International Justice Issues in the Media
(February 2011)

February 28, 2011

• ICC/Libya - ICC prosecutor says expects to open Libya probe soon
• UN/Libya - Gadaffi family lashes out at UN, dismisses resolution
• UN/Libya - African mercenaries 'immune from prosecution for war crimes'
• Cote d'Ivoire - Ouattara takes human rights case to Hague
• ICC/Sudan - ICC still gathering evidence on continuing war crimes in Darfur
• Chile - Investigators: Secret CIA files could help Chile

February 25, 2011

• Libya: AI - Security Council must refer Libya to International Criminal Court
• BiH - Bosnian war crimes court charges Montenegrin with murder, torture and rape of civilians
• Special Court for Sierra Leone - Judge refuses to attend disciplinary hearing for lawyer in Charles Taylor's war crimes case
• Cambodians in US Set To Meet Over Tribunal Case

February 24, 2011

• Libya - Justice is in the haneds of the Libyans - Moreno Ocampo
• ICC judges reject abuse of process claim in trial
• ICTY - Ex-Serbian official guilty of war crimes
• Special Court for Sierra Leone - Charles Taylor's lawyer needs a lawyer

February 23, 2011

• US/Libya - Sen. Robert Menendez unveils resolution condemning Gaddafi (includes robust references to ICC role)
• Libya - A crime against humanity
• Libya - This evil despot must be brought to justice: Commentry by Geoffrey Robertson QC
• ICTY - Ultra-nationalist Serb leader denies exposing witnesses
• ICC - Interview: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the ICC - "I Have the Most Important Mission in the World'
• Serbia/ICTY - Serbia: '10,000 people hunting war crimes fugitives Mladic and Hadzic'
• Cambodia - Tribunal Meets in Full Session as Case 2 Approaches
• Germany - 'Nazi guard' threatens hunger strike
• ICTR - "Ndahimana was overwhelmed by MRND militias" (Witness)

February 22, 2011

• Libya - UN rights chief calls for international inquiry into Libya violence
• ICTR - Repentant 'Genocidaire' defens former mayor Ndahimana
• ICTY - Serb nationalist Seselj on trial for contempt
• ICTY - UN prosecutor Brammertz checking progress in hunt for fugitive Ratko Mladic
• UK - More jail for 3 Muslims who attacked Srebrenica war criminal
• Lebanon - Court Ruling Opens Up Terrorism to International Prosecution

February 21, 2011

• Philippines - PH as state party in International Criminal Court
• Philippines - Embracing a pact America has junked
• DRC - Congo colonel gets 20 years after rape trial
• ICC/CAR/DRC - Witness Says 'Furious' MLC Soldiers Started Killings After Losing Battle
• Bangladesh - Bangladesh liberation film opens old wounds
• Kenya - ICC suspects engage top foreign lawyers
• Rwanda - Trials in absentia are essential to ending impunity
• ICTY - Glas Javnosti, Serbia: Serge Brammertz to visit Belgrade
• Serbia - Charges pressed against another two KLA members
• BiH - Bosnia charges Serb ex-paramilitary for war crimes
• BiH - Bosnian court approves extradition of Croatian war crimes suspect
• Chile/US - Chilean Justice Asks US to Clarify Links with Pinochet's Dictators

February 16, 2011

• Kenya - Lobbies urge Kibaki to sack allies
• Kenya - ODM MPs set to reject nominees
• Kenya - Ruto takes Raila war to Kisumu
• Kenya - Musa Sirma: I will not ditch ODM and PM Raila
• Cambodia - Reflections on working to uncover genocide
• Cambodia - Dutch painter brings Khmer Rouge victims to life
• Croatia - Swoboda says all crimes must be investigated
• US/Germany - War crimes chronicler dies

February 15, 2011

• Kenya - 29 parties oppose ICC deferral
• ICC/CAR/DRC - Witness tells Bemba trial his son was attacked last week
• Somalia - War Crimes Investigation Needed in Somali Capital, Civil Rights Group Says
• ICTR - Bagasora to be heard on appeal on April 1st
• Special Court for Sierra Leone - The trial of Charles Taylor put on hold
• Zimbabwe - Gukurahundi monument for Bhalagwe
• Croatia - AI slams war crimes proceedings in Croatia
• Argentina - Years After Dictatorship, Scars Run Deep for Argentinean Filmmakers

February 14, 2011

• Kenya - ICC bid at UN Security Council no easy task
• Senegal/Chad - African Union still wants Habre tried in Senegal
• ICC/South Korea - Cyber police to train ICC officials
• Hungary - Prosecutors charge Hungarian with WWII war crimes

February 11, 2011

• Kenya - Kenya's faith in Ocampo unwavering
• Kenya - Muthaura distances self over taped conversation on post-election chaos
• Kenya - Kenya recalls envoys for confidential brief
• Special Court for Sierra Leone - Charles Taylor allowed to appeal over documents
• Croatia asks France to extradite former Serb paramilitary fighter filmed executing prisoners
• Lebanon - Hariri court judge wants prosecutor to quit: sources

February 08, 2011

• Kenya - Civil society in bid to block ICC deferral
• Kenya - Kenya's bid to defer ICC cases faces more hurdles
• Special Court for Sierra Leone - Closing arguments in Charles Taylor warcrimes trial
• Special Court for Sierra Leone - Lawyer storms out of war crimes' trial
• Rwanda - ?Nizeyimana brought beers to soldiers after Rwandan queen was killed.'
• Lebanon - The Ins and Outs of the Hariri Tribunal
• Bangladesh - Milosevic's lawyer to defend B'desh 1971 war crime suspects
• UK - Britain failing to prosecute war criminals

February 04, 2011

• Philippines - Supreme Court upholds US soldiers' immunity
• UN fight against sexual violence presented at AU summit
• African Leaders demand ICC Prosecutor post (and Nigerian national endorsed as African candidate to be judge of ICC)
• AU says `no` to ICC liaison office in Addis
• ICC/CAR/DRC - Bemba's soldiers spoke CAR language
• ICTR - Defence case of MRND boss adjourned to February 15
• Switzerland/ICTY - Miller: Investigation should be conducted by ICTY or special body
• ICTY - Diplomatic cable reveals life of jailed Milosevic
• Argentina - Argentine journalist testifies against military for dictatorship-era crimes

February 03, 2011

• UN - Ban urges implementation of 'responsibility to protect' - by force if needed
• BiH - Bosnian police arrest Sarajevo war crimes suspect
• Liberia/Canada - Canada's deportation of Cindor Reeves: the government's response
• ICTR - Ngirumpatse claims he had no control over Interahamwe militias
• Lebanon could face sanctions if Mikati withdraws from Tribunal
• Cambodia/Japan - $11.7 million more for Khmer trials
• Chile - General of the Army Linked to Pinochet
• Chile - Chilean defence minister fires dictatorship-era figures after military mansion scandal

February 02, 2011

• Kenya - ICC dismisses case by Kenyan security chiefs
• Kenya Must Revive Plan to Create 'Credible' Court, Odinga Says
• Netherlands - Liberia's Taylor to be called witness in arms case
• Bangladesh -Dhaka court rejects plea on `war criminals' in Pakistan
• ICTY - Feb 23 judgment for Kosovo war crimes

February 01, 2011

• Kenya - African Union backs Kenya call to delay ICC case
• Kenya - High Court stops Kenyan ICC statement taking
• ICTR - MRND Trial - Judges in Rwanda on February 20
• Serbia - Srebrenica war crimes suspect Momic arrested in France
• Bangladesh - Munshiganj incident a ploy to foil war crimes trial
• Lebanon - Arab lawyers call for support for Hariri tribunal