Court
Central African Republic & Uganda
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Africa Review: DRC Issues Arrest Warrants for Rebel Leaders
- Katanga Trial: Katanga Defense Notes Challenges in New Investigations
- AllAfrica: Bensouda, Victims Clash over Motion in Uhuru Case
- AllAfrica: Uhuru to Make Fresh Submission on Kenya, TZ Trial
- AllAfrica: ICC Prosecutor Wants Deputy President Ruto to Attend Trial Sessions in Person
- AllAfrica: Uhuru Seeks Cell Phone Records of Sixty Witnesses
- The Star: Kenya Loses Bid to Have ICC Cases Referred
- AllAfrica: Uhuru ICC Lawyers Target NGOs
- AllAfrica: ICC Moves Witnesses to Europe Ahead of Hague Trial
- AllAfrica: Kay Seeks Ex-MPs’ Phone Records
- AllAfrica: ICC to Reveal Witnesses in Ruto Trial at the Hague
- AllAfrica: Ruto Appoints New Lawyer, Criticises Prosecution over Witness Relationship
- Magharebia: Libya Determined to Try Seif Al-Islam
- Atlanta Black Star: Gadhafi’s Son Seif Al-Islam Hearing Set for 2011 War Crimes
- UPI.com: Gadhafi-Era Minister Sentenced to Death/a>
- All Africa: Al-Gaddafi Loyalists At Risk of ‘Revenge’ Death Sentences
- Reuters: Insight – Libya’s Turmoil Revealed in Feud for Custody of Gaddafi’s Son
Africa
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- AllAfrica: Weekly Summary – ICTR Completes Detainee Transfers
- AllAfrica: Munyagishari Trial Begins
- AllAfrica: Bernard Munyagishari Plays ‘Mugesera Tricks’
Special Court for Sierra Leone
- The New Dawn: Taylor Complains From Prison
- Voice of America: Sierra Leone Expels Charles Taylor Ally
Europe
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- South East European Times: BiH Protection Agency, Prosecutors in Dispute Over Arrest
- The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Custody of Zoran Milic Terminated and Prohibiting Measures Ordered
- South East European Times: BiH Protection Agency, Prosecutors in Dispute Over Arrest
- The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Appeals Verdict in the Case v. Eso Macic Sent Out
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Karadzic Given Time to Prepare Genocide Defence
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Reduced War Crimes Sentence for Bosniak Fighter
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Fighter Denies Abusing Civilians
Middle East and Asia
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- The Phnom Penh Post: KRT Strike Threats Resurface
- Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma: ND-Burma Introduces Truth Commission in Collaboration with DC-Cam
- VOA Khmer: Cambodian TV Show Reunites Families Split by Khmer Rouge
- The Phnom Penh Post: Little Time for Reparations at KRT
Syria
- Associated Press: UN Investigating Rebels in Syria for Alleged Executions, Potential War Crimes
- The Independent: Syria Crisis: Bashar al-Assad’s Use of Rockets ‘Amounts to War Crimes’
Special Tribunal for Lebanon
- The Daily Star: Pressure’s Off Lebanon to Pay STL Dues
- The Daily Star: STL Defense Wants Trial Date Delayed
- The Daily Star: U.N.-Backed Court Probing Hariri Killing Sets New Tentative Trial Start Date
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- The Daily Star: Genocide Charges Against Him Proved
- Bangladesh News 24: Jamaat Leader Yusuf Indicted
- Bangladesh News 24: Jamaat Now a Criminal Group
- The Daily Star: Mueen, Ashraf the Abductors
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
- Kachin News Group: Kachin Civilian Allegedly Killed by Burma Army in Shan State
- Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma: ND-Burma Introduces Truth Commission in Collaboration with DC-Cam
- The Irrawaddy: HRW Calls on Thein Sein to Seek Justice for ’88 Victims
North and South America
United States
- The Washington Post: U.S. Charges Libyan Militia Leader in Benghazi Attack
- The Washington Times: Colorado Town Poised to Declare Open Season on Drones, Issue Drone-Hunting Licenses
- The Washington Post: Obama Administration Authorized Recent Drone Strikes in Yemen
- Reuters: Obama Cancels Meeting with Putin Amid Tension over Snowden
South & Central America
Chile
Argentina
- MercoPress: Argentina President of the United Nations Security Council
- Associated Press: Argentina’s Grandmothers Rights Group Determines Identity of 109th Person Stolen At Birth
Brazil
- MercoPress: AI Top Level Mission to Brazil to Discuss Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Police Violence
Uruguay
Colombia
Topics
Terrorism
- Wall Street Journal: U.S. Spy Program Lifts Veil in Court
- NSNBC International: Khan al-Assal Massacre to Cover-Up Chemical Weapons Use by Jabhat al-Nusrah
Piracy
- The Daily Star: Somali Pirates Protecting Illegal Fishing Ships
- Associated Press: Jury Recommends Life Sentences for 3 Somali Pirates in Slayings of 4 Americans Aboard Yacht
Gender-Based Violence
- The Santiago Times: New Young Rape Victim Further Deepens Chile’s Abortion Debate
- Thomson Reuters Foundation: Campaigners Split over How to Tackle Female Genital Cutting
Reports
UN Reports
- Voice of America: UN: Syrian Rebels Suspected of War Crimes
- UN News Centre: ICC Prosecutor Voices Concern About Ongoing Serious Crimes in Central African Republic
NGO Reports
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
Sierra Leone
Canada
Kenya
Nepal
Commentary and Perspective
- Opinio Juris: Libya Thumbs Its Nose at the ICC – Again…
- Lawfare: The Two Fundamental Flaws in the New Bahlul Amicus Brief
- Lawfare: A Response to Steve Vladeck and Kevin Jon Heller
- Opinio Juris: Thoughts on Peter Margulies’ Reply to My Criticism of the Amicus Brief
- Opinio Juris: The Amicus Brief Urges Adoption of JCE – Which the Prosecution Repudiated!
- Opinio Juris: Joint Criminal Enterprise Was Also Dismissed in Khadr
- Opinio Juris: Alexandra Link on Material Support for Terrorism and JCE
- Lawfare: Three Questions for Peter Margulies on the New Bahlul Amicus Brief
- Lawfare: Sur-Reply to Heller on al-Bahlul
- Lawfare: My Last Word on the New Bahlul Amicus
- Lawfare: Final Word on the Bahlul Brief
- Lawfare: ATS/TVPA Suit Against Drummond Dismissed in Alabama
- EJIL: Talk!: Prlić et al.: The Destruction of the Old Bridge of Mostar and Proportionality
- Opinio Juris: Emerging Voices: Bemba as a Watershed in Judicial Discretion at the ICC – The Limits of Regulation 55
- Justice in Conflict: Palestine and the ICC: Peace First, Justice (Maybe) Later
- Opinio Juris: Emerging Voices: Configuring Admissibility Challenges in the ICC – Civil Dispute or Part of the Criminal Proceedings?
- EJIL: Talk!: Should the International Law Commission Overrule the ICJ in Its Articles on Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction?
- Opinio Juris: Libya’s Flexible Approach to Time
- Opinio Juris: Emerging Voices: Together Again? Customary Law and Perpetration by Means
Worth Reading
- Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law: Reflections on the ICC Prosecutor’s Recent ‘Selection Decisions’
- George Washington International Law Review: Does Justice Always Require Prosecution? The International Criminal Court and Transitional Justice Measures
- Pace International Law Review : Excuses, Justifications, and Duress at the International Criminal Tribunals
- Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2013 (draft case note): Caressing the Big Fish? A Critique of ICC Trial Chamber V(a)’s Decision to Grant Ruto’s Request for Excusal from Continuous Presence at Trial
- University of Maryland Journal of International Law: Kiobel, Extraterritoriality, and the ‘Global War on Terror’
- Amsterdam Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series: Ranking Responsibility? Why We Should Differentiate Between Participants in Mass Atrocity Crimes
- Immunity Ratione Materiae in Extradition Proceedings?