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Contents
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Central African Republic & UgandaDarfur, SudanDemocratic Republic of the CongoKenya
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment Confirmed in the Case v. Ranko Ševarika et al.
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Radenko Ilić Ordered into Custody
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Begzad Kajtazi and Šemsudin Pekić Ordered into Custody
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Hurriyet Daily News: Six Bosnian Serbs Arrested Over Hundreds of Wartime Deaths
- Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Mladic Witness Denies Plagiarism
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- ABC News: Bosnia Arrests 3 For War Crimes, Including a Police Official
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Bosniak Fighter Jailed for Kozarac Killings
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Serbian Fighter Describes ‘Extermination’ of Kosovo Villagers
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Bosnian Army Soldier Convicted of Jablanica Prisoner Abuses
- Balkan Transitional Justice: Serbian Fighter Acquitted of Bosnia War Rapes
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- The Cambodia Daily: Officials Silent on Next Steps for KRT Cases
- Khmer Times: Gov’t Pledges $4 Million More for KR Tribunal
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Vox: The US is so paranoid about Syrian refugees that it’s letting barely any in
- The Daily Beast: Cubans and Bosnian Refugees Accused of Helping ISIS, But No Syrian Refugees
- The Intercept: U.S. Mass Surveillance Has No Record of Thwarting Large Terror Attacks, Regardless of Snowden Leaks
- The New York Times: Chicago-Area Cousins to Plead Guilty in Attack Plot
- The Buffalo News: Lackawanna man accused of supporting ISIS ruled competent for trial
- 10 News: Kuwait arrests extremists in cell funded by Islamic State
- Christian Today: New York teen charged with conspiracy to support ISIS to be tried as adult, court rules
- WLOS ABC 13: Special Report: ISIS Recruiting is Happening in North Carolina
- Reuters: Exclusive: U.S. has urged legal reforms abroad to block Islamic State recruits
- Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting: ‘Anti-Islamophobia’ Activists Goes from CAIR to ISIS via MSNBC
- The Daily Star: Sabra Lawyer Recasts Abu Adass as Violent Militant
- The Daily Star: STL Defense Questions Analyst’s Experience
- The Daily Star: STL ends Examination of U.N. Communications Analyst
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- US News: US Criticism Grows on Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal as 2 Opposition Leaders Face Execution
- BDNews24: After Execution of Four War Criminals, Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Nizami’s Appeal is Next to be Settled
- Al Jazeera: Bangladesh hangs opposition figures for war crimes
- The Daily Star: The UN Calls on Dhaka to Abolish Death Penalty
- Prothom Alo: 29 War Crimes Suspects Still on Trial
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
- Chicago Tribune: Muslims Report Backlash in United States After Paris Attacks
- The Washington Post: U.S. Military Investigation: Civilians in Iraq Likely Killed in A-10 Airstrike
- Digital Journal: Canadian Federal Court Suspends Deportation of Rwandan Man
- The New York Times: Pentagon Expands Inquiry Into Intelligence on ISIS Surge
- The New York Times: U.S. Imposes Sanctions on 4 in Burundi Violence
- The Washington Post: U.S. Cites Errors and Technical Failures in Report in Afghan Hospital Attack
- Reuters: Reports of Civilian Casualties Dim Chances of U.S.-Russia Alliance in Syria
TOPICS
- NBC News: Multiple Paris Terror Attacks Leave at Least 120 Dead
- Financial Times: Trial Hears Of Westfield Bomb Plot
- New York Times: 16 Arrests in Belgium Terrorism Raids
- Thomson Reuters: Saudi Arabia to Execute More Than 50 Convicted Of Terrorism, Local Media Say
- Thomson Reuters: Turkey Arrests Two Journalists On Terrorism Charges: CNN Turk
- The Maritime Executive: Pirate Leader Arrested in Philippines
- UPI: U.S., U.K. Help Build West African Partners’ Anti-Piracy Capabilities
- The New York Times: Somali Pirates Hijack Iranian Fishing Vessel With 15 Crew, Says Official
- The Washington Post: Why Young American Women are Joining ISIS
- Thomson Reuters Foundation: Securing Justice for Victims of Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Mail & Guardian: Young Female Suicide Bombers Kill 15 in Nigeria
- Newsweek: At Ex-Dictator’s Trial, Women Reveal Dark Secrets
- U.S. New and World Report: Activists Push for a Ban after Gambia Leader Denounces Female Genital Mutilation
REPORTS
- Daily News and Analysis: UN Doubts Fairness of Trial and Execution of Two Opposition Leaders in Bangladesh
- Al- Arabiya: U.N. Votes to Condemn Syria Over Rights Violations
- The Jurist: UN Delegation: Sri Lanka Has Opportunity to Provide Rights to Disappeared Citizens
- U.S. News World and Report: Talks Under Way for UN Human Rights Chief to Visit North Korea, Both Sides Confirm.
- The Japan Times: Islamic State-linked Forces Consolidating Grip on Libya; Parties Waging War Crimes: U.N.
- UN News Centre: Warring Factions in Libya Show Little Regard for Civilian Life, Says UN, Reporting ‘Gross’ Rights Abuses.
- The Globe and Mail: UN Approves Resolution Condemning Burundi Killings
WORTH READING
- Haider Ala Hamoudi: ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorism and the Classical Jihad: On the Contingencies of Violent Islamic Extremism
- W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser: Recollection Bias and Its Underpinnings: Lessons from Terrorism-Risk Assessments
- Ahmed E. Souaiaia: The Genealogy, Ideology, and Future of ISIL and its Derivatives
- Mark Kersten: Sudan, South African and the future of the International Criminal Court in Africa
- Patryk Labuda: The ICC intervenes in Georgia-When is a Peacekeeper a Peacekeeper?
- Umesh Perinpanayagam: Mass killings of Tamil civilians downplayed in new UN report on Sri Lanka, silent on genocide question
- Mark Kersten: Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court in Georgia?
- Charles J. Dunlap, Jr.: Honor, Morality, and the DOD Law of War Manual
- Kevin Jon Heller: Missing Charges in the OTP’s Georgia Request
- Ralf Trapp: The Investigation Into the Islamic State and Chemical Weapons
