Vol.

7, Issue 16 -- November 5, 2012

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Central African Republic & Uganda BembaTrial.Org: Another Patass Official Tells Trial Bemba Did Not Command Troops BembaTrial.Org: Bemba Forces 'Fell Under CAR Presidential Guard Commander' BembaTrial.org: Patass Cited in MLC Command BembaTrial.org: Witness: Local Forces Led Bemba Troops in Joint Operations BembaTrial.org: Witness Denies Being Paid to Testify for Bemba BembaTrial.org: Command Structure Dominates Bemba Trial This Week BembaTrial.org: New Defense Witness Gives All Evidence in Closed Session BembaTrial.org: Witness Denies Being Coached by Bemba's Lawyers BembaTrial.org: Tenth Defense Witness Concludes Testimony in Closed Session Darfur, Sudan Sudan Tribune : Machar Discusses Bashir's Visit to South Sudan with ICC Prosecutor The Guardian Nigeria: ICC Rejects Stay of Proceedings Request by Darfur Crime Suspects Democratic Republic of the Congo Lubangatrial.org: European Court of Human Rights Dismisses Petition by ICC Witness Kenya Voice of America News: ICC Trial to Proceed Despite Election AllAfrica.com: Bensouda Says Kenya Reluctant to Share Crucial Data The Standard Digital News: Hague Warning on Uhuru and Ruto SABC News: Interference in Kenya Violence Case Worries ICC Reuters.com: Kenya Slow to Cooperate on War Crimes, Court Says The Star: Bensouda Threatens Kenya with Sanctions The Standard Digital News: Judiciary Will Assist ICC, Says Mutunga

Libya Libya Hearld: Russia Wants ICC to Probe Post-Qaddafi "War Crimes" in Libya Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) All Africa: Cote d'Ivoire: Trials Could Begin By End of Year, Minister Says Terra: Ivory Coast Illegally Arrested, Tortured More Than 200: Amnesty CNN: International Court Rejects Appeal by Former Ivory Coast President All Africa: Gbagbo's Mercenaries Jailed in Liberia Coast President: Gbagbo Lawyer Again Urges International Criminal Court to Release Former Ivory

AFRICA
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Hirondelle News Agency: First Genocide Trial Starts Before a Dutch Court Hirondelle News Agency: Finnish Court Upholds Rwandan Pastor's Life Sentence

EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: The Trial Verdict Delivered in the Case v. Albina Terzi The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Public Session of the Appellate Panel in the Case v. Zoran Marjanovi The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Defense Closing Speech in the Case v. Eso Maci The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Plea Hearing in the Case v. eljko Rodin The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Plea Hearing in the Case v. Predrag Milisavljevi et al. The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Accused in the Case v. Predrag Milisavljevi et al. Enter a Not Guilty Plea The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Custody of the Accused Mirsad Vatra Terminated and Prohibiting Measures Ordered The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Safet Kovaevi Ordered into Custody The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Main Trial Commences in the Case v. Najdan Mlaenovi et al. The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Public Session of the Appellate Panel in the Case v. Srpko Pustivuk

The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Custody of Momir Pelemi Terminated and Prohibiting Measures Ordered The Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Custody of the Accused in the Case v. Mustafa elilovi et al. Terminated and Prohibiting Measures Ordered International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Institute for War and Peace Reporting : Karadzic Denied Subpoena for Greek President Institute for War and Peace Reporting : Karadzic Witness Denies Mortar Attack Happened Institute for War and Peace Reporting : Human Cost of Sarajevo Shelling Institute for War and Peace Reporting : Yugoslav Army's Ex-Chief Seeks Acquittal on Appeal Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia Balkan Insight: Bosnian Prosecution Amends Indictment Against Vlahovic Balkan Insight: Witness Remembers Rows of Dead People Near Srebrenica Balkan Insight: Bratunac Crimes Trial Begins In Sarajevo Balkan Insight: Serbia Brings Charges for Ovcara Massacre Balkan Insight: Kerestinec Verdict Due on October 31 Balkan Insight: Hadzic Was Influenced by Milosevic, Witness Says Balkan Insight: Hadzic's Request for Release Rejected Balkan Insight: Witness Says He was Sentenced for Being Serb

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia VOA Khmer: Khmer Rouge Trauma Can Cause Ailments in CambodianAmericans VOA Khmer: In Sihanouk's Passing, Loss of a Witness To History The Phnom Penh Post: Khmer Rouge Court Civil Parties Told to Keep Grief Concise The Phnom Penh Post: Capital's Evacuation Described as Chaotic The Cambodia Daily: KRT Cuts Weekly Hearings Due to Staff, Funds Shortage The Phnom Penh Post: Civil Party Recounts Decapitations VOA Khmer: Hearing Scheduled To Assess Ieng Sary's Ability To Stand Trial The Phnom Penh Post: Heng Samrin Queries Dismissed as Irrelevant The Cambodia Daily: KR Defense Targets National Assembly Head The Cambodia Daily: Tribunal Staff Warned Jobs in Jeopardy

 The Phnom Penh Post: Ieng Sary Team Submits New Witness Waiver Iraqi High Tribunal Syria Reuters: U.N. War Crime Investigators Seek Access to Syria Gulf News: UN Investigators Denounce Syria 'War Crimes' Reuters: Del Monte Promises to Hunt Syria War Criminals The Washington Post: Syrian Rebels Execute Unarmed Government Soldiers; More Than Two Dozen Others Killed in Fighting Special Tribunal for Lebanon Naharnet: Marten Youssef Says Hasan Assassination May Fall Within STL Jurisdiction The Daily Star: Hezbollah Rejects Referral of Hasan's Case to STL The Daily Star: Future Expats Call for Tribunal to Investigate Hasan's Killing Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Appeals Chamber Rules on Legality Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Media Advisory - Video Q&As with Tribunal Officials The Daily Star: No New Suspects in Amended STL Indictment Naharnet: Mustaqbal Urges Referring Hasan Case to STL, Reiterates Call for Neutral Govt. NOW Lebanon: STL Dismisses Defense Appeal Against in Absentia Trial Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh News 24: Jamaat Counsel Ordered to Explain 'Misconduct' The Daily Star: Razakar was Launched with 96 Jamaat Men: Investigator Tells War Crimes Trial Bangladesh News 24: Bachchu Razakar Charge Framing on Nov 4 The Independent: Britain Accused of War Crimes Over Man Held by US for Eight Years Without Trial

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

United States Reuters: Guantanamo Defense Wants Records from Drone Strike in Yemen Reuters: Wikileaks Says Releases Hacked U.S. Detainee Rules Miami Herald: Hurricane Sandy Damages War Court Compound, Cancels Hearings for Week The Times of London: Taliban Fear of Drones Blocks Polio Purge South America

Argentina MercoPress: Argentine Military Governor of the Falklands Arrested for Human Rights Violations Chile Santiago Times: Human Rights Organization Prepares To Take Chilean State to Court Colombia Peru Andean Air Mail & Peruvian Times: Prosecutors Formally Charge Shining Path Leader Artemio Colombia Reports: Colombia Court Upholds Dismissal of Officers for Torturing Fellow Soldiers Colombia Reports: 2nd Witness to Governor's 'Parapolitics' Withdraws Testimony

TOPICS
Terrorism The New York Times: Jordan Says 11 Plotted a Series of Attacks Reuters: Indonesia Militant Arrests Show Shift to Violence Reuters: Egypt Detains 12 Militants, including Tunisian, Libyan Reuters: Turkey Using Anti-Terrorism Law to Quash Debate: U.N. BBC News: Morocco 'Dismantles Terrorist Cell' BBC News: Gavin Coney Accused of Involvement in Terrorist Training Camp Piracy Sabahi: Kenya Court of Appeal Overturns Decision Blocking Prosecution of Pirates

REPORTS
UN Reports UN News Centre: UN Independent Experts Urge Colombia to Reconsider Proposed Criminal Law for Military Reuters: U.N. War Crime Investigators Seek Access to Syria NGO Reports

Columbia Reports: More Military Jurisdiction Gives Impunity: HRW Amnesty International : Bosnia and Herzegovina: When Everyone is Silent: Reparation for Survivors of Wartime Rape in Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina Amnesty International: Nigeria: Trapped in the Cycle of Violence

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS

South Korea Yonhap News Agency: State Ordered to Compensate Families of Korean War Massacre Victims Kenya The Star: TJRC Lobbies for More Time to Complete Work Canada CBC News: TRC Meets with NWT Inmates Liberia Cocorioko: Human Rights Activists Press for Justice in Liberia, USA Solomon Islands Soloman Star News: Fangaria Supports TRC Report Call Radio New Zealand International: Pacific Model of Conflict Resolution seen as Option for Solomons

COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES

Communis Hostis Omnium: Child Pirates: A Key Issue for Respecting Child's Rights and Halting Piracy CNN: Why Take the Risk at Guantanamo? EJIL: Talk!: After a Brief Hiatus, Kenya Once Again Has Universal Jurisdiction Over Pirates Justice in Conflict: Missing the Mark: The ICC on Its Relationship with the UN Security Council The Daily Caller: Opinion: Obama's Detention Policies Are Worse Than Guantanamo Lawfare: Al-Maqaleh II: Formalizing Boumediene's Functional Approach to Habeas Jurisdiction

Justice in Conflict: Outsourcing Justice to the ICC - What Should Be Done?

WORTH READING
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