INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Central African Republic & Uganda

• Christian Science Monitor: Uganda Rules that Amnesty Can’t be Denied to LRA Leaders
• BembaTrial.org: Witness Claims Bemba’s Commander Looted Jeep in Bangui
• BembaTrial.org: Thousands More Apply to Join Bemba’s Trial as Victims
• BembaTrial.org: Prosecution’s 30th Witness Describes MLC Military Structure
• BembaTrial.org: Logbooks From Bemba’s Militia Examined at Trial
• BembaTrial.org: Bemba Asked His Commanders to Enforce Disciplinary Code

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• KatangaTrial.org: Accused Germain Katanga Takes the Stand

Kenya

• ICCKenya.org: Uhuru Kenyatta Called for Dialogue, Respect for the Rule of Law, and Peace in Kenya, His Lawyers Tell ICC Judges
• Daily Nation: Tobiko Seeks to Prosecute Other Suspects on Waki List
• ICCKenya.org: Ali’s Defence Team Calls ICC Prosecutor’s Evidence Implausible and Dishonest

Libya

• Bloomberg Businessweek: Libya’s Leaders Seek Interpol Help in Hunt for Qaddafi Sons
• AlJazeera: Gaddafi’s Son ‘Questions Interpol Notice’
• Al Arabiya News: Former Libyan Prime Minister Awaits His Fate in Tunisia
• UN News Centre: Visiting War-Ravaged Mistata, UN Envoy in Libya Salutes Courage of Residents
• Bloomberg Businessweek: Niger Allows Libya’s NTC to Question Saadi Qaddafi

AFRICA

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

• Hirondelle News Agency: Defence Asks Appeals Court to Acquit Ex-Deputy Governor
• Hirondelle News Agency: Defence Asks Appeals Chamber to Acquit Ntabakuze
• Hirondelle News Agency: Appeals Court Confirms Sentence on Oldest ICTR Detainee
• ICTR: Trial Chamber Delivers Judgment in the “Government II” Case
• Reuters: UN Court Clears Rwandan Ex-Ministers of Genocide Role
• Hirondelle News Agency: Judges in Rwanda to Visit Crime Sites in Ex Officer’s Case
• Hirondelle News Agency: ICTR Acquitted’s Visa Case Goes to Highest French Jurisdiction
• Hirondelle News Agency: Ngirabatware’s Defence Case Likely to Continue in Closed Sessions
• Hirondelle News Agency: ICTR Prosecutor Seeks Transfer of Munyagishari Case to Rwanda
• Hirondelle News Agency: Special Deposition Proceeding for Bizimana Slated for November

EUROPE

Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

 

• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Session of the Appellate Panel in the Miodrag Markovic Case
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Closing Arguments of Defense in the Nisvet Gasal et al. Case
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Commencement of Trial in the Albina Terzic Case
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Status Conference in the Miralem Macic Case
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Commencement of Trial Before the Appellate Panel in the Dordislav Askraba Case
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Status Conference in the Zurahid Mujcinovic and Another Case
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment Confirmed in the Miroslav Raguz Case

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Haradinaj Defence Challenges Witness Account
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Detainee Speaks of Prijedor Camp Abuses
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Mladic Prosecutors Dismiss “Flawed” Defence Claim
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Seselj Bid to Discontinue Trial Rejected
• International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: Jelena Rasic Trial to Begin on 9 January 2012

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

• Croatian Times: Danish Soldiers to Testify on Killings in Croatia
• The Washington Post: Key Protected Witness in Kosovo War Crimes Trial Found Dead in Germany
• The Sydney Morning Herald: Accused War Criminal Loses Case

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

• Phnom Penh Post: KR Tribunal: Request to Consider 002 Split Trials
• Phnom Penh Post: Group Calls for Judge’s Resignation
• Phnom Penh Post: Reparations on Case 002 Agenda
• Phnom Penh Post: Controversial KRT Judge Resigns

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

• Naharnet: Ban to Miqati: Keen on Seeing Lebanon Secure STL Fund
• United Press International: Beirut Opposition Lauds Hariri Tribunal
• Al-Manar: Fayez Shokr to Al-Manar Website: Cabinet Will Not Approve STL Financing
• The Daily Star: STL Will Accept Any Means to Fund Court

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

• B.D. News Live: Order on Sayadee’s Charge Framing October 3
• The Daily Star: Trial of War Criminals Would be Symbolic: Syed Ashraf told US envoy in 2009
• B.D. News Live: S.Q. Chy ‘Involved’ in 32 War Crimes Tribunal Gets Today Probe Findings; Evidence Said to be Found in Natun Chandra Murder
• Daily Star: Charges Brought Against Sayadee
• The Daily Star: Sayadee Indicted
• Bangladesh News 24: Prison Authorities to Explain Nizami’s Treatment Failure

War Crimes Investigations in Burma

• Bangkok Post: Petition Urges US to Press Burma War Probe
• The Irrawaddy: ICG Burma Report Blasted by Global Justice Center
• The Guardian: Burma’s Convicts Become Unwilling Pawns in a Long and Bitter Civil War
• Asian Tribune: Kachin Conflict Escalates As Talk of Change Grows

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

United States

• Los Angeles Times: Guantanamo Tribunal May Resume
• BBC: Awlaki’s Death Hits Al-Qaeda’s Social Media Strategy
• Associated Press: AP Interview: Change Planned for Next Gitmo Trials

TOPICS

Terrorism

• Reuters: Israel Police Arrest Hamas Lawmaker in E.Jerusalem
• BBC: German Pair to Face Old Bailey Terror Trial
• Forbes: Charges Filed in Norway Terror Plot
• CNN: Police in Spain Arrest 5 Suspected of Financing Terrorists
• Gulf Daily News: Terror Trial 21 Lose Appeal
• BBC: Birmingham Terror Arrests: Seventh Man Faces Charges
• The New York Times: Chile Drops Terror Charges in Bank Bombings Case
• The New York Times: Philippine Police Capture Suspected Beheader
• The New York Times: Greek Terrorist Trial Postponed Due to Strike

Piracy

• Daily Nation: DPP Appeals Piracy Ruling
• Associated Press: Somali Pirate Leader Sentenced to Life in Prison

Universal Jurisdiction

• Polskie Radio: British Lawyers Produce Lukashenko ‘Prosecution Kit’
• TamilNet: Rajapakse, An Enemy of All Mankind, Filed U.S. Court Papers Say
• The Guardian: Tzipi Livni Spared War Crime Arrest Threat

Gender-Based Violence

• The UN News Centre: South Sudan Among Recipients of UN Grants to End Violence Against Women
• Le Monde/ Worldcrunch: Rape, the Invisible Crime in Colombia’s Drawn-Out Civil War
• The International Press Service News Agency: More Dangerous to be a Woman Than a Soldier

REPORTS

UN Reports

• The UN News Service: UN Urges Better Protection Programme After Kosovo War Crimes Witness Found Dead

NGO Reports

• Amnesty International: Thailand: Insurgents Must Stop War Crimes Against Civilians
• International Federation for Human Rights: Shielded from Accountability: Israel’s Unwillingness to Investigate and Prosecute International Crimes

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS

Canada

• City News Toronto: Commission Deals with Sad Legacy of Indian Residential Schools

Ivory Coast

• Daily News: Ivory Coast Inaugurates TRC
• The Hague Justice Portal: Cote d’Ivoire Reconciliation Commission to Begin its Work
• Voice of America: Rights Group calls on Ivory Coast to Fulfill Promise of Impartiality

Nigeria

• The Nation: Jos: Assembly Recommends Reconciliatory Commission

COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES

• Opinio Juris: Glazier: More on Why the Al-Nashiri Charges Are Flawed
• Opinio Juris: Broadening Horizons: Ecocide, Famine and the “Other” Crimes
• The Daily Beast: ‘Prosecutor’ Star Makes His Case
• Opinio Juris: No Surprise: Why Libya but Not Syria Opino Juris
• JURIST: Diplomatic Assurances: Empty Promises Enabling Torture

WORTH READING

• Valparaiso University Law Review: Taking Distinction to the Next Level: Accountability for Fighters’ Failure to Distinguish Themselves from Civilians

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