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Contents
Central African Republic & UgandaDarfur, SudanDemocratic Republic of the Congo
- ICC/CPI: ICC Presidency recomposes Trial Chamber VII in the case concerning Mr Bemba et al.
- ICC/CPI: ICC Presidency re-assigns the situation in DRC to Pre-Trial Chamber I
- ICC/CPI: Ntaganda Trial opens at International Criminal Court
- All Africa: Ruto Appeals ICC Decision to Allow Bensouda Use Recanted Witness Statements
- International Justice Monitor: Barasa Opens Second Challenge against ICC Arrest Warrant
- All Africa: Bensouda – OTP Will Again File Charges Against Kenyatta If Necessary Evidence Emerges
- Reuters: Four Libyan soldiers killed in new battle with Islamist fighters in Benghazi: medics
- Yahoo News: UN envoy to meet with Libya’s Tripoli parliament ahead of talks
- The Washington Post: U.S. defends seizure and interrogation of Benghazi terrorism suspect
- NBC News: Greek Coast Guard Seizes Libya-Bound Ship Carrying Weapons
AFRICA
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Accused in the Case v. Nikola Zovko et al. Enter a Not Guilty Plea
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Oliver Krsmanovic Sentenced to 18 (Eighteen) Years of Imprisonment
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: First Instance Verdict in Mensur Memic et al. Pronounced
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Prohibiting Measures Imposed on the Accused in the Case v. Ivan Kraljevic et al.
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Mladic Away at Wedding During Srebrenica Killings
- BIRN: Serbian War Criminal Sainovic Returns to Belgrade
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- InSerbia News: Could Thacki, Ceku And Other Kosovo’s Leaders Stand Trial For War Crime?
- Balkan Transnational Justice: Croatian War Criminal Arrested After Decade On Run
- Balkan Transnational Justice: Bosnia Charges Prosecutor With War Crimes Case Negligence
- Balkan Transnational Justice: Serbian War Criminal Sainovic Returns To Belgrade
- Jurist: Serbia Prosecutes Former Bosnia General For War Crimes
- Cleveland.com: Barberton Man Admits To War Crimes In Bosnian Conflict, Agrees To Deportation In Plea Agreement
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- Reuters: Pol Pot’s Sister-in-Law, Indicted for Genocide in Cambodia, dies
- Khmer Times: Court Appoints New Tribunal Judge
- The Phnom Penh Post: Defence teams walk out on proceedings
- UN News Centre: Security Council Condemns Use of Sexual Violence as ‘Tactic of War’ in Iraq and Syria
- Reuters: Islamic State’s Destruction of Roman Temple in Syria is War Crime: UNESCO
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- The Daily Beast: Group With No Jihadi Experience Rehabs ISIS Recruit
- KTAR News: Justice Department: Arizona man indicted for supporting ISIS
- The Examiner: Kenyan radical Muslim conspired to give terrorist groups material support.
- The Reason: Two Americans Headed to Prison After Tweeting Support for ISIS: As Reason regulars are all too aware, the feds have been taking a heavier hand lately when it comes to online speech.
- International Business Times: Mississippi State University’s Former Students Indicted For Trying To Join ISIS In Syria
- Minnesota Public Radio: February trial date set for Minnesota ISIS terror suspects
- The New York Times: Trial Set for Couple Accused of Trying to Join Islamic State
- The Daily Star: Telecoms Expert Explains Cellphone Evidence to STL
- The Daily Star: Defense Questions Reliability of Cell Phone Evidence
- The Daily Star: STL Defense Pokes Holes in Telecoms Expert’s Testimony
- The Daily Star: Dispute at the STL over Telecoms Expert
- The Daily Star: Distributor of Implicated SIM Cards Begins STL Testimony
- The Daily Star: STL Prosecution: Ajouz not a Candid Witness
REPORTS
- Reuters: U.N. Calls for End to Impunity for Crimes in Darfur, Sudan
- Daily Times Gazette: UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon Appalled By ISIS’ Demolition Of Palmyra, Calls It A ‘War Crime’
- NDTV: UN Security Council to ‘Act Immediately’ if South Sudan Peace Deal not Signed
- UN News Centre: Security Council Condemns Use of Sexual Volence as ‘Tactic of War’ in Iraq and Syria
WORTH READING
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
- AllAfrica: Tunisians Support the Truth Commission
- Jakarta Post: ‘Reconciliation’ Should not Sideline Justice
- Reuters: A Truth and Reconciliation Commission for the United States
- Channel News Asia: Victims of Armed Conflict Pressure Indonesia for Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Thomas Grant: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: What does International Law Have to Say?
- Mark Kersten: Should War Crime Perpetrators Pursue Doctorates?
- Aaron Matta And Anda Scarlat: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17–Possible Legal Avenues for Redress Part 1
- Aaron Matta And Anda Scarlat: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17–Possible Legal Avenues for Redress Part 2
- Ilya Nuzov: Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right: Ukraine Retaliates for Savchenko in Violation of IHL
- Ezequiel Heffes: Armed Opposition Groups’ Courts: Challenging the Lawfulness of Detentions in Light of the Serdar Mohammed Appeals Judgment
