International Justice Issues in the Media
(May 2011)

May 31, 2011

• Kenya to appeal ICC admissibility ruling
• Senegal/Chad - Dakar withdraws from Habre's trial talks
• ICTR - ICTR Protected witnesses to testify under their identities in Canada
• ICTY - Mladic extradition appeal rejected
• ICTY - Karadzic in court as tribunal waits for Mladic
• Spain/El Salvador - From Spain, Charges Against 20 in the Killing of 6 Priests in El Salvador in 1989
• Aging, ill war crimes suspects still face trials

May 27, 2011

• ICC Judicial Elections - New Leadership for the ICC
• ICTY/Switzerland- Del Ponte hails great day for international justice
• Cote d'Ivoire -Gbagbo 'serene and confident' says lawyer
• Sri Lanka leader defends troops on war crime claims
• Sri Lanka - Under war crimes pressure, Sri Lanka to begin new rights probe
• Cambodia - UN denies interfering with Khmer Rouge tribunals

May 26, 2011

• ICTY - Serbian War Crimes Fugitive Ratko Mladic Arrested
• ICTR - Top Rwanda genocide suspect seized in Congo: UN court
• Sudan - Foreign NGO Says Satellite Images Indicate War Crimes in Sudan's Abyei
• US - The U.S. and the International Criminal Court: An unfinished debate: Opinion
• Kenya - Majority of Kenyans want ICC intervention in post-election chaos: AU
• Cambodia - US Group Condemns UN Tribunal in Cambodia
• BiH - Bosnian sentenced for war crimes

May 25, 2011

• Kenya - ICC Politics Hindrance to Reform, Says Annan
• Libya - Justice Remains Key to Resolving Crisis
• Cote d'Ivoire - War crimes on both sides of Ivorian conflict: Amnesty
• Guinea - Rights Group Says Guinea Needs Rule of Law
• Qatar - War crimes court's president urges Arab states to sign up
• Nepal - Persistent impunity in Nepal
• Bangladesh - Don't divulge trial info to media
• ICC/CAR/DRC - Witness says MLC first went to Bangui in 2001
• ICTR - ICTR Appoints Judges to the Appeals Chamber
• ICTY - UN war crimes tribunal charges jailed Serb leader with contempt of court for third time
• Cambodia - Cambodian activist says UN risks failing Khmer Rouge victims
• Argentina/US - Keeping 'secrets and lies' on Argentina's past

May 24, 2011

• Uganda/DRC - Uganda rebels continue central Africa attacks
• Uganda - War Crimes Division to try LRA rebel chief
• Qatar - Regional conference on ICC begins today
• Sudan minister quits over 'Abyei war crimes'
• ICTR - Rwanda court hears evidence against 'genocide bankroller'
• ICTR - Witness alleges Hutu and Tutsi students manned roadblocks
• Female Nobel laureates launch campaign against rape as a weapon of war

May 23, 2011

• President Song - Voice of the ICC
• Cote d'Ivoire - Ouattara insists Gbagbo must face war crimes trial
• ICTY - Croatia's EU bid facing delays thanks to Britain and France
• Cambodia - Tribunal Prosecutor To Fight Retraction Order
• Chile exhumes remains of late president Allende
• DRC - Curbing DC's Gender-based Violence

May 20, 2011

• Grenada accedes to the Rome Statute of the ICC
• Bahrain - Bahrain visit: Cameron embraces tyranny: Opinion
• Bahrain/US - Obama offers sharp criticism of Bahrain crackdown
• BiH - Pressure by Serbs hinders justice in Bosnian war crimes cases
• Argentina - Daimler Must Face Claims Over Argentina 'Dirty War' Worker Kidnappings
• Hungary - Trial of WWII war-crimes suspect Képíró resumes

May 19, 2011

• Bahrain/UK - Bahrain Crown Prince to visit No 10
• Cote d'Ivoire - Ouattara asks ICC to probe Ivory Coast crimes
• Kenya - ICC suspects want Ocampo reprimanded
• Kenya - Waki supports Hague trials for six suspects
• Bangladesh - Unique opportunity for justice for 1971 atrocities (HRW)
• Cambodia - Judges rap prosecutor at Khmer Rouge trial
• ICTY - UN war crimes report hurts Serbia EU aims

May 18, 2011

• Africa - The International Criminal Court bears its teeth
• Colombia signs 'historic' ICC agreement to help house convicts
• US/Afghanistan - Army charges sixth Lewis-McChord soldier with war crimes in Afghanistan
• ICTY - Judges hearing Karadzic case at UN war crimes tribunal visit Sarajevo
• ICTY - 2 Croatian generals appeal against UN court's convictions for persecuting Serbs

May 17, 2011

• Bahrain's parliament accepts resignations of 7 more Shiite opposition lawmakers
• Bahrain rights activist's wife details torture, unfair trial
• Libya - How ICC warrants could change NATO strikes in Libya
• Syria - British official says Syria's Bashar Assad could face international court over crackdown
• ICTR - Rwanda genocide: Ex-army chief given 30-year sentence
• ICTY - Brammertz to submit report on Serbia's cooperation with ICTY on May 17
• Cambodia - Elderly K.Rouge suspect loses court appeal
• Prosecutors urge states to hand over world crime suspects
• Argentina - Argentina Dirty War officers jailed for mass killing
• Germany - Demjanuk in Munich: An Editorial - Why it Matters

May 16, 2011

• Libya - Col Gaddafi expected to be among ICC arrest warrants
• Sudan - SPLM rejects South Kordofan win for Ahmed Haroun
• BiH - Bosnian Serb jailed for 13 years over Srebrenica
• Sierra Leone 'anxiously' awaits Taylor verdict: official
• Colombia's victims of violence are still awaiting justice
• War crimes suspect suffers stroke in Australia

May 13, 2011

• ICC/Libya - Int'l court to seek Libya arrest warrants
• ICC/Djibouti - Netherlands: Court Asks U.N. to Take Action Against Djibouti
• Colombia - ICC to review Colombia's paramilitary demobilization process
• Syria - Geoffrey Robertson - Assa should face international justice
• Cambodia War Crimes' Tribunal Prosecutors at Odds

May 12, 2011

• Sudan - Sudanese president to skip Museveni's inauguration
• Kenya - Ocampo's July date to disclose evidence
• ICTR - ICTR sanctions defence team for former Rwandan Youth Minister
• ICTY - Mladic still in Serbia
• Cambodia - Limited liability for Khmer Rouge tribunal
• Cambodia - US Victims Add Calls for More Tribunal Cases
• Germany - Demjanjuk Convicted for Role in Nazi Death Camp
• Germany won't extradite Nazi convict

May 11, 2011

• Bahrain should set up torture investigation body: rights group
• Kenya - Ocampo wins one case, loses another
• Germany/DRC/Rwanda - War crimes trials of Rwandan FDLR militia leaders could set precedent
• Sri Lanka - President: Sri Lanka wants to clear its name of war crimes charges
• Cambodia - Pressure Mounts on Tribunal Over Further Cases
• Bangladesh - No political motive for trial: Shafique
• ICTY - Serbia can and must do more, UN war crimes prosecutor warns
• Argentina - Argentine police held in 1977 death of French nun

May 10, 2011

• Uganda's Museveni invites Sudanese president to his swearing-in ceremony
• Special Tribunal for Lebanon - Antonio Cassese - President with a purpose
• Hungary war crimes trial halted for medical exams
• Oxfam: Civilians Pay Unacceptable Price in Armed Conflicts
• Argentina - Argentina seeks life sentence for Astiz

May 09, 2011

• Djibouti - U.S. & French Officials Present At Djibouti Inauguration With Bashir
• Egypt/Sudan - Egypt promises Sudan's Bashir immunity once it joins ICC
• Rwanda/US - From Rwanda to Wichita: An African genocide trial in Kansas
• ICTR - Jallow challenges Gatete's non-conviction of conspiracy to commit genocide
• El Salvador general faces deportation from US over torture claims
• El Salvador - Salvador general accused of Jesuit killings dies
• Libya - War Crimes Charged As Misrata Battles
• Cambodia - Prosecutor says more work needed in controversial Khmer Rouge case
• Bangladesh - Mojaheed 'regrets' role, denies killing link
• Cote d'Ivoire - More mass graves found in Ivory Coast
• Cote d'Ivoire/Switzerland - Former Ivory Coast Leader Investigated
• Djbouti Violates its Obligations to the ICC
• Germany/DRC/Rwanda - FDLR - Waging war by mobile phone and emails
• ICTY - Serbia: Authorities 'negotiated with family of Mladic and other top war crimes fugitive'
• Bangladesh - ICT challenged in High Court
• UN - UN Secretary General: Times of Impunity Are Gone

May 06, 2011

• Commentary - The International Criminal Court's task is monumental ? and vital
• ICC not targeted at Africans only ? Annan
• Germany/DRC/Rwanda - UN welcomes start of FDLR Leaders' Trial
• US/DRC - Delay in US Law to Combat Africa's Conflict Minerals Sharpens Divisions
• Burkina Faso - Uprising in Burkina Faso - Why no cameras?
• Italy/Germany - Prosecutor seeks prison for war crimes
• Hungary - War crimes suspect pleads innocent at trial
• BiH/Denmark - Bosnian Muslim, first person sentenced for Yugoslav war crimes, to be expelled from Denmark
• ICTR - President Byron's term expires this May

May 05, 2011

• Bahrain/UK/ICC - Yasser joins war crimes delegation to ICC
• ICTY - Lawyer warns that ICTY ruling sentences Serb leader prematurely
• Israel/UK - Netanyahu aide skips UK trip fearing arrest
• Cambodia - K. Rouge court asked to release ailing defendant
• DRC/Canada - Court ruling a major step forward for case against Canadian mining company
• DRC/US - US strategy on SGBV in DRC
• Central African Republic's children face recruitment risk
• ICTR - Ndahimana changes mind to give own defence evidence

May 04, 2011

• Libya - The Office of the Prosecutor will request an arrest warrant against 3 individuals in first Libya case. Judges will decide
• Libya - Libyan leaders to face arrest warrants for alleged war crimes
• Sri Lanka - US urges S.Lanka to bring war criminals to justice
• Kenya - Unregistered Kenya PEV victims fault ICC ruling on evidence submission
• Bahrain refers 47 medics to military court
• Germany/DRC/Rwanda - 2 alleged Rwandan rebel leaders face war crime charges in Germany
• ICTY - Vojislav Seselj: UN tribunal dismisses acquittal bid
• Bangladesh - 'Have patience, war criminals will be tried': PM
• Hungary - Nazi war criminal, 97, on trial in Hungary

May 03, 2011

• ICC/Libya - Strong proof of Libya crimes against humanity: ICC
• ICC/Cote d'Ivoire - Prosecutor to move ahead on Ivory Coast probe
• ICC/Kenya - International prosecutor counters Kenya's challenge to right to try 6 Kenyans
• DRC/Germany: Groundbreaking Trial for Congo War Crimes
• Kyrgyzstan - Commission suspects Kyrgyz military role in clashes
• Bahrain - Bahrain doctors to be tried for helping protesters
• Bahrain should set aside death sentences-HRW
• Bangladesh - War crimes trial to be fair hopes US envoy

May 02, 2011

• Bahrain - US raps Bahrain over speed of trial
• BiH - EU labels Bosnian Serb referendum 'irresponsible'
• Sudan - Will a war criminal govern new Sudan's key border state?
• Sri Lanka - China backs Lanka against UN report on 'war crimes'
• Argentina - Ernesto Sabato, writer who led investigation of Argentina's 'Dirty War,' dies at 99
• Chile - Former Agent for Pinochet Is Found Slain in Argentina