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Contents

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Central African Republic & Uganda

Darfur, Sudan

• Bloomberg Business: Sudan’s Darfur Clashes May Have Forced 45,000 to Flee, UN Says
• JURIST: Conflict in Sudan Must End Immediately
• The Guardian: Civilians Fleeing Darfur Violence Face Dire Conditions, UN Says
• Bloomberg Business: Sudan Claims Control of Darfur Mountain After Weeks of Fighting
• Sudan Tribune: Security Council Adopts Darfur Experts’ Resolution without Gold Sanctions

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• ICC-CPI: Lubanga Case: Trial Chamber II Orders Trust Fund for Victims to Add Information to the Reparations Plan
• Reuters: Uganda Says Senior Lord’s Resistance Army leader Surrenders in CAR

Kenya

• ICC-CPI: Ruto and Sang Case: ICC Appeals Chamber Reverses Trial Chamber V(A)’s Decision on Admission of Prior Recorded Testimony

Libya

• New York Times: Obama Is Pressed to Open Military Front Against ISIS in Libya
• Reuters: Islamic State fighters head south in Libya, threatening Sahel
• All Africa: Libya: Derna Air Strikes Hit Hospital

Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

• BBC News: Alassane Ouattara: No more Ivorians will go to ICC
• Yahoo News: ICC to probe ‘outing’ of secret witnesses in Gbagbo case
• Yahoo News: ICC apologises for Gbagbo witness blunder

AFRICA

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Mali

• AllAfrica.com: Mali – Peace, Reconciliation Process Underway, Minusma Insists On Civil Society’s Role
• The Washington Post: 5 Killed In UN Base Attack In Mali; 3 Killed Near Timbuktu

Chad

• Allafrica.com: Boko Haram Multiplies Attacks
• Reuters: Food Aid Reaches Thousands Uprooted by Boko Haram in Chad: U.N.

Nigeria

• New York Times: Young Bombers Kill 58 at Nigerian Camp for Those Fleeing Boko Haram
• U.S. State Department: United States Support to Counter Boko Haram

EUROPE

Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

• Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Trial Verdict Modified in the Case v. Indira Kamerić
• Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: IDamir Lipovac Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
• Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Indictment Confirmed in the Case v. Ahmet Sejdić
• Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Trial Verdict Upheld in the Case v. Josip Tolić
• Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Trial Verdict Upheld in the Case v. Ibro Macić
• Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Second-Instance Verdict Sent Out in the Case v. Slavko Savić

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

• Balkan Insight: Serbia Condemns Hague Pressure to Arrest Radicals
• InSerbia: ICTY: Verdict Against Seselj on March 31; Seselj: I Don’t Care, I’m Not Going There Voluntarily

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

• Balkan Transitional Justice: Bosniak Ex-Fighter Jailed for Serdari Village Massacre
• Balkan Transitional Justice: Radovan Karadzic’s Former Adviser Arrested
• Balkan Transitional Justice: Bosnian Croat Fighter Jailed for Killing Detainees
• Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty: Bosnia Arrests Former Policemen On New War Crimes Charges

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

• Cambodia Daily: Witness Tells Khmer Rouge Tribunal of ‘Hatred’ Toward Vietnamese
• Anadolu Agency: Cambodian court ends case against Khmer Rouge suspect
• Cambodia Daily: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Defense Claims Brother No. 2 Lacked ‘Criminal Intent’

Syria

• UN News Centre: All Sides in Syria Killing Thousands of Detainees in Crimes Against Humanity, UN Reports

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

• CNN: Spain Arrests 7 Suspected Of Sending Guns, Bomb Materials To ISIS
• NPR: U.S. Charges Widow Of ISIS Leader In Death Of American Kayla Mueller
• MPR News: Lawyer: Minnesota terror suspect to plead guilty to aiding ISIS
• The New York Times: U.S. Air Force Veteran Accused of Islamic State Support Faces Trial
• MPR News: Judge rejects Minnesota ISIS suspects’ ‘combatant immunity’ claim
• Metro News: Isis Brit Jailed For Seven Years After Coming Back From Syria Because It Was Too Cold
• The Guardian: Arizona Man Goes On Trial For Aiding Allegedly Isis-Inspired Shooting In Texas
• The New York Times: German Police Raid Property of Group Linked to ISIS
• The New York Times: Belgian Police Charge 3 in Investigation of ISIS Network
• The New York Times: France’s Emergency Powers Spur Charges of Overreach From Muslims

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

• The Daily Star: Alfa Call Data Brought to Question in Court
• The Daily Star: STL Defense Challenges Alfa Technical Expert over Reliability of Assertions

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

• The Daily Star: Arrest 2 Netrokona ‘Razakars’: ICT
• The Washington Post: Bangladesh Court Confirms Death Sentences For 3
• The Washington Post: Bangladesh Begins Survey of Undocumented Rohingya Muslims
• BD News 24: Retired HC Judge Withdraws Himself as War Crimes Convict Mir Quasem’s Counsel
• BD News 24: War Criminal Salauddin Quader’s Wife, Son’s Trial Begins For Leaking War Crimes Verdict

War Crimes Investigations in Burma

• The Irrawaddy: Human Rights Commission Criticizes Forced Relocation of Squatters
• Channel News Asia: Thousands displaced in Myanmar rebel clashes: UN

TOPICS

Terrorism

• The Guardian: Call For Lawyers To Speak Up For Terrorism Suspects In Closed Courts
• The Guardian: Jakarta Attacks Prompt Tougher Anti-Terrorism Laws In Indonesia
• ABC News: Maldives Opposition Leader Jailed for 12 Years for Terrorism
• ABC News: Russian Authorities Charge 7 of Plotting Acts of Terrorism
• The New York Times: Belgian Police Find Video of Nuclear Official at Home of Terrorism Suspect

Gender-Based Violence

• The New York Times: Nigerian Women Freed From Boko Haram Face Rejection at Home
• Metro.co.uk: Isis Raped Four Married Women Then Stoned Them to Death for ‘Adultery’
• United Nations Population Fund: Prosecuting Gender-Based Violence in Afghanistan
• The Guardian: South Korea Warns Japan over ‘Comfort Women’ Accord after Claims of No Proof

REPORTS

UN Reports

• UN News Centre: Mali: UN Condemns Attack Against Mission Base that Kills Five Peacekeepers
• The Jurist: Amnesty: UN Peacekeepers Unprepared to Address Dangers in CAR
• The Guardian: Civilians Fleeing Darfur Violence Face Dire Conditions, UN Says

NGO Reports

• Human Rights Watch: Studying Under Fire: Attacks on Schools, Military Use of Schools During the Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine

WORTH READING

Worth Reading

• Mark A. Drumbl: Extracurricular International Criminal Law
• David L. Bosco: Palestine in the Hague: Justice, Geopolitics, and the International Criminal Court

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

• NewsDay: NPRC Bill should be subjected to thorough scrutiny
• Kathmandu Post: Truth and Disapperance – The transitional justice commissions seem to have failed to meet the expectations of the peace accord
• TimesLive: Don’t abandon commitment to reconciliation‚ Tutu urges

Commentary and Perspectives

• Mark Kersten: Spies at the International Criminal Court
• Mark Kersten: Why is the International Criminal Court stepping out of African and into Georgia?
• Kevin Jon Heller: Russia’s Short-Sighted Approach to the Georgia Investigation
• Joanna Nicholson: Do Child Soldiers Remain Civilians?