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Contents
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Central African Republic & Uganda
- All Africa: ICC Prosecutor Opens New Central African Investigation Bemba Trial Website
- PR Newswire: Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, On Opening a Second Investigation in the Central African Republic
Darfur, Sudan
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- International Justice Monitor: Oral Hearing for Ngudjolo Appeal Set for October
- International Justice Monitor: Judges Reject NGO Submissions on Ntaganda Trial
Kenya
- The Star: Uhuru Should Go To ICC For Both Kenya And Himself
- All Africa: Kenya: Bemba Case – Trial Chamber III to Hear Witness P-169 – Closing Oral Statements in November 2014
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Yahoo! News: Ble Goude tells ICC judges he sought peace in I.Coast
- News24: ICC to decide if I Coast ‘street general’ should face trial
AFRICA
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- Reuters: U.S. Urges Probe Over Corpses Found in Rwanda-Burundi Border Lake
- Reuters: Rwanda Court’s Forgotten Men Pose Challenge to International Justice
- Mail&Guardian: Appeals Judge Affirms Ruling on Rwanda Genocide Crimes
- All Africa: Rwandan Court Maintains Life Sentences On Three Accused
Mali
- Christian Science Monitor: A year after Mali war ends, is justice too long delayed?
- Al-Ahram: Kenyatta’s ICC Trial
EUROPE
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Bosniaks in Rogatica “Relocated” by Own Leaders
- World Bulletin: Prosecutors Say Karadzic was “driving force” behind Bosnian Genocide
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- Yahoo News:Yugoslav War Crimes Prosecutor Seeks Life For Karadzic
- In Serbia:ICTY: Final Arguments To Start In Karadzic Trial
- Yahoo News: Prosecutors Launch Karadzic Closing Arguments
- dtt-net: EU Mission to Hunt Top Kosovo Leaders Over War Crimes Allegations
- Balkan Insight:Radovan Karadzic ‘Masterminded Terror’ in Sarajevo
- Balkan Insight:Serbia ‘Slow to Prosecute War Crimes’, Report Says
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Special Tribunal for Lebanon
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- The Daily Star: Jabbar was Behind Killing of 22 People
- The Daily Star: Jabbar Ordered my Brother’s Killing
- The Daily Star: Jabbar Accused of Forceful Conversion
- The Daily Star: Prosecutions Laxity Annoys Court
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
United States
- Washington Post: U.S. General on Training Syrian Rebels: ‘We Have to Do It Right, Not Fast’
- Washington Post: Islamic State Militants Switching Up Tactics After Airstrikes, General Says
- Reuters: Prosecutors Call Karadzic ‘Driving Force’ Behind Bosnian Genocide
- New York Times: Mending Alliance, U.S. and Afghanistan Sign Long-Term Security Agreement
- Bloomberg: Al-Qaeda Spokesman’s U.S. Plea Deal Approved by Judge
- Washington Post: White House: Israel Faces Estrangement from Allies If Settlement Building Proceeds
South & Central America
Colombia
- Colombia Reports: Partial Colombia Peace Deals Release to Avert ‘Opposition Rumors’
Ecuador
- Efe: 60 Convicted for Role in 2010 Uprising in Ecuador
Guatemala
- Associated Press: Guatemala Ex-Police on Trial in 1980 Embassy Fire
Mexico
- Los Angeles Times: CMass-killing Prosecution Will Test Mexican President Peña Nieto
TOPICS
Piracy
- The Maritime Executive: Fight Piracy Intelligently
- CNBC: The Link Between Illegal Fishing and Piracy
- Bakken: Black Gold Buccaneers: Is Nigeria’s Failing Amnesty Causing Rise in Oil Piracy?
- The Indian Republic: India Lacks Clear, Unambiguous Mechanism for Prosecution of Pirates: Ranjit Sinha
- BBC World News: Somali Pirates in Deadly Clashes Over Ransom
Gender-Based Violence
- International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics: Prosecutor: FGM Getting Riskier in Kenya
- International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics: UK Opens First FGM Clinic
- International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics: Iraqi Kurdistan ‘Against FGM’
- All Africa: Rwanda: Prosecution. Experts Discuss Handling GBV Evidence in Courts
REPORTS
UN Reports
- Scoop World Independent News: Tamils to Rally against Sri Lankan President
- McClatchy DC: Israeli Probes into Possible Gaza War Crimes Draw Criticism
- The National: In War-Crime Trials, the Issue of Jurisdiction is Paramount
- Sahara Reports: Nigerian Anti-Corruption Coalition Wants Modu Sheriff And General Ihejirika To Face International Criminal Court For Sponsoring Boko Haram
- UN News Centre: International Criminal Court Opens Second Probe into Central African Republic Violence
- Reuters: Sri Lanka President Uses U.N. Speech to Assail War Crimes Probe
- GlobalPost: U.N. Body Demands to Probe War Crimes in Nepal
- U-T San Diego: UN Rights Body to Share Syria War Crimes Evidence
- TASS Russian News Agency: Joint Probe by UN, CE, OSCE into War Crimes in Donetsk Urged by Russia’s Civic Chamber
- Firstpost: Twenty-Two Countries Back Sri Lanka against UN Probe into War Crimes
NGO Reports
- Amnesty International: China’s Trade in Tools of Torture and Repression
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS
Sri Lanka
- Hiru News: Special South African Envoy for Reconciliation in Sri Lanka; Ruling African National Congress Endorses the Process
- Colombo Gazette: Lanka Says It Will Not Back Flawed Process
Brazil
Nepal
