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FREDERICK K. COX
INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTERFounder/Advisor
Michael P. ScharfWar Crimes Prosecution Watch Volume 11 – Issue 13
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Editor-in-Chief
Kevin J. VogelTechnical Editor-in-Chief
Jeradon Z. MuraManaging Editors
Dustin Narcisse
Victoria SarantWar 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.
CENTRAL AFRICA
- Bloomberg: Militias Give Central African Republic Two Days to Free Members
- allAfrica: Central African Republic: Bemba Faces Rising Financial Burdens At the ICC
- RT: Alleged rape by French peacekeepers in CAR on larger scale than thought – NGO
- Al Arabiya: South Sudan rebel leader has fled country, spokesman says
- Deutsche Welle: South Sudan recruiting child soldiers as renewed civil war looms
- Human Rights Watch: South Sudan’s Suspected Rapists Must Be Brought to Justice
- Al Jazeera: The War the World Forgot
- Sudan Tribune: U.S. Congress Committee calls for Hybrid Court on S. Sudan
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- International Justice Center: Bemba Faces Rising Financial Burdens at the ICC
- Daily Nation: US slaps sanctions on LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony’s sons
WEST AFRICA
Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon
- NY Times: Nigeria Is Freeing Children From Boko Haram, Then Locking Them Up
- Aljazeera: Boko Haram: ‘Senior fighters killed’ in Nigeria raid
- NY Times: John Kerry Warns Nigerian Military on Human Rights Abuses -Aljazeera
- The Cipher Brief: Boko Haram: The Plague Affecting Nigeria and Beyond
- Latin American Herald Tribune: France Denies 2 Soldiers Were Killed in Mali
- UN News: As ICC trial opens, Malian extremist admits guilt to destroying historic sites in Timbuktu
- allAfrica: Algeria: Lamamra-Annadif – Terrorism, Extremism, Malian Issue, Focus of Discussions
EAST AFRICA
- Source: AllAfrica: The Monitor: State Appoints New Lawyers for Former LRA Rebel Kwoyelo
- UN News Centre: UN and Ugandan government cut food rations amid influx of South Sudanese refugees
- World Bulletin / News Desk: Dem. Republic of Congo: Trial of Ugandan rebels begins
- AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: Mbuya Attack – Court to Rule On No Case to Answer
- Daily Mail: US slaps sanctions on LRA rebel leader’s sons
- New Vision: Impact of Kwoyelo pre-trial to Uganda’s jurisprudence
- The Star: State Under Pressure to Form Inquiry as Enforced Disappearances Increase
- VOA: Demands Grow for Kenya to Probe Killings, Disappearances
Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)
- The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR): Rwandan refugees head home after a generation in Angola
- Africa News: INTERPOL partners Rwanda for training on cyber-enabled human trafficking
NORTH AFRICA
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian War Crimes Suspects Shun Plea Bargains
- cleveland.com: Suspected Bosnian war criminal arrested in Barberton
- Balkan Insight: Eight Bosnian Serb Soldiers Cleared of Rogatica Crimes
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- UN News Centre: New UN report lays bare widespread ISIL ‘atrocities’ committed against Yazidis in Iraq
- CNN: Iraq executes 36 people for Camp Speicher massacre
- The Washington Post: Juvenile suicide bomber foiled in Kirkuk
- The Washington Post: IS struggles to retain grip as it loses ground in Iraq
- Reuters: Special Report: Massacre reports show U.S. inability to curb Iraq militias
- YLE: Iraqi detained in Vaasa on suspicion murder, terror and war crimes
- AP: IS buried thousands in 72 mass graves, AP finds
- Reuters: Islamic State claims suicide bombing at Iraqi wedding
- The Daily Star: STL fines Al-Akhbar, editor-in-chief for contempt, revealing confidential witnesses
- The Daily Star: Defense challenges cell data as STL resumes
- Al Manar: Hezbollah Denounces STL Sentence against Al-Akhbar Daily: Politicized
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- bdnews24.com: War criminal Ghulam Azam’s ex-army officer son whisked away from home by law enforcers, claim family
- Malaysia Sun: UN rights experts call on Bangladesh to annul death sentence against opposition member
- Dhaka Tribune: Wanted Bangladeshi man arrested in Malaysia
- Al Jazeera: Concern over missing sons of Bangladeshi politicians
- Federal News Radio: Bangladesh court upholds death sentence in war-crimes case
- bdnews24.com: Nothing will stop Bangladesh from trying 1971 war crimes, says Hasina
AMERICAS
- JURIST: El Salvador Supreme Court releases 3 jailed ex-military officers
- teleSur: Guatemalan President’s Top Adviser Could Face War Crimes Trial
- SF Gate: Guatemala prosecutors accuse ex-soldier in 1982 massacre
- NPR: Mexican Police Murdered 22 And Manipulated Crime Scene, Review Finds
- teleSUR: Argentine General and 28 Others Sentenced to Life for Crimes Against Humanity
- International Center for Transnational Justice: ICTJ Welcomes Historic Peace Agreement Between Colombian Government and FARC Rebels
- Coalition for the ICC: #GlobalJustice Weekly – Colombia’s peace deal: Will it bring justice?
- teleSUR: Historic Peru Sentence Serves Justice for Brutal State Massacre
TOPICS
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Human Rights Watch: Sri Lankan Justice Has No Place for ‘Accountable Amnesties’
- Cyprus Mail: Truth commissions as reconciliation roulette
- The New Times: Political will, selfless leadership key to a united Africa – activists
- Republica: Work on Special Court for conflict-era cases starts
- The Telegraph: Facebook, Twitter and Google have become a ‘recruiting platform for terrorism’
- The New York Times: Kurdish Militants Claim Deadly Car Bomb Attack in Turkey
- The Washington Post: Terrorism charges for Charlie Hebdo attacker’s relative
- The Guardian: Suicide bomber attacks Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan
- The Guardian: Abu Muhammad al-Adnani’s death does not signal the demise of Isis
- Reuters: U.S. court voids $655 million verdict against PLO over Israel attacks
- Maritime Executive: Nigerian Navy: Crewmembers Involved in Pirate Attacks
- Business Daily Africa: Japan backs Kenya bid to protect fishing sector and combat pirates
- The Star Online: MMEA: Piracy at all-time low
Uncategorized
Justice for Sergei Magnitsky: UK Judge Sentences ex Russian Police Officer in Magnitsky Case to 3 Months in Prison for Contempt of Court
5 September 2016 – A UK High Court Judge, the Honourable Mr Justice Phillips has sentenced ex Russian police officer Pavel Karpov to three months in prison for contempt of court.
The British court found Pavel Karpov, a 39-year old ex Russian Interior Ministry officer, in contempt of court for failing to appear before the court to answer questions and provide information about his assets in a £660,000 ($877,800) judgment against him for costs ordered by the court in his failed libel action against Hermitage Capital Management, Bill Browder and Jamison Firestone in relation to the Magnitsky case.
Justice Phillips concluded Karpov “has been guilty of contempt of court by disobeying the order of Master Eastman” and Karpov should be “committed to Her Majesty’s Prison for a period of 3 months.”
“Pavel Karpov was one of the main figures in the fraud that Sergei Magnitsky uncovered. We are committed to continue seeking justice through all legal means,” said William Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and leader of the global Magnitsky justice movement.
The UK contempt of court case against Pavel Karpov stems from Karpov’s non-payment of costs of a UK libel action that Karpov himself had initiated four years ago in the UK High Court.
Pavel Karpov’s 2012 UK libel suit was a landmark case of foreign libel tourism. One year after it was filed, in October 2013, the UK High Court threw it out as abuse of court process and/or jurisdiction. The UK High Court ordered Pavel Karpov to pay Hermitage Capital Management over £850,000 ($1,130,500) in costs for the libel proceedings. Over £660,000 ($877,800) of that amount remains unpaid by Pavel Karpov.
In July 2016, Hermitage Capital Management sought the court’s assistance to recover the debt from Pavel Karpov. Karpov failed to appear in court and, after several notices, the court found him in contempt.
The Honourable Mr Justice Phillips suspended the Committal Order to the 1st December 2016. If Karpov fails to appear before the Court on 1 December 2016 then an arrest warrant will be issued for him .
Former Russian police officer Pavel Karpov had an annual salary of less than £10,000, yet was able to hire a top UK law firm, Olswang, to represent him in his failed libel action.
On 12 April 2013, the US Treasury added Pavel Karpov to the financial sanctions list under the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 for his role in the Magnitsky case.
On 2 April 2014, the European Parliament included Pavel Karpov on its list of individuals to be sanctioned based on their role in the Magnitsky case.
Sergei Magnitsky was Hermitage’s lawyer who uncovered the US$230 million fraud and testified about the complicity of Russian officials in it. He was falsely arrested, detained for 358 days without trial, tortured and killed in Russian police custody at the age of 37.
The events of this case emblematic of corruption and human rights abuse in Putin’s Russia are described in theNew-York Times best-seller “Red Notice” by William Browder and in a series of campaign videos on Youtube channel “Russian Untouchables.”
For more information, please contact:
Justice for Sergei Magnitsky
+44 207 440 1777
e-mail: info@lawandorderinrussia.org
twitter.com/Billbrowder
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Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect: R2P in Focus: R2P in United Nations Resolutions
R2P in Focus, No. 4
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R2P in Focus
R2P in Focus is a monthly publication from the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect designed to highlight recent events and political developments concerning the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).
R2P in UN Resolutions
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Following the adoption of R2P at the UN World Summit in 2005, the inclusion of R2P and mass atrocity prevention language in UN Security Council and Human Rights Council resolutions represents the consensus among members of both Councils that indifference to mass atrocities is unacceptable.
To date 50 UN Security Council resolutions and 17 Human Rights Council resolutions have included direct references the responsibility of states to protect civilians from mass atrocity crimes and the responsibility of the international community to assist them in doing so. UN Security Council resolutions that reference R2P have addressed 11 country situations, including 10 resolutions on the crisis in South Sudan and 8 resolutions on the situation in the Central African Republic. Additionally, references to R2P can be found in resolutions on thematic issues, including the Protection of Civilians, Small Arms and Light Weapons and the Prevention of Genocide. UN Human Rights Council references include 13 resolutions on the situation in Syria as well as 2 thematic resolutions on the Prevention of Genocide.
Despite this progress, the international community still struggles to match words with deeds. While Security Council resolutions are binding under international law, state forces and some non-state actors in Syria, South Sudan, Yemen and elsewhere continue to commit atrocities and ignore international humanitarian and human rights law.
With the recent election of new non-permanent members to the UN Security Council for the 2017-2018 term and the anticipated selection of a new UN Secretary-General, member states must ensure that mass atrocity prevention remains a core priority of the UN. The UN must ensure the international community consistently upholds its collective responsibilities wherever and whenever populations are threatened by mass atrocity crimes.
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UN General Assembly Informal Interactive Dialogue on R2P
On 17 August the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, released his annual report on the Responsibility to Protect, entitled: Mobilizing collective action: The next decade of the responsibility to protect. The report highlights the progress made by the international community in upholding R2P, but argues that consistently protecting populations remains dependent upon the willingness of member states to live up to the commitment made at the UN World Summit in 2005.
The annual Informal Interactive Dialogue on R2P will be held in the UN General Assembly on 6 September, focusing on the recent report of the UN Secretary-General. The Global Centre strongly encourages member states to reiterate their support for R2P and the prevention of mass atrocities at this important event, including through signing on to important initiatives such as the ACT Group’s “Code of Conduct” for Security Council members, as well as the Kigali Principles for Protection of Civilians.
Any Other Business
- Straw poll for the next UN Secretary-General. On 5 August the UN Security Council held the second round of “straw polls” to signal their level of support for candidates to become the next UN Secretary-General. For the results, see thisgraphic by the World Federation of United Nations Associations. The next straw poll is scheduled to take place on 29 August.
- Opening of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly. On 13 September the 71st session of the UN General Assembly will commence. UN High-Level week will take place during 20-26 September. The Global Centre will be co-hosting and participating in many events throughout this important time.
Calendar Highlights
6 September 2016
UN General Assembly Informal Interactive Dialogue on R2P
13-30 September 2016
Human Rights Council 33rd Session
20-26 September 2016
UN High-Level Week
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