Vol. 6, Issue 24 — February 27, 2012

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Central African Republic & Uganda

• BembaTrial.org: Testimony of Last Prosecution Witness Pushed to Next Week
• All Africa: Uganda: Kwoyelo Asks Court to Summon DPP Over Refusal to Grant Him Certificate

Darfur, Sudan

• International Justice Project: Understanding the Prosecutor’s Application for Warrant of Arrest for Sudanese Minister of Defense Hussein

Kenya

• The International Criminal Court Kenya Monitor: Kenyans Almost Split in Half Over ICC Accused’s Presidential Bids
• The International Criminal Court Kenya Monitor: Kenyan Court Says AG Can Continue With Appeal Against Bashir Warrant
• The Star: ICC Fixing Cases Uhuru Lawyer Says

Libya

• The New York Times: Delays In A Trial Show Libya’s Legal Disarray
• Al Arabiya News: Libya’s Court Says It Is ‘Incompetent’ In Qaddafi Loyalists’ Case, Orders Civil Trial For Them
• Associated Press: Moammar Gadhafi’s Daughter Seeks Death Certificate

Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

• All Africa: Cote d’Ivoire: Trial of Former President Laurent Gbagbo at the ICC
• AFP: Gbagbo Supporters Stage Hague Protest

AFRICA

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

• Hirondelle News Agency: Prosecution Supports Survivors Request Over “Inadequate” Sentences
• Hirondelle News Agency: Danish Judge Elected New ICTR President
• Hirondelle News Agency: Rwanda Creates Special Chamber for International Crimes
• Hirondelle News Agency: Resumption for Ex-Rwandan Minister’s Case Set for February 20
• Hirondelle News Agency: Canadian Lawyer Assigned New Lead Counsel for Ngirabatware
• Hirondelle News Agency: Prosecution, Defence Challenges Judgment for Former Rwandan Mayor

Special Court for Sierra Leone

• AllAfrica: Sierra Leone: Court Rejects Taylor Appeal to Re-Open Defence Case

EUROPE

Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Plea Hearing in the Case v. Mustafa Delilovic et al.
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Plea Hearing in the Case v. Slobodan Grujic
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Public Session of the Appellate Panel in the Case v. Gojko Klickovic et al.
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Slobodan Grujic Enters a Not Guilty Plea
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Accused in the Case of Mustafa Delilovic et al. Enter a Not Guilty Plea
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: First Instance Verdict in Darko Dolic Upheld

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Mladic Trial to Start in May
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Witness Talks of “Orchestrated” Srebrenica Capture
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Key Witness Absent from Haradinaj Trial
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Judges Reject Experts’ Brief in Gotovina Appeal

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

• Emg.rs: Member of Bojovic’s Group Wanted for War Crimes
• Naharnet: Bosnia Arrests Four Croats for War Crimes Against Serbs

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

• VOA Khmer: Court Shows Khmer Rouge had Clear Structure
• VOA Khmer: Tribunal Prosecutors Seek to Tie Khmer Rouge Crimes Together
• VOA Khmer: Regime Victims Tell Tribunal of Organized Atrocities
• Phnom Penh Post: Judges at KRT Fail to See Eye to Eye Again
• VOA Khmer: Nuon Chea Says Court Evidence ‘Not Correct’
• VOA Khmer: $45 Million for Tribunal Under Consideration
• Phnom Penh Post: Tribunal Officials Take Funding Case to UN
• VOA Khmer: Court Begins Reparations Campaign
• Phnom Penh Post: Nuon Chea Team Blamed for ‘Chaos’
• Phnom Penh Post: Dutch to Testify Next Month, Officials Say

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

• Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Media Advisory – Defence Counsel Sworn In
• The Daily Star: STL Refuses to Confirm Media Reports on New Indictment
• Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Amendments to the Rules of the Tribunal
• AFP: Hariri Prosecutor Says Justice Awaits for People of Lebanon
• The Daily Star: Bellemare Thanks Lebanese for Support Before STL Resignation
• UN News Centre: Ban Extends Mandate of UN-Backed Tribunal in Lebanon

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

• Bangladesh News 24: Legal Aid to SQC Not Fair, Claims wife
• BD Can: Crimes Against Humanity: Ghulam Azam’s Tribunal Day
• The Daily Star: Ghulam Azam Urged ME Not to Recognise Bangladesh
• Bangladesh News 24: ‘Sayedee Was Involved in my Brother’s Murder’
• The Daily Star: Ghulam Azam Lent Support to Tikka Khan
• Bangladesh News 24: S Q Chy’s Defence Seeks Six Charges Withdrawn
• The Daily Star: Ghulam Azam Hailed Pak Army Atrocities
• Bangladesh News 24: Ghulam Azam Denied Bail Again
• Bangladesh News 24: Sayedee Case Adjourned Till March 4

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

United States

• Associated Press: Appeals Court Won’t Hear Guantanamo Suicide Suit
• Washington Post: High-value Guantanamo Bay Detainee Majid Khan, in First, Reaches Plea Deal

TOPICS

Terrorism

• The New York Times: Indonesia Court Accuses Militant in Bali Blasts
• Fox News: Iraqi-Born Islamist Cleric in Norway Terror Trial
• CZECHPOSITION.com: Police File for First Ever Prosecution of Terror Suspects in Czech Rep.
• CNN: Thai Police Seek 5th Suspect after Bombings
• CNN: Lawyer for Indonesian Terrorism Suspect Rejects Murder Charge
• CNN: Costly Terror Trial Ends with Acquittals

Piracy

• Agence France-Presse: Denmark Hands Suspected Somali Pirates to Kenya for Trial
• The Telegraph: Britain’s Anti-Piracy ‘Conveyor Belt’ Stretches from Somalia to Seychelles and Back

Universal Jurisdiction

• Hirondelle News Agency: Former Rwandan Prosecutor Released on Bail in Belgium

Gender-Based Violence

• The UN News Centre: UN Report on Sexual Violence During Conflict Singles Out Worst Offenders

REPORTS

UN Reports

• The UN News Centre: UN Report on Sexual Violence During Conflict Singles Out Worst Offenders

NGO Reports

• Human Rights Watch: Getting Children Off the Battlefield
• Human Rights Watch: Belgium/Senegal: World Court to Hear Habré Trial Dispute
• Human Rights Watch: Somalis: Warring Parties Put Children at Grave Risk

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS

Canada

• Herald News: Residential schools likened to genocide
• Lillooet News: USLCES to Receive $100,000 from Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Kenya

• The Star: Calls to Hold Coast TJRC hearing
• The Star: Kiplagat Bashed at the Wagalla Massacre Fete

Nepal

• The Himalayan: Kin of Conflict-Era Disappeared Demand Justice

Sri Lanka

• The Hindu: U.S. Delivers Strongest Message Yet to Sri Lanka

Thailand

• Bangkok Post: Nobel Winners Annan, Ahtisaari Say Reconciliation Requires Compromise
• Bangkok Post: Compo Ruled Out for Those Convicted of Protest Crimes

COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES

• AllAfrica.com: Kenya: ICC ‘Fixing’ Cases, Uhuru Lawyers Says
• Christian Science Monitor: How ‘Friends of Syria’ Meeting Showcases International Weakness
• Chicago Tribune: Supreme Court to Hear Corporate Human Rights Case
• JURIST: Potential Perils of Localizing International Criminal Justice

WORTH READING

• American Journal of International Law: International Decision: Situation in the Republic of Kenya: No. ICC-01/09-02/11-274 – Judgment on Kenya’s Appeal of Decision Denying Admissibility
• Amsterdam Law Forum: Prosecuting the Gaddafi’s: Swift or Political Justice?

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