Vol. 7, Issue 26 — March 25, 2013
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Central African Republic & Uganda
- BembaTrial.org: Bemba’s 15th Witness Continues Testimony in Closed Session
- BembaTrial.org: Witness Questioned About Bemba’s Battalion Deployed in Car
- BembaTrial.org: Bad Weather Disrupts Bemba Hearings
- BembaTrial.org: Bemba’s Soldiers were “Integrated” into Central African Army
- BembaTrial.org: Witness Says Bemba Troops Did Not Commit Crimes
- BembaTrial.org: MLC Troops ‘Were Not Present in Towns Where Crimes Were Committed’
- BembaTrial.org: Prosecutors Challenge Witness on Date Bemba Troops Joined Conflict
- NewVision: ICC Assures Kony Group of Safety
Darfur, Sudan
- Huffington Post: Sudan: Arrest Warrant Against President Turned 9 Years
- Sudan Tribune: Chad Urged to Execute Arrest Warrant Against Sudanese Leader
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kenya
- AllAfrica.com: ICC Prosecutor Drops Muthaura’s Case
- Standard Digital News: Uhuru Fights Off ICC Charges
- NZweek: Cleared Kenyan ICC Suspect Faults Court’s Investigation Process
- AllAfrica.com: Muthaura Not Entitled to Compensation
- Uhuru Kenyatta Challenges ICC Case: Uhuru Kenyatta Challenges ICC Case
- The Washington Post: Defense Lawyer Says Case International Court Against Kenyan President-Elect Should be Dropped
- Standard Digital News: ICC Witness Against Ruto Steps Down
- Global Post: ICC to Review Case Against Kenya’s President-Elect Uhuru Kenyatta
- Reuters: ICC Prosecutor Says Kenyatta Case Will Go to Trial
Libya
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Christian Science Monitor: Is Ivory Coast Zeal to Prosecute Former Bad Guys Setting Up War in West Africa?
- All Africa: Trial of Gbagbo Ally Prosecution Asks for Short Adjournment
AFRICA
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Special Court for Sierra Leone
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Main Trial Commences in the Case v. Zoran Marinić
- The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Indictment Confirmed in the Case v. Osman Brkan et al.
- The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Custody of Nedžad Hodžić Terminated
- The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Indictment Confirmed in the Case v. Frano Vulić
- The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Main Trial Commences in the Case v. Dragomir Soldat et al.
- The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Second-Instance Verdict in Pustivuk Sent Out
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting: “Not Knowing and Not Seeing” at Srebrenica
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Serbian Ex-Officials Seek Acquittals for Kosovo Convictions
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Do Overturned Convictions Undermine Hague Tribunal?
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Stanisic-Zupljanin Verdict Due
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Karadzic Witness Pressed on Serb “Tigers”
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- Dalje.com: Serbia Can’t Accept War Crimes Deal With Croatia Because of Law
- Balkan Insight: Croat Fighters ‘Expelled Bosniaks from Villages’
- Balkan Insight: Confusion Over Sex Abuse Claims at Bosnia Camp Trial
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Croat Indicted for Dretelj Camp Murders
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Fighters ‘Beat School Captives Bloody’
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Paramilitaries Accused of Beatings and Theft
- Balkan Insight: Prijedor Mosque Executions Trial Starts in Bosnia
- Balkan Insight: Bosniak Fighter Jailed for Abusing Serb Prisoners
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- The Phnom Penh Post: Tribunal: Stoppage Splits Staff
- VOA Khmer: Groups Call on Tribunal to Find Salaries for Interpreters
- The Phnom Penh Post: ‘Intimidation’ Thins Striker Ranks
- The Phnom Penh Post: Clerk’s File Block Inappropriate: Judges
- Bangkok Post: Lawyers Back Strike at Cambodia War Crimes Court
- The Phnom Penh Post: Strike is Over…For Now
- NPR: Khmer Rouge Co-Founder Ieng Sary Dies
- The Washington Post: US Says Death of Khmer Rouge Leader Shows Need to Expedite Cambodia Trials
- UPI: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Told to Get to Work
- VOA Khmer: With Death of Ieng Sary, Tribunal Faces Further Jeopardy
- Global Times: Cambodian PM Denies Deterring Proceedings at UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal
- VOA Khmer: In Former Khmer Rouge Stronghold, Ieng Sary Mourned
- VOA Khmer: Wife of Ieng Sary to Travel for His Funeral
- VOA Khmer: UN, Cambodia Seeking Solution to Tribunal Funding Problems
- The Phnom Penh Post: Government, UN Talk ECCC’s Funding Woes
Syria
- The New York Times: A Battle for Syria, One Court at a Time
- The Daily Star Lebanon: U.N. Must Refer Syria War Crimes to ICC: Amnesty International
- Bloomberg: UN to Probe Claims Chemical Weapons were Used in Syria
- Reuters : U.N. Investigators Get Another Year to Probe Syria Abuses
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- Bangladesh News 24: ICT Adjourns Azam Case with Fine
- Bangladesh News 24: Gulam Azam was ‘Lighthouse’ for War Crimes
- The Express Tribune: JI Protester Killed in New Bangladesh War Crimes Clashes
- The Economist: Justice in Bangladesh: Another Kind of Crime
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
United States
- Associated Press: Ayotte Says Bin Laden Spokesman Should Go to Guantanamo Bay, Not Be Tried in US
- CNN: Drones Killing Innocent Pakistanis, U.N. Official Says
- Bloomberg: Durbin Nudges White House on Drones
- Reuters: Guantanamo Hunger Strike Stems From Frustration: U.S. General
South & Central America
Chile
Colombia
- Colombia Reports: Former Congressman Convicted for Notorious Paramilitary Massacre
- Colombia Reports: Former Colombian Paramilitary Leader Sentenced to 20 Years
- Colombia Reports: 6 Police Officers Arrested for 1996 Massacre
TOPICS
Terrorism
- BBC: Dart, Alom and Mahmood Plead Guilty to Terror Charges
- UPI.com: End Near for Trial of 275 Terror Suspects
- The Washington Post: Malaysia Charges 8 Filipinos with Terrorism Offenses Over Deadly Armed Siege in Borneo
- BBC: Omagh Bomb: Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly Found Liable at Retrial
Piracy
Universal Jurisdiction
Gender-Based Violence
REPORTS
NGO Reports
- Amnesty International : Syria: Summary Killings and Other Abuses by Armed Opposition Groups
- Amnesty International : Syria: Government Bombs Rains on Civilians
- Amnesty International : USA: ‘Judge Us by Our Actions’: A Reflection on Accountability for U.S. Detainee Abuses 10 Years After the Invasion of Iraq
- Human Rights Watch: Libya: Stop Revenge Crimes Against Displaced Persons
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS
Canada
Nepal
- Ekantipur: TRC Ordinance: Blanket Amnesty Provision Will Go, Say Party Leaders
- The Himalayan Times: Conflict Victims Decry Ordinance on TRC
- Republica: TRC Ordinance Does Not Meet International Obligations: Diplomatic Community
South Africa
COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES
- Justice in Conflict: Praise for Fatou Bensouda, in the Wake of Kenyatta and Muthaura
- Justice in Conflict: Canada Threatens to Undermine the ICC?
- EJIL: Talk!: Some Observations on the Turkel Report and the Investigation of Wrongdoing by the Armed Forces
- Opinio Juris: Yep, Libya Is Stalling Concerning the Documents It Seized from the OPCD
- Communis Hostis Omnium: Broadcast of Mekong Pirate’s Execution May Have Violated Chinese Law
- The New York Times: International Justice and Diplomacy
- Justice in Conflict: Barrier to Justice: Could Rwanda Prevent Ntaganda from Reaching The Hague?
WORTH READING
- Northwestern University School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper Series No. 13-10: Jurisdiction over Israeli Settlement Activity in the International Criminal Court
- Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Forthcoming : Applying International Fair Trial Standards to the Military Commissions of Guantanamo
- Law and War, Sarat, Douglas, Umphrey eds., Stanford University Press, 2013: The Individualization of War: From Collectivism to Individualism in the Regulation of Armed Conflicts
- Social & Legal Studies, Forthcoming : Knowing Women: Translating Patriarchy in International Criminal Law
- Southern Illinois University Law Review, Forthcoming: The 9/11 Military Commission Motion Hearings: An Ordinary Citizen Looks at Comparative Legitimacy
