FREDERICK K. COX INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER Founder/Advisor Michael P. Scharf

War Crimes Prosecution Watch Volume 12 – Issue 5 May 15, 2017

Editor-in-Chief James Prowse Technical Editor-in-Chief Samantha Smyth Managing Editors Rina Mwiti Alexandra Mooney

War Crimes Prosecution Watch is a bi-weekly e-newsletter that compiles official documents and articles from major news sources detailing and analyzing salient issues pertaining to the investigation and prosecution of war crimes throughout the world. To subscribe, please email warcrimeswatch@pilpg.org and type “subscribe” in the subject line.

Opinions expressed in the articles herein represent the views of their authors and are not necessarily those of the War Crimes Prosecution Watch staff, the Case Western Reserve University School of Law or Public International Law & Policy Group.

Contents

AFRICA

CENTRAL AFRICA

Central African Republic

• Reuters : Dozens of civilians killed in Central African Republic: report
• Relief Web: Humanitarian Access Endangered in Central African Republic
• ABC News : Aid groups in Central African Republic retreat amid threats
• Associated Press: As manhunt ends, top African warlord Kony eludes justice
• Aljazeera: Four UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic

Sudan & South Sudan

• All Africa: Sudan: Rebels Declare Six-Month Ceasefire in Darfur and Kordofan
• Reuters: Renegade general Cirillo says ready to enter South Sudan’s civil war
• Anadolu Agency: 13 killed in South Sudan highway attack

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• United Nations: DR Congo: UN seeks $64 million to tackle humanitarian crisis in Kasaï region
• United Nations: Angola: UN agency airlifts aid to newly-arrived refugees from DR Congo
• United Nations: Keep interests of people above all else, UN Security Council urges political actors in DR Congo
• Reuters : Ethnic violence, humanitarian crisis deepen in Congo: U.N

WEST AFRICA

Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

• United Nations News Centre: FEATURE: Mission Accomplished – UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire
• International Justice Monitor: Simone Gbagbo Acquitted by the Abidjan Assize Court: Between the Independence of the Judiciary and a Political Twist to Save the Day
• VOA: Demobilized Rebels Block Road to Ivory Coast’s Second City

Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon

• The Times of India: Nigeria Says 15 Suspected Boko Haram Fighters Shot Dead
• Al Jazeera : Suicide Car Bomb Targets Military Convoy in Nigeria
• ABC News: 5 Dead after Female Suicide Bombers Attack in Nigeria
• Reuters: Nigeria Exchanges 82 Chibok Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram for Prisoners
• All Africa: Cameroon: War Against Boko Haram – AU Committed to Give More Support

Mali

• allAfrica: Mali: French Forces Kill 20 Militants
• allAfrica: Mali: Rocket Attack on UN Camp in Kills 1, Wounds 9
• The Gazette: West Africa Scrambles to Contain Surge in Militant Attacks

EAST AFRICA

Uganda

Kenya

• The Star: Kenya’s history of election violence may repeat itself
• BBC News: Kenya election: 62 charged for electoral offences
• Standard Digital: 180,000 police officers to be trained ahead of August election

Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Rwandans carry on, side by side, two decades after genocide

Somalia

• New York Times: Somalia Raid Kills Shabab Leader and 3 Associates
• Al Jazeera News: Somalia: Huge blast rocks downtown Mogadishu
• Voice of America News: At Least 13 Killed in Somalia Fighting

NORTH AFRICA

Libya

• The New York Times: Libya General’s Troops Push Into Central Benghazi
• The New York Times: Egyptian Air Force Destroys Vehicles Crossing Border From Libya
• The New York Times: ICC Prosecutor Mulls Inquiry on Crimes Against Migrants in Libya

EUROPE

Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

• Balkan Insight: Extradite War Suspects, Ex-UN Peacekeeper Urges Croatia
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Trial Verdict upheld in the case v. Nenad Pržulj
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Trial Verdict upheld in the case v. Dragan Marinković
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Trial Verdict upheld in relation to the Accused Novica Tripković
• Balkan Insight: Bosnian Prosecution Demands Jail for Capljina Ex-Policemen

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

• Balkan Insight: Serbia Slams France’s Refusal to Extradite Hardinaj
• Balkan Insight: Serbia Clears Two Bosnian Serb Soldiers of War Crimes
• Balkan Insight: Serbia Finally Confirms Strpci Train Massacre Charges
• Balkan Insight: Croatia Compensates Serb Family for Killing by Soldier
• Balkan Insight: Serbian Parliament to Name War Crimes Prosecutor

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Iraq

• Human Rights Watch: Iraq: Kirkuk Security Forces Expel Displaced Turkmen
• Forbes: Bringing Daesh To Justice
• Rudaw Media Network: Part VI: International bodies see tribunals as path to ISIS accountability, trust
• Democracy Now!: U.S.-Backed Iraqi Army Kills 81 Civilians in Strike on Mosul
• BBC News: Iraq torture case lawyer Martyn Day ‘did not breach code of conduct’
• Hindustan Times: Iraq: Nearly 10,000 Yazidis killed, kidnapped by Islamic State in 2014, study finds

Syria

• TIME World: Israel’s Patriot Missile Defense System Intercepted a Projectile From Syria
• The New York Times: Syria Rejects U.N. Monitoring Role in ‘De-Escalation Zones’
• BBC News: Syria war: US to arm Kurds in battle for Raqqa
• Reuters: Syrian planes strike rebel outposts near Jordanian border

Yemen

• ReliefWeb: Peacewatch: Yemen, May 2017
• TeleSur: Amid Saudi Monarchy’s War Crimes, US Considers Multi-Billion Dollar Arms Package
• The Telegraph: Yemen’s Baha’is face a ‘pattern of persecution’, warns Amnesty International

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

• VOA Cambodia: Dismissal of Khmer Rouge Atrocity Charges Sparks Calls for End of Prosecutions

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

• The Daily Star: STL: Defense questions expert on co-located phones
• The Daily Star: STL defense claims confirmation bias in cell analysis
• The Daily Star: STL defense questions connection between cellphones
• The Daily Star: Expert witness acknowledges holes in cell data
• The Daily Star: Witness not necessarily expert in co-location: STL defense

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

• bdnews 24: ICSF panel ‘clears’ misconceptions about Bangladesh war crimes trial
• VOA News: Amnesty International Report Criticizes Bangladesh Internet Laws
• bdnews 24: War crimes tribunal concludes trial of Jamaat leader Aziz

War Crimes Investigations in Burma

• VOA News: Visiting EU, Suu Kyi Refuses UN Probe Into Alleged Myanmar War Crimes
• Human Rights Watch: Burma: Two Islamic Schools Shuttered in Rangoon

Israel and Palestine

• Reuters: Israel planning 15,000 more settlement homes in Jerusalem
• Human Rights Watch: Hunger Strikes Highlight Isolation of Palestinian Prisoners
• The Washington Post: ‘Cruel and indefensible’: Human Rights Watch slams Hamas for holding two mentally ill Israelis
• Al Jazeera: Ramallah: Mass rally for hunger-striking prisoners
• NY Daily News: Israeli police: Palestinian attacker shot dead in Jerusalem
• Fox News World: Palestinians sue Israel over attack that killed toddler

North Korea

• Human Rights Watch: Justice Needed for North Korea’s Countless Victims

AMERICAS

North & Central America

• Huffington Post: Canada’s Support For U.S. Strikes On Syria Harms International Law
• Just Security: Wallet as Weapon: the Coming US Assault on the International Human Rights System

South America

• TeleSUR TV: Chile Charges 16 Military Officers Who Waged Terror in Pinochet’s ‘Caravan of Death’
• Columbia Basin Herald: Argentina’s Top Court Cuts Sentence of Human Rights Abuse
• The Guardian: Killings by Brazilian police branded a human rights crisis as body count rises
• Jerusalem Post: ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ Case Opened Against Former President of Peru
• Columbia Basin Herald: Argentines Unite Against Law Helping Human Rights Abusers
• TeleSUR: Peru’s Indigenous Women Bring Forced Sterilizations Case to UN

TOPICS

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

• Freedom Newspaper: Gambia: Gambia’s TRC: How a Government’s Good Intentions Could Betray a Nation
• CBC News: TRC Final Report a ‘Record of Truth’ for Canada, Regina’s History: TribalCouncil Chief
• The Independent Barents Observer: Truth and Reconciliation Commission may be launched in Finland already after summer

Terrorism

• The Guardian: Austrian Court Jails Asylum Seeker for War Crimes in Syria
• Associated Press: Woman Shot by Police in Terror Raid Charged with Murder Plot

Piracy

• Maritime Executive: Infamous Abu Sayyaf Leader Killed
• Maritime Executive: OBP: Kidnap-for-Ransom Piracy Increased in 2016
• Maritime Executive: Navy SEAL Killed in Raid on Somali Terrorist Group
• Maritime Executive: Chinese Navy Hands Pirates Over to Somali Authorities
• DefenceWeb: Ship attacks up internationally in first quarter of 2017

Gender-Based Violence

• GlobalVoices: Kyrgyzstan Bolsters Protections Against Domestic Violence
• The Herald: Police Scotland experts to assist officers in Rwanda on gender violence and child abuse
• NACLA: In Nicaragua, a Failure to Address Violence Against Women
• Sudan Tribune: UN demands end to sexual violence in war-torn S. Sudan

Commentary and Perspectives

• ATTN:: Why Is It So Difficult to Prosecute War Criminals?
• The Guardian: Hissène Habré’s Rape Acquittal Must Not Be Quietly Airbrushed from History

WORTH READING

• Megan Fairlie: The Abiding Problem of Witness Statements in International Criminal Trials
• Jonathan Kolieb: Through the Looking-Glass: Nuremberg’s Confusing Legacy on Corporate Accountability Under International Law

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