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FREDERICK K.

COX
INTERNATIONAL LAW
CENTER

Founder/Advisor
Michael P. Scharf

WAR CRIMES
PROSECUTION
WATCH
Volume 9 - Issue 9
July 28, 2014

EDITOR IN CHIEF
Peter Beardsley

MANAGING EDITORS
Emily Gibbons
Madeline Jack

SENIOR TECHNICAL EDITOR


Morgan Kearse

War Crimes Prosecution Watch is a bi-weekly e-newsletter that compiles official documents
and articles from major news sources detailing and analyzing salient issues pertaining to the
investigation and prosecution of war crimes throughout the world. To subscribe, please
email [email protected] and type "subscribe" in the subject line.

Opinions expressed in the articles herein represent the views of their authors and are not
necessarily those of the War Crimes Prosecution Watch staff, the Case Western Reserve
University School of Law or Public International Law & Policy Group.

Contents
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Central African Republic & Uganda

Amnesty International: Perpetrators of Atrocities Must Have Nowhere to


Hide From Justice
UN: Total Impunity in Central African Republic 'Main Stumbling Block' on
Road to Political Transition, Committee Chair Says, Briefing Security
Council
International Justice Monitor: Judges' Plenary Declines to Disqualify
Judge Tarfusser From New Bemba Case
International Justice Monitor: Bemba's Co-Accused to Remain in ICC
Custody
Amnesty International: Brazzaville Talks Should Not Lead to Amnesties
for War Crimes
All Africa: Briefing - Targeting CAR's Predators

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Deutsche Welle: Child Soldiers and the Importance of Reintegration

IJ Monitor: Witness Tells ICC Ruto's Name Was in the Envelope

The American Conservative: Learning the Wrong Lessons From the Lybian
War

Kenya

Libya

Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

The New Republic Liberia: Ivory Coast Blocks Refugees from Liberia Amid
Ebola Fears
France24: Three Years After Civil War, How Close Is Ivory Coast to
Reconciliation?

AFRICA
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

UN News Centre: Prosecutor of UN Rwanda Genocide Tribunal Urges


Cooperation to Catch Roaming Fugitives

EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Abduladhim Maktouf Sentenced to Five


Years in Prison in the Reopened Proceedings
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Prosecution to Present its Closing
Argument in Predrag Milisavljevi et al.
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Trial Verdict in the Case v. Predrag
Proi Confirmed
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Status Conference in the Case v. Bosiljko
Markovi et al.
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment Confirmed in the Case v.
Petar Kovaevi
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment Confirmed in the Case v.
Ekrem Ibraevi et al.
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment Confirmed in the Case v.
Jasmin oloman
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Plea Hearing in the Case of Edhem
Godinjak et al.

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Ex-Bosnian Serb Officer: Sarajevo
Civilians Not Targeted

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

The Australian: Melbourne soccer dad Predrag Japranin pursued by


Croatia as a 'war criminal'
ABC News Online: Mother of man killed during Croatian War of
Independence waits for justice 23 years on
dalje.com: Indictment for war crimes in Trpinja upheld
The Windsor Star: All sides committed atrocities
Croatia, the War, and the Future: Croatian Serb War Crimes Indicted
Goran Hadzic An Ordinary Family Man From Hell

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA


Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: Planning Continues


for Case 002/02 Reparation Requests

Iraqi High Tribunal

AlJazeera America: Iraqi Forces Killed 255 Prisoners in Revenge Attacks,


Says Rights Group
AlJazeera America: UN: Islamic State, Iraq Government Guilty of Abuses

Syria
Special Tribunal for Lebanon
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

The Daily Star: Decision on Charges Against Ex-JP Lawmaker August 14


The Daily Star: Repetitive Quizzing by Defence Vexes Court
Bdnews24.com: War Crimes Suspect Koshai Siraj Arrested
The Daily Star:Tribunal Starts Hearing Closing Arguments

War Crimes Investigations in Burma

The Irrawaddy: Thai Authorities Hamper Food Deliveries to Burmese


Refugee Camp
The Irrawaddy: Burmese Refugee Headcount Begins, Sparking Fears of
Forced Repatriation

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA


United States

The New York Times: U.S. is Said to Plan to Send 6 Detainees to Uruguay
The Washington Post: Hamas Tactics Highlight U.S. Military's Preparation for Tunnel
Warfare
CNN: Rights Group Accuses U.S. of Abuses in Terror Cases
The Washington Post: Malaysia Flight 17 Prosecution Faces Major Evidentiary and
Legal Obstacles
The Washington Post: A Year After U.S. Spying Revelations, German Officials Say
Questions Remain Unanswered

South & Central America


Colombia
Reuters: Chiquita Wins Dismissal of U.S. Lawsuits Over Colombian Abuses
BBC: Colombian Army Kills ELN Rebels in Arauca Province
Columbia Reports: Colombia Government and FARC Agree on How Victims Will be Represented in
Peace Talks

TOPICS
Terrorism

National Post: B.C. Man Who went to Syria Becomes the First Charged with Terrorism
under new Canadian Law
The Guardian: Greek Terrorist Arrested after Athens Shootout
All Africa: Ethiopia: Government Under Fire over Prosecution of Zone 9 Bloggers

Piracy

The Christian Science Monitor : Captain Phillips Strikes Back: Off Horn of Africa,
Pirates Go Bye-Bye
Middle East North Africa Financial Network: UK Destroyer Joins Multinational
Counter-Piracy Mission

Channel News Asia: Pirates Attack Malaysian Tanker in South China Sea

The Nation: Piracy in Southeast Asia - The Current Situation

Gender-Based Violence

International Business Times: 10-Year-Old Afghan Girl Raped By Mullah Could Face
Honor Killing
BBC: India School Rape Claim: Man Arrested in Bangalore
Greek Reporter: Greek Court Issues First-Time Ruling on Female Genital Mutilation
The Guardian: Parents Who Allow Female Genital Mutilation Will Be Prosecuted

Asylum

HUMANE Act Would Not Give Enough Time for Asylum Cases, Mcallen
Immigration Lawyers Say
The Washington Times: Two-Thirds of Illegal Immigrant Children
Approved for Asylum: Report
ABC News: Federal Government Files Defence in Sri Lankan Asylum
Seekers' Case, 19 Hours After Deadline
Star Tribune: Central America Kids Find it Hard to Seek Asylum in U.S.
Channel NewsAsia: France Starts Tackling Sensitive Asylum, Immigration
Reforms

REPORTS
UN Reports

The Washington Post: Court: Dutch Liable for 300 Srebrenica Deaths
UN News Centre: UN Reports Serious Human Rights Violations, Potential War Crimes
in Iraq
Amnesty International: Israel/Gaza: Prevent Further War Crimes After Israeli Ground
Assault
Thompson Reuters: Ukraine War Crimes Trials a Step Closer After Red Cross
Assessment

New York Times: U.N. Rights Panel Votes for Inquiry in Gaza Conflict

NGO Reports

Amnesty International: Northern Iraq: Civilians in the line of fire


Amnesty International: Kenya: Crying for justice: Victims' perspectives on justice for
the post-election violence in Kenya

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS


Nepal

The Himalayan: Panel on TRC CID to Develop TOR in a Week

Republica: NHRC Vacancies Hamper TRC Recommendations Body

South Africa

Pretoria News: Invoke Constitution in De Kock Parole Bid

CTV News: Court Urged to Seal, Not Destroy, Residential School Records

IRI News: Burundi's Troubled Peace and Reconciliation Process

The Hindu: Rajapaksa Inducts War Crimes Experts in Probe Panel

Canada

Burundi

Sri Lanka

COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES

Opinio Juris: Mothers of Srebrenica Decision: Dutch Court Holds the


Netherlands Responsible for 300 Deaths in 1995 Massacre
Just Security: In Advance of Activating The Crime of Aggression
Opinio Juris: Emerging Voices: Extraordinary Exceptions at the ICCWhat
happened with Rule 134quater?
Opinio Juris: Feiglin Is Advocating Crimes Against Humanity and War
Crimes, Not Genocide
Justice in Conflict: Back Against the Wall: Libya Wants the ICC to
Prosecute Wanton Militias
Opinio Juris: Emerging Voices: Responsibility of the Netherlands for the
Genocide in SrebrenicaThe Nuhanovic and Mothers of Srebrenica Cases
Compared

WORTH READING

Pacific McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal: Kill "em
and Sort it Out Later:' Signature Drone Strikes and International
Humanitarian Law
Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa: Gravity as
a Requirement in International Criminal Prosecutions: Implications for
South African Courts
LSE Legal Studies Working Paper: The Impact of the 'Ruggie Framework'
and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
on Transnational Human Rights Litigation
A Farewell to Fragmentation: The ICJ's Role in the Reassertion and
Convergence of International Law, Cambridge University Press:
Fragmentation within International Human Rights Law
Routledge Handbook on Humanitarian Action: Empowering the General
Assembly to Advance International Criminal Investigations

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