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Court Decision Could Allow Early Release of Human Rights Criminals
By: Max Cohen
Impunity Watch Reporter, South America
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – On May 3, the Argentinian Supreme Court rendered a decision allowing Luis Muina, convicted of human rights abuses, to have his sentence reduced. The decision was based on an Argentinian law, known as the “2×1″ law, which mandates that, after an initial two years, every day that a person spends in pretrial detention counts as two as part of the overall sentence. The court found that, under the “most favorable law” legal principle, which dictates that defendants should benefit from laws which would lessen their sentences, that it should apply to him retroactively.
In the week that followed there were protests in Argentina, as many reportedly feared that the decision would free other human rights criminals. However, the country’s Congress quickly responded to the decision by passing a law rescinding the 2×1 law’s protections for those who had committed human rights abuses during the country’s military dictatorship from 1976-1983. Currently there are 350 former military officers who could have potentially benefitted if the decision is allowed to stand.
Critics point to the Court’s decision as an example of how Argentine President Mauricio Macri’s government has toned down its efforts to seek justice for the atrocities committed during the dictatorship. It should be noted that two of the justices who ruled in favor of the decision were appointed by President Macri.
Whether the Argentine government’s solution will work is set to be tested within the next month as their Supreme Court is set to issue decisions on other cases involving human rights criminals.
For more information, please see:
New York Daily News – Argentines unite against law helping human rights abusers – 10 May, 2017
New York Times – Argentines Fight Court’s Leniency for Human Rights Crimes – 13 May, 2017
Human Rights Watch – Making Sense of Argentina’s Ruling on Dictatorship-Era Crimes – 15 May, 2017
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Contents
AFRICA
CENTRAL AFRICA
- All Africa: Central African Republic: Security Council Pledges Support for President’s Efforts to Stabilize Country
- Relief Web: The Primacy of Protection: Delivering on the MINUSCA Mandate in the Central African Republic
- VOA News : Armed Groups in CAR Occupy Schools, Block Education
- International Business Times : Thousands of refugees ‘flee northern CAR for second time in less than a year’
- Africa News: South Africa to Face ICC on Refusal to Arrest Sudan’s Bashir in 2015
- Al Jazeera: Sudanese Force Accused of Torturing Journalists
- Associated Press: South Sudan Releases 6 Aid Workers Accused of Smuggling Arms
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- The New York Times: International Court Says Violence in Congo May Amount to War Crimes
- International Justice Monitor: Witness Says Ntaganda’s Soldiers Tortured Him, Killed Six Members of His Family
- International Justice Monitor: Witness: Ntaganda’s Fighters Raped Me, Killed my Husband
WEST AFRICA
- Human Rights Watch : Côte d’Ivoire: Letter – Simone Gbagbo Trial Didn’t Advance Justice: ICC Remains Critical Avenue for Victims on Both Sides
- Fox News: 6 Convicted in Ivory Coast Hotel Kidnappings, Deaths
Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon
- The Washington Post: Nigeria Must Negotiate Release of 195 Chibok Girls
- Reuters: Niger Forces kill 57 Members of Boko Haram: Defense Ministry
- Aljazeera: ‘Alarming’ Rise in Boko Haram Child Suicide Bombers
- UN News Centre: At Security Council, new UN Peacekeeping Chief Urges Faster Implementation of Mali Peace Deal
- Reuters: Mali, France Rule Out Talks with Jihadists After Attacks
- Middle East North Africa Financial Network: Gabriel Travels to Mali: Working to Bring Stabilization
EAST AFRICA
- The Independent: ONGWEN: ICC launches a free SMS public information platform in Uganda
- AllAfrica: The Observer (Kampala): Africa: Uganda Not Withdrawing From ICC – Attorney General
- AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: Pader DPC Summoned Over Aruu By-Election Violence
- AllAfrica: Somalia: Kenya Arrests 7 Somalis in Dadaab Refugee Camp
- Bloomberg: Kenya Risks Election Violence with Mood Polarized, Group Says
Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)
- The Conversation: Why it’s important that the world still reflects on Rwanda’s genocide
- News 24: Rwanda and SA: Truth not enough to set you free
- Shore News Today: Mainland students meet the lone American who stayed during Rwandan genocide
- Al Jazeera : Somalia: Seven killed in Mogadishu car bombing
- Al Jazeera : Somalia leader declares country a ‘war zone’
- The New York Times: 10 Die in Somalia Suicide Attack on New Army Chief
NORTH AFRICA
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Soldier Jailed for Killing Bosniaks in Bihac
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Officer Convicted of Srebrenica Genocide
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia Awaits Extradition of Nine War Crimes Suspects
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia Reduces Two Serbs’ Srebrenica Genocide Sentences
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia Tries Nine Serbs for Capturing, Killing Bosniaks
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia Indicts Serb Soldier for Murder, Rape
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- B92: Interpol issues red notices for three SRS party officials
- Balkan Insight: Hague Prosecutors Object to Freeing Mladic for Treatment
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Kosovo ‘Holding Fewer War Crime Trials Than Ever’
- Balkan Insight: Croatian Ex-Police Given Minor Sentences for War Crimes
- Balkan Insight: France Delays Decision Again on Kosovo Ex-PM’s Extradition
- Balkan Insight: Kosovo’s Genocide Lawsuit Plan Criticised as Impractical
- Balkan Insight: Council of Europe: Kosovo War Victims ‘Denied Justice’
- Omaha World-Herald: Iowa native one of 19 judges who will decide Kosovo war crimes cases
- Balkan Insight: Serbian Journalist Commemorated as Murder Trial Continues
- Balkan Insight: UN Urges Kosovo to Probe ‘Ethnic Cleansing Threat’
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
- The New York Times: Suicide Truck Bomber Kills at Least 15 in Baghdad
- The New York Times: U.S.-Led Coalition Counts 229 Civilian Deaths Before Mosul Strike
- The New York Times: With Strike Aimed at Halting More Gas Attacks, U.S. Tries to Send Syrians Message
- Fox News: Life in war-torn Syria: Bomb blasts and no utilities, but coffins are free
- CNN: Suspected gas attack in Syria reportedly kills dozens
- Yemen News Agency: Parliament calls UN to stop Saudi war crimes against Yemen people
- The Guardian: Met police look at allegations of Saudi war crimes in Yemen
- Relief Web: Peacewatch: Yemen, April 2017
- The Times: There must be a war crimes investigation in Yemen
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- The Phnom Penh Post: Khmer Rouge Tribunal reparations sought for large set of projects
- The New York Times: 11 Years, $300 Million and 3 convictions. Was the Khmer Rouge Tribunal Worth It?
- The Daily Star: Defense counsel: Many possible reasons for cellphone activity
- The Daily Star: STL defense questions Platt’s impartiality as expert witness
- The Daily Star: STL defense examines false claim of responsibility
- The Daily Star: Can STL defense poke enough holes in prosecution’s case?
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- bdnews24: Journalists submit to ICT investigators documents on Moosa’s alleged war crimes
- Dhaka Tribune: Arrest warrants issued against 6 alleged razakars
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
- BBC: Aung San Suu Kyi: No ethnic cleansing of Myanmar Muslim minority
- The Irrawaddy: RCSS/SSA-S Clashes with Burma Army
- Reuters: Israeli police kill Palestinian who stabbed three in Jerusalem
- Human Rights Watch: Israel/Palestine: Rights Workers Denied Gaza Access
- Press TV: Israeli forces detained over 300 Palestine children in 3 months
- The Times of Israel: Amid growing US criticism, families of Palestinian terrorists seek larger payments
AMERICAS
- teleSUR: Guatemalan Dictator Rios Montt Faces Another Genocide Trial
- The Globe and Mail: Canada in talks with South Africa over International Criminal Court dispute
- Huffington Post: Omar Khadr’s Case A Black Stamp On Canada’s Human Rights Record
- Colombia Reports: Colombia transitional justice system ‘orders immediate release of military war criminals’
- McClatchy Washington DC Bureau: Why was this Colombian general posted to his country’s Washington embassy?
TOPICS
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Public Radio International: South Africa’s imperfect progress, 20 years after the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
- Kashmir Watch: The Case for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Kashmir
- The Queens Journal: Queen’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission Task Force reveals final report
- NBC News: MIT Grad Nicolai Mork Arrested on Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction Charges
- Reuters: Palm Sunday bombings of Egyptian Coptic churches kill 44
- NBC News: Stockholm Truck Attack Suspect Rakhmat Akilov Admits Terrorism: Lawyer
- The Guardian: Three years after Chibok, Boko Haram deploys children as suicide bombers
- Maritime Executive: Anti-Piracy Mission Deploys Surveillance Drones
- Maritime Executive: Pirates Capture Fourth Vessel Off Somalia
- Chicago Tribune: Somalia’s pirates are back in business
- Maritime Executive: Somali Forces Recover Hijacked Dhow
- Maritime Executive: Chinese Forces May Have Captured Somali Pirate Leader
- Aljazeera: Murdered for being women: Spain tackles femicide rates
- The Guardian: Domestic abuse policies aren’t working – we need a national strategy
- United Nations Population Fund: UNFPA responds to gender violence in conflict-scarred Kachin
- UN News Centre: Strengthening the UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
- International Justice Monitor: To Punish or to Pardon? Perspectives on Accountability and Forgiveness in the Case of Dominic Ongwen
- International Justice Monitor: ICC Chamber Excludes Victims from Bashir Cooperation Proceedings
- RT News: Turning reality on its head – US & UK accuse Russia of ‘war crimes’ in Syria
- Irish Times: Security Council veto should not apply for war crimes
WORTH READING
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