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War Crimes Prosecution Watch
Volume 13 – Issue 2 |
Editor-in-Chief Taylor Frank Technical Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors |
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Contents
AFRICA
CENTRAL AFRICA
- Thomson Reuters: Lone warriors rescue sex slaves, rape survivors in Central African Republic
- Al Jazeera: Violence divides CAR along Christian-Muslim lines
- The New York Times: 6 Aid Workers Killed Amid Chaos in Central African Republic
- GBC News: Press Freedom Abuses by Government Continue in South Sudan
- Fox News: Gang rapes and beheadings: UN reveals new South Sudan abuses
- Daily Nation: South Sudan children ‘forced to watch rape’
- Daily Monitor: Violations in S. Sudan amount to crimes against humanity — report
- News24: UN peacekeepers from Ghana recalled over sex with S Sudan women
- VOA News: Government Forces Killed Rebel Base Commander
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- CNN: Two aid workers killed, one kidnapped, in Congo
- The UN Refugee Agency: UNHCR alarmed over reported atrocities in DR Congo’s Tanganyika province
- Reuters: Charred bodies, wounded soldiers after Congo army victory
WEST AFRICA
Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon
- The Washington Post: Nigerians are demanding answers after another Boko Haram kidnapping
- AlJazeera: 1,130 hostages freed from Boko Haram
- ABC News: Nigeria orders ‘all schools’ defended in Boko Haram region
- France 24: French raid in Mali leaves at least 10 jihadists dead
- The Daily Herald: West Africa’s extremism spreading as thousands flee homes
- The Sun Daily: Anti-jihadist Sahel force to push for more funding
- Africa News: Four jihadists arrested in “major operation” in Mali
- UN Refugee Agency: UNHCR welcomes launch of birth certification for Malian refugees in Mbera camp
- U.S. News & World Report: Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Mali Attack That Killed Two French Troops
- CNN: US focusing on Mali in hunt for Niger ambush attackers
EAST AFRICA
- 93.3 KFM: ICC team in Uganda assess victims’ trust fund operations
- New Vision: ICC president asks state parties to provide for the victims of war
- AllAfrica: The Monitor: Lawyers Denounce LRA War Claimants Body
- Standard Digital: Arrest Bashir if he comes to Kenya, Appeal Court orders State
- The Star: Kenya is not trafficking weapons to South Sudan
- Anadolu Agency: Rights body gives fresh evidence of Kenya poll violence
- Daily Nation: Kenya denies fueling S Sudan conflict
Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)
- U.S. News & World Report: Congo Says Soldiers Killed in Border Skirmish With Rwanda
- The New Times: Why Belgo-Rwandans are set to appear before Belgian parliament to defend crimes of their fathers
- The Star: Rwanda flying high in anti-corruption war, eye on SA and Zimbabwe
- New York Times: Eighteen Killed in Somalia Attacks
- All Africa: Escaping Back to War – Somali Refugees Return From Yemen
- Middle East Monitor: US ‘donates’ drone war capability to Somalia
NORTH AFRICA
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Balkan Insight: Acquitted Bosnian Croat Fighter Sues for Damages
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia Acquits Serb Police Commander of Srebrenica Genocide
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Tried for Visegrad Wartime Rape
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian War Crimes Convict Flees to Evade Prison
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia Hopes to Complete War Crimes Cases in 2023
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Hague Witness: ‘Arkan’s Men’ Killed Bosniaks in Zvornik
- Balkan Insight: Hague Court Says Serbia Must Agree to Try Radicals
- Balkan Insight: UN Prosecutors Object to Ratko Mladic’s Release Request
- Balkan Insight: UN Court Sets Vojislav Seselj Verdict for April
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Amnesty Highlights Continued Rights Failings in Balkans
- See News: Discrimination of minorities, media attacks persist in Bosnia
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
- Al-Jazeera: ISIL claims attack on pro-government militia in Iraq
- The Guardian: Iraq court sentences 16 Turkish women to death for joining Isis
- Iraqi News: Two IS suicide bombers shot dead before blowing themselves up in Mosul
- Iraqi News: Commander urges military operation to strike IS militants in Iraq’s Hawija
- Iraqi News: Iraqi PM office denies declaration of victory over IS was hasty
- Amnesty International: Relentless bombing of civilians in Eastern Ghouta amounts to war crimes
- National Review: Don’t Expect Justice for Syrian War Criminals
- CBS News: What a Chemical Attack in Syria Looks Like
- CBS News: Millions of Afghans tell court they’re war crimes victims
- The Guardian: The ICC must hold the US accountable for crimes in Afghanistan
- The Washington Times: Afghan military accused of war crimes in joint operations with U.S. forces
- The Guardian: Yemen attack: at least 14 killed in raid on Aden counter-terrorism headquarters
- Middle East Monitor: Yemen: Three days of air strikes on Houthi-controlled Hudaydah
- Gulf Times: Saudi-led friendly fire kills 6 Yemen troops
- Reuters: Air strikes kill five civilians in Yemen: Reuters witness
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- The Daily Star: STL: Oneissi defense sets out argument for acquittal
- Asharq Al-Awsat: Prosecutors at Hariri Tribunal call for rejecting the motion to dismiss charges against suspect
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- Channel News Asia: Bangladesh, Myanmar meet over stranded Rohingya
- CBC News: ‘It’s not a concentration camp’: Bangladesh defends plans to house Rohingya on island with armed police
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
- The Journal Gazette: Atrocities in Myanmar cannot go unexamined
- Dawn: Wake up and stop Rohingya ‘genocide’, Nobel laureates urge Suu Kyi
- Ma’an News Agency: Palestinian farmers evacuate lands as Israeli forces open fire in southern Gaza
- Aljazeera: Palestinian killed during Israeli raid in the West Bank
- Ynet News: Amnesty International: Israeli forces unlawfully killed Palestinian civilians
- ABC News: Autopsy aside, Israeli army says tear gas killed Palestinian
- Aljazeera: More than 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza died from Israeli blockade
AMERICAS
- Human Rights Watch: Army Stonewalls on Rio Killings
- Colombia Reports: Colombia’s FARC guerrillas under pressure over assets
- BBC News: Argentina Dirty War ex-general Luciano Menéndez dies at 90
TOPICS
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- The Times of India: Like South Africa, Kashmir needs a truth commission to bring hope
- Just Security: Using U.S. Courts to Promote Accountability for the 1990 Liberian Church Massacre and Beyond
- Regina Leader-Post: Forgiveness, reparations essential for truth and reconciliation: U of Regina scholar
- Standard Media: Anxiety, frustration in courts over collapse of terror trials
- Reuters: Czech court orders release of Syrian Kurd leader despite Turkish extradition call
- Daily Mail: Tougher sentences for lower-level terrorism `may make offenders more dangerous´
- ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): Ship crew in southern Philippines sea repels pirates using oil and boiling water
- ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): West African pirates taking hostages for ransom as oil prices tank
- Reuters World News: Chemical tanker attacked off Somalia, pirates repelled
- Tanker Shipping & Trade: Gulf of Guinea piracy evolving, crew on moving vessels ‘easiest targets’
- Massis Post: Stopping Gender-Based Violence
- The New Arab: Syrian women and girls ‘forced to exchange sex for aid’
- The Guardian: The ICC must hold the US accountable for crimes in Afghanistan
- International Justice Monitor: Nominating Commission for Attorney General Receives 39 Applications, but Faces Criticism and Legal Challenges
- Inquirer.net: ‘Premature and improper’
WORTH READING
- Zachary D. Kaufman: The Prospects, Problems, and Proliferation of Recent UN Investigations of International Law Violations
- Ian Henderson & Kate Reece: Proportionality Under IHL: The ‘Reasonable Military Commander’ Standard and Reverberating Effects
- Sean D. Murphy: Immunity Ratione Materiae of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction: Where is the State Practice in Support of Exceptions?
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