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

War Crimes Prosecution Watch Volume 11 – Issue 10 July 25, 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

• Voice of America: Ugandan–led Rebel Group Steps Up Attacks in Central Africa
• Al Jazeera: Healing Central African Republic’s traumatised children

Sudan & South Sudan

• Thomson Reuters Foundation: U.N. powerless to stop South Sudan’s explosion into war in 2013, says former mission head
• Sudan Tribune: UN chief warns over escalation of S. Sudan violence
• Independent: South Sudan ceasefire holds as UN warns that attacks may constitute war crimes
• Reuters: ICC refers Uganda, Djibouti to U.N. for failure to arrest Sudan’s Al–Bashir

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Reuters: UN demands release of political prisoners in Congo
• UN News Centre: As DR Congo polls approach, UN rights chief warns of threats to free speech, public assembly

WEST AFRICA

Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

• Pulse Ghana: Kwesi Pratt Leads Movement To Get Gbagbo Released From ICC

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

• Vanguard: Military Has Defeated Boko Haram Insurgents
• News 24: Nigerian Military Rescues 80 Children, Women From Boko Haram

Mali

• AllAfrica: Mali: UN Mission Deplores Violence, Loss of Life Following Protests in Mali’s Northern City of Gao
• Al Jazeera: Armed Groups Kill 17 Soldiers At Mali Base
• Bangor Daily News: Surge In Violence Hits Aid Delivery To Millions In Mali

EAST AFRICA

Uganda

• AllAfrica: The Observer (Kampala): Ugandan Sues Govt Over Omar Al–Bashir
• AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: DPP Calls for Law to Protect Sexual Offence Witnesses
• ABC News: ICC Reports Djibouti, Uganda for Failing to Arrest Al–Bashir
• UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency: Thousands flee to Uganda from South Sudan following latest violence
• AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: Lawyers Protest Trial of Clerics in Crimes Court
• AllAfrica: The Monitor: War crimes court refers Djibouti and Uganda to UN

Kenya

• Mail and Guardian Africa: Mungiki sect casts long, dark shadow ahead of Kenya’s 2017 Elections
• The Star: ICC judges refuse to consider victims compensation request in Ruto, Sang case
• Africa News: Kenyan police charged with murder over human rights lawyer’s death

Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)

• AllAfrica: The New Times: Rwanda: Prosecution Names Indicted Genocide Suspects in New Zealand
• Africanews: Rwandan refugees status to end by December 31
• Human Rights Watch: Rwanda: Locking Up the Poor: New Findings of Arbitrary Detention, Ill–Treatment in “Transit Centers”

Somalia

• allAfrica: Somalia: Hundreds Flee Somali Town to Escape Violence
• Garowe Online: Somalia: MAP Files a Complaint Against Puntland Minister of Information, While Gov’t Double Up Media Crackdown

NORTH AFRICA

Libya

• The New York Times: Sirte Battle Risks Widening Libya Political Splits
• The New York Times: Shelling, Air Strikes in Libya Siege on Islamic State in Sirte
• The New York Times: Libya Militia Downs Helicopter, Killing 2 French Troops
• The New York Times: UN: Islamic State Fighters Face Possible Defeat in Libya

EUROPE

Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Trial Judgment upheld in the case v. Mato Čondrić
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Trial Verdict modified in the Gligor Begović case
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Goran Vujović sentenced to 6, Miroslav Duka to 12, Željko Ilić to 5 years in prison
• Balkan Insight: Srebrenica Prison Sentences: 637 Years and Counting

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

• Jurist: ICTY war crimes defendant Goran Hadzic dies

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

• Justice Report: Croatian Defence Council Fighter ‘Beat Prisoner Daily’
• Balkan Insight: Serbian Paramilitary ‘Captain Dragan’ Pleads Not Guilty
• Balkan Insight: EU Insists on Serbian Cooperation Over War Crimes

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

• VOA Khmer: Genocide Memorials Provide Insight into Khmer Rouge Regime
• VOA Khmer: Duch Says Was Ordered to ‘Exterminate Everbody’ at Security Center
• Khmer Times: Has the Khmer Rouge Tribunal Taken Too Long?

Iraq

• BBC News: Iraq shrine attack: IS kills dozens in Balad
• Reuters: Baghdad bombing death toll rises to 281
• Reuters: U.S. says hopes to raise in excess of $2 billion in aid for Iraq

Syria

• The New York Times: &ISIS Shoots Down Helicopter in Syria, Killing 2 Russians
• The New York Times: U.S. and Russia Agree on Steps to Combat ISIS in Syria
• The New York Times: Dozens of Civilians Reported Dead in U.S.–Led Syria Airstrike
• The New York Times: Group Backed by U.S. Gives ISIS 48 Hours to Leave Syrian City

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

• An–Nahar: STL halts proceedings against slain Hezbollah commander
• The Daily Star: Special Tribunal resumes hearings after three week suspension
• Source: STL cross–examines investigator for prosecution further
• The Daily Star: STL sets sentencing hearing for Akhbar, chief editor August 29

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

• Daily Sun: Charge framing over Maheskhali war crimes Aug 31
• bdnews24.com: Bangladesh moves to revoke plots awarded to four 1971 war criminals
• bdnews24.com: Ganajagaran Mancha unhappy with ‘soft sentences’ for five war criminals
• Arab News: 3 get death penalty for Bangladesh war crimes
• Dhaka Tribune: Jamaat leader kicked out of House of Commons

War Crimes Investigations in Burma

• Karen News: Human Rights Groups Call for Investigation into Destruction of Mosques
• Karen News: Civilian Deaths in Shan, Kachin State Military Conflicts

AMERICAS

North & Central America

• The Washington Post: El Salvador strikes down amnesty for crimes during its civil war
• VICE News: El Salvador could start going after war criminals – and the government isn’t happy
• Fox News: Salvadoran amnesty guaranteed repeat of war crimes, attorney says

South America

• NACLA: One Step Forward for Bolivia’s Gas War Victims
• Chron: German president admits diplomat failures in colony in Chile
• Fox News: Peru puts soldiers on trial for wartime rapes

TOPICS

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

• Telesur: El Salvador Finally Paves Way to Justice for Civil War Victims
• IndiaTV News: Over 54,000 cases of human rights abuses filed in Nepal
• New York Times: Turning the Call for Racial Reckonings Back on the U.S.
• Solomon Star News: Sikua hits back at DPM
• Inside Indonesia: Justice Denied?
• Toronto Metro: Government supports indigenous declaration without reservation: Wilson–Raybould

Terrorism

• CNN: Gunmen launch deadly attack near Bangladesh Eid gathering
• NBC News: Arizona Terror Suspect Sought Guns, Bomb Instructions: Court Docs
• ABC News: Terror Attack on Nice: 84 Dead After Grenade–Filled Truck Plows Into Crowd
• The Guardian: Turkey coup attempt could destabilize ally in region reeling from terrorism
• Bloomberg: Kazakhstan Declares Terrorism Alert After Attacks Kill Five
• The Wall Street Journal: European Terrorism Arrests Rise as Jihadist Groups Focus on Urban Attacks
• The Wall Street Journal: German Officials Seek to Calm Terrorism Fears After Ax Attack on Train
• CNN: Indonesia most–wanted terrorist killed in a gunfight with police
• CNN: Nice attack: Ties to ISIS not yet established, official says

Piracy

• Maritime Executive: Two Pirate Attacks Thwarted off West Africa
• Times of India: Bandits attack Amazon tourist boat of foreigners in Peru
• Maritime Executive: Another Twelve Pirates Convicted
• Strategy Page: Murphy’s Law: Chinese Pirates Have A Powerful Patron
• Maritime Executive: Piracy Incidents Drop to Four–Year Low

Gender–Based Violence

• Identities.Mic: Deeniquia Dodds, Transgender Woman, Dead After Being Shot in Washington, DC
• All Africa: Tanzania: Police Enlightened On Gender Based Violence

Commentary and Perspectives

• The Toronto Star: Many damning truths but no justice in the “war on terror”
• Human Rights Watch: Dispatches: El Salvador Court Sends a Message to Proponents of Impunity
• Concord Monitor: Jonathan P. Baird: Justice for Victor Jara
• The Japan Times: China takes lesson from U.S.
• Time Magazine: Indonesia’s Mass Killings of 1965 Were Crimes Against Humanity, International Judges Say