War Crimes Prosecution Watch, Volume 11 – Issue 9 July 11, 2016
FREDERICK K. COX
INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER
Founder/Advisor
Michael P. Scharf
Editor-in-Chief
Kevin J. Vogel
Technical Editor-in-Chief
Jeradon Z. Mura
Managing Editors
Dustin Narcisse
Victoria Saran
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
- Al Jazeera: South Sudan: Dozens killed as violence flares in Wau
- Amnesty International: South Sudan: Devastating impact of war on mental health must be addressed
- The Guardian: Violence erupts again in South Sudan as faith in peace deal flounders
- Sudan Tribune: Ugandan government sued for failure to arrest Bashir
Democratic Republic of the Congo
WEST AFRICA
- Daily Mail: Ivorian ex-militia chief says Simone Gbagbo bankrolled group
- Daily Mail: Ivorian ex-first lady’s lawyers try to discredit accuser
- Reuters: Aides to ousted Ivorian leader return home after five-year exile
Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon
- All Africa: Boko Haram – Why Jaw-Jaw Might Be Better Than War-War for Nigeria
- News 24: War waged against Fulani herdsmen
- Al Jazeera: Deadly nomad-versus-farmer conflict escalates
- AfricaNews: UN peacekeepers facing rising terror threat in Mali
- The Washington Post: 3 killed, 6 hurt in attack on Malian military near Timbuktu
- AllAfrica: Trouble in the Heart of Mali
EAST AFRICA
- AllAfrica: The Observer (Kampala): Uganda: Clerics Trial – DPP Doesn’t Know Its Case – Lawyers
- BBC: Uganda to withdraw troops from Somalia’s Amisom force
- AllAfrica: The Observer (Kampala: Uganda: Treason – Besigye Pleads for a Speedy Trial
- AllAfrica: The New Times: East Africa: Commonwealth Launches Legal Resource On Violence Against Women
- AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: UPC’s Odiya Treason Case Adjourned
- WWLP-22 News: Group wants “crimes against humanity” lawsuit against Springfield pastor tossed out Sexual Minorities Uganda claims Scott Lively’s visits led to anti-gay violence
- Sudan Tribune: Ugandan government sued for failure to arrest Bashir
- The Star: AU opposes arrest of leaders
- The Star: Itumbi issues 7-day ultimatum to New York Times for apology on ICC article
- The Star: Restore trust in police before 2017 polls, UN tells Kenya
Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)
- All Africa: Rwanda: Famine Hits Over 100,000 Rwandan Families in Eastern Province
- The Jerusalem Post: PM says Rwanda genocide teaches that countries cannot outsource security to others
NORTH AFRICA
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- The Cambodia Daily: As Testimony Ends, Duch’s Legacy Debated
- The Phnom Penh Post: New Lawyer Named for KR Suspect Im Chaem
- The New York Times: ISIS Said to Abduct Hundreds of Kurdish Civilians in Syria
- The New York Times : ISIS Is Said to Claim Responsibility for Attack at Jordan-Syria Border
- NBC News: ISIS Repels American-Backed Forces Advancing on Syria Bastion
- Jurist: Amnesty: Opposition Forces Committing War Crimes In Syria
- The Daily Star: STL on hold pending ruling on Badreddine
- Asharq Al-Awsat: Hezbollah’s Story on Badreddine’s Death Incorrect: Western Intelligence Sources
- Naharnet: Ruling in STL Case against al-Amin, al-Akhbar Scheduled for July 15
- The Daily Star: STL unanimously re-elects president of court
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- bdnews24.com: Six Gaibandha men including former Jamaat MP indicted for 1971 war crimes
- South Asian Broadcasting Agency: War crime tribunal depriving of fair trail right to JI leaders in Bangladesh, says British lawyer
- Dhaka Tribune: Two Habiganj war criminals appeal against tribunal verdict
- The Diplomat: Can Bangladesh and Turkey Mend Frayed Ties?
- The Indian Express: The guilty men of Dhaka terror attack
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
- The Irrawaddy: Human Rights Situation Still Dire: UN Envoy
- The Irrawaddy: Chin Party Condemns Abuses by Burma Army, Arakan Army
- Karen News: Burma Army Behind the “Systemic Torture” of Civilians, says Report
- The Guardian: Former Nazi death squad member wins victory to stay in Canada
- Beaumont Enterprise: El Salvador rights body urges probe of poet’s 1975 killing
- teleSUR: Guatemala’s Attorney General Is in ‘Real Danger’: CICIG Head
- Roads and Kingdoms: The Bones of Guatemala’s Disappeared
- Amnesty International: Surviving Death: Police and Military Torture of Women in Mexico
TOPICS
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Washington Blade: Agreement to end Colombian war acknowledges LGBT victims
- The Himalayan Times: TRC directive to be finalized soon
- Daily Herald Tribune: Teaching First Nations history may come with challenges
- Solomon Times: Solomon Islands Begin National Reconciliation
- Business Standard: Lanka to set up truth-seeking commission to probe war abuses
- Eyewitness News: ‘SA needs group to monitor reconciliation’
- New York Times: After Orlando, Questions Over Effectiveness of Terrorism Watch Lists
- USA Today: Rio braces for Olympic terrorist threats
- USA Today: NY enacts tougher anti-terrorism rule
- UN News Centre: General Assembly adopts resolution addressing terrorism and violent extremism
- Fox News 2: 20 hostages killed in terrorist attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh
- New York Times: Bombing Kills More Than 140 in Baghdad
- New York Daily News: Terrorism suspect indicted in plot to murder federal judge
- CNN: Istanbul airport attack: 36 dead, 147 injured, Turkish officials say
- Maritime Executive: Kidnapping on the Rise in Gulf of Guinea
- Mehr News Agency: Navy stops 115 pirates from attacking Iranian tanker
- Tasnim News Agency: Iranian Commander: Navy to Launch Homegrown Destroyer, Submarine Soon
- Maritime Executive: Nations Offer Aid in Fight Against Abu Sayyaf Piracy
- The Interpreter: Making ground in the fight against gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea
- Daily Observer: LNFCS Trains 64 Farmers on Gender Based Violence Prevention
- All Africa: Kenya: Breaking the Silence On Gender Based Violence
- The New York Times: The World Bank Should Champion Human Rights
- New Jersey Hills Media Group: COMMENTARY: No sanitizing history: Germany teaches Turkey a lesson
- Xinhua News: Commentary: World looks to know whole truth about CIA secret jails in Europe
- The Island: Divided national unity government needs time to prioritise
- Peoria Journal Star: Editorial: Assad must be tried for war crimes
- The Guardian: Putting Tony Blair in the dock is a fantasy
- The Indian Express: It’s Still 1971
