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Volume 11 – Issue 24 |
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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.
CENTRAL AFRICA
- News24: UN extends sanctions on Central African Republic
- UN News Centre: UN fund allocates $6 million to help thousands in violence-hit parts of Central African Republic
- Agence France Presse/Yahoo News: Sudan Opposition Leader Back from Exile to ‘End War’
- Associated Press: Czech FM: 20-year Sentence for Czech in Sudan Groundless
- Sudan Tribune: Eastern Sudan Group Urges ICC to Investigate “Port Sudan Massacre”
- Reuters: Fresh Clashes near South Sudan’s Oil Hub of Malakal
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- International Justice Monitor: Ntaganda Trial: Video Link Testimony of Witness P005 Heard in Closed Session
- International Justice Monitor: Hearings in Ntaganda Trial Continue in Closed Session
- International Justice Monitor: Ntaganda Appeals ICC Decision to Try Him Over Rape of UPC Child Soldiers
- International Justice Monitor: Judges at ICC Decline to Grant Protective Measures to Upcoming Prosecution Witness
- International Justice Monitor: Former Congolese Judge Testifies at Ntaganda’s ICC Trial
WEST AFRICA
Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon
- The New York Times: Malnutrition Wiping Out Children in Northern Nigeria, Aid Workers Say
- The Washington Post: At Least 4 Killed in Trio of Suicide Attacks in Nigeria
- Yahoo News: Boko Haram in Deadly Ambush on Motorists in NE Nigeria
- The New York Times: UN: 5 Killed in Attack Along Cameroon-Nigeria Border
- ABC News: Jihadism is on the Move in Mali – Why This Matters to Western Countries
- New Vision: Mali Arrests Two Suspects in Planned Terror Attack
- The Guardian: Mali Cancels Return of Famous Music Festival After al-Qaida Attack
EAST AFRICA
- AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: Signaller Reveals LRA Secret Codes At Ongwen ICC Trial
- International Business Times: First LRA fighter testifies during warlord Dominic Ongwen’s ICC trial
- AllAfrica: The Independent (Kampala): Uganda: Former LRA Commander Kwoyelo’s Pretrial Set for Tomorrow
- AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: Mbuya Barracks Attack – Suspects Fail to Present Witnesses
- The Star: Al Shabaab planning major attack in Nairobi, DCI claims
- The Star: ICC starts fresh probe on witness tampering
Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)
- Fredericksburg: UN alarm that most of al-Shabab’s force in Somalia are kids
- Al Jazeera: Somalia: Al-Shabab attack at Mogadishu hotel ‘kills 28’
- News 24: Al-Shabaab, Kenya claim dozens of deaths in Somalia attack
NORTH AFRICA
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Balkan Insight: Serb Fighters Charged with Visegrad Bosniaks’ Disappearances
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia Charges Serb Woman with Vlasenica Massacre
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: ICTY Legacy Dialogues: From the Tribunal to the Classroom
- Balkan Insight: Hague Tribunal Rejects Karadzic’s Cancer Claims
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- B92: “Specialist Prosecution not seeking Haradinaj’s extradition”
- Balkan Insight: Serbia’s Ex-War Crimes Prosecutor ‘Barred from Working’
- Balkan Insight: Arrested Kosovo Ex-PM Accuses Serbia of ‘Abusing Law’
- Balkan Insight: Kosovo Victim’s Son Accuses KLA Guerrillas of Abduction
- B92: Haradinaj appears in court, extradition decision on Feb. 9
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
- The Guardian: Children held in Iraq over suspected ISIS links ‘say they were tortured’
- The New York Times: Papers Offer a Peek at ISIS’ Drones, Lethal and Largely Off-the-Shelf
- UN News Centre: Syria: UN chief Guterres clarifies tasks of panel laying groundwork for possible war crimes probe
- Reuters: Air strikes hit Red Crescent offices in Syria, monitoring group says
- The Washington Post: A photo of her brother’s corpse popped up on her phone. Now Syrian officials could be put on trial for war crimes.
- Reuters: Eleven civilians killed in air strikes in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military
- New York Times: Renewed Fighting and Drone Strikes in Yemen Kill About 75
- The Guardian: Suspected US drone strikes kill three al-Qaida suspects in Yemen, officials say
- The Guardian: UK accused of failing to defend rights of Yemeni children against daily violations
- ReliefWeb: Yemen Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #5 Fiscal Year (FY) 2017
- ABC News: UN Experts Say Yemen Opponents May Have Committed War Crimes
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- VOA Cambodia: New Documentary to Shed Light on Khmer Rouge Survivor’s Struggle
- VOA Cambodia: Q&A: Lawyers Nushin Sarkarati and Daniel McLaughlin on the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
- The Daily Star: Dispute arises over investigator’s qualifications at STL
- The Daily Star: STL looks at location data for plot command structure
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- Bdnews24: Bengali officers of Pakistan Army under shadow of 1971 war crimes probe
- Bdnews24: Enayet Ullah, accused of war crimes, dies
- Bdnews24: Investigators press war crimes charges on four from Netrokona
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
- Anadolu Agency: Violence displaces 92,000 in Myanmar Rakhine state: UN
- ABC: Bangladesh plans to relocate Rohingya refugees to prevent ‘intermingling’
- The New York Times: Myanmar Arrests 4 in Fatal Shooting of Prominent Rights Lawyer
AMERICAS
- CBC News: Federal Court denies bid to block Canada-Saudi Arabia arms deal
- TeleSur: UN Warns US, West over Support for Saudi ‘War Crimes’ in Yemen
- Ynet news: Chile court rejects Palestinain suit
- Colombia Reports: Prosecutor warns ICC will try military commanders if Colombia transitional justice fails
- Colombia Reports: Surrender of Colombia’s FARC child soldiers to begin February 1: govt
- CBC News: Delays, tricky logistics hamper peace process in Colombia
TOPICS
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- News Ghana: Burundi lacks expertise to identify massacre victims
- Kathmandu Post: Transitional Justice process hangs in balance: Victims worried about being left out in cold
- Bangkok Post: Abhisit urges govt to mull all unity advice
- Awoko: Sierrra Leone News: CRC presents Report
- AllAfrica: Gambia: The Five Big Questions Facing the New Gambia’s New Government
- CBC News: Reconciliation report card: Work remains for cities.
- RadioFreeEurope: Austrian Authorities Say Terrorist Attack Prevented In Vienna
- The Sun: Terror attack numbers soar by 25 per cent – with ISIS fanatics responsible for a third of the killings
- The Washington Post: Designating the Muslim Brotherhood a “terrorist organization” puts academic researchers at risk
- The Washington Times: Islamic State finds success infiltrating its terrorists into refugee flows to West
- Department of Defense News: U.S. Service Member Killed in Raid on Terrorists in Yemen
- Forbes: Most Terrorists In The U.S. Since 9/11 Have Been American Citizens Or Legal Residents
- Maritime Executive: Suicide Attack on Saudi Frigate Kills Two Sailors
- Reuters: Suspect in Canada mosque shooting sought money, scouted site
- The Washington Post: German police arrest Tunisian suspected of plotting Islamic State terrorist attack
- Reuters: TitlFlorida nightclub gunman’s widow knew of his plan: U.S. prosecutorse
- In Homeland Security: Kidnappings at Sea on the Rise Despite Global Piracy Decline
- Maritime Executive: Philippines Continues to be Piracy Hotspot
- The Washington Post: What do pirates want? To steal riches at sea so they can pay for wars on land.
- Security News Desk: With a threat from terrorists and pirates ever-present, are there choppy waters ahead for cruise ship security?
- Maritime Executive: Sailors’ Society Launches Asian Crisis Response Network
- Times of Oman: South Korean envoy thanks Oman for anti-piracy assistance
- United Press International: Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte wants China to patrol international waters
