Volume 5, Issue 21 – January 17, 2011

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Central African Republic & Uganda

  • Sudan Vision Daily: CAR Rejects Ocampo's Call for Cooperation amidst Broad African Stances against the ICC
  • Hirondelle News Agency: Trial of Jean-Pierra Bemba Resumes
  • Radio Netherlands Worldwide: South Sudanese see new State as Buffer to LRA

Darfur, Sudan

  • New York Times: Prosecutor Confirms Accusation Against Sudan Leader
  • Sudan Tribune: ICC Issue Dominates Talk of Sudan FM in Paris
  • Reuters Africa: UN Flew Indicted War Criminal to Sudan Meeting

Democratic Republic of the Congo (ICC)

  • AFP: Rwanda Wants Hutu Rebel Tried for Genocide

Kenya

  • Daily Nation: Kenya Seeks Africa Support Over Hague

AFRICA

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

  • Hirondelle News Agency: First Hearing of the Year Expected on January 10
  • Hirondelle News Agency: ICTR Orders Reduction of Ndahimana’s Defence Witnesses
  • Hirondelle News Agency: Debate on Referral Requests for Three Genocide-Suspects yet to Start
  • Hirondelle News Agency: Daughter Enters Witness Box to Defend her Father
  • Hirondelle News Agency: Former MRND President to Testify on His Own Defence Next Monday

EUROPE

European Court of Human Rights

  • Civil Georgia: ECHR Strikes Out 1,549 War-Related Cases Against Georgia

Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

  • State Court of BIH: Indictment Confirmed in the Pavle Gajić Case
  • Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Momcilo Gruban Conditionally Released
  • Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Custody of Novica Tripkovic Extended
  • Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Defense Asks Trial Chamber Member to Recuse Herself
  • Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Ivanovic: Presentation of Defense Evidence Completed
  • Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: Milorad Trbic Sentenced for Genocide

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

  • B92: Croat Officials React to "War Crimes List"
  • B92: 5 Members of KLA War Crimes Group Freed
  • EMG: Serbia, Croatia Continue Cooperation in Prosecution of Persons Accused of War Crimes

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

  • The Phnom Penh Post: More than 200 Survived S-21 Prison: Report
  • AFP: Cambodia Says KRouge Trial Should Preserve Peace
  • VOA Khmer: Little Time Left to Organize Tribunal Civil Parties
  • Radio Australia News: Four Khmer Rouge Leaders Head for Trial

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

  • Bloomberg: Lebanese General Asks UN Court to See Hariri Murder Evidence
  • The Globe and Mail: Hariri Assassination Probe to Recommend Indictments Early Next Week
  • UPI.com: Hariri Returns Home to Face Political Fate

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

  • The Daily Star: US Pledges to Help Conduct Fair Trial

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

United States

  • New York Times: Obama May Bypass Guantánamo Rules, Aides Say
  • Washington Times: Senators Seek Data on Gitmo Detainee Transfers: Call on Justice for Documents
  • Agence France Presse: Guantanamo Detainee Sent Home Against His Will
  • Reuters: U.S. Seeks Life in Prison for Ex-Guantanamo Detainee
  • Reuters: Key Soldier in Afghan War Crimes Case Faces Court-Martial
  • Associated Press: Judge Turns down Release of Guantanamo Prisoner

TOPICS

Terrorism

  • Agence France-Presse: Mumbai Bomber Trial Delayed by US Court
  • Associated Press : Obama Strongly Backs US Trials for Terror Suspects
  • New York Times : Terror Accusations, but Perjury Charges
  • Agence France-Presse: Morocco Arrests Five Soldiers Over Militant Arms

Universal Jurisdiction

  • The Telegraph: Spanish Court Launches Probe into Refugee Killings in Iraq

REPORTS

UN Reports

  • Reuters: U.N. Decries Sudan Press Curbs, Arrests Ahead Vote
  • Reuters: UN Rights Boss Urges Tunisia to Probe Killings, Torture

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS

General

  • Kenya
  • Daily Nation: Truth Team in Final Plans Ahead of February Hearings
  • The Standard: TJRC Records Over 5,000 Statements on Rights Violations
  • Canada
  • Digital Journal: TRC Announces Plans for Northern Hearings in 19 Communities Leading up to Inuvik National Event June 28-July1, 2011
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • People’s Daily: Cote d'Ivoire's Gbagbo Sets Up Commission to Investigate Human Rights Violations
  • Nepal
  • The Himalayan Times : PM Pledges to Execute NHRC Recommendations

COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES

  • Foreign Policy: The Politics of International Justice
  • Council on Foreign Relations: Bracing for Indictments in Lebanon

Worth Reading

  • Rethinking Rape Law: International and Comparative Perspectives: Learning Our Lessons? The Rwanda Tribunal Record on Prosecuting Rape

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