Xolani Nkosi Johnson, was born with HIV on on February 4, 1989, in South Africa, he was passed on the virus from his mother Nonthlanthla Daphne Nkosi. Many never gave Nkosi a chance to live, but this little boy was not just born with HIV, was born with a fighting spirit that few of us […]
BBC: Liberia's former President Charles Taylor has appeared at his war crimes trial in The Hague for the first time. Wearing a blue suit and a yellow tie, Mr Taylor, 59, turned up after the judge had explained why his trial would again be delayed – until 20 August. The delay is to appoint a […]
As part of the path to close the naval detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, senior advisers to the Bush administration are exploring the legal options for the detention of foreign terrorist suspects in the U.S. civilian prison system. Officials are proposing legislation that would create three legal categories for the estimated 375 detainees; one […]
CROATIAN TRIAL DELAYED A decision by a U.N. war crimes tribunal delays the proceedings for three Croatian military and police officials on trial for atrocities. The appeals court for the U.N. system upheld the disqualification of the defendants lawyers for conflicts of interest. The defendants are alleged to have run a joint criminal operation with […]
Two U.S. soldiers were charged with premeditated murder in two separate incidents. On Saturday, the U.S. military cited Staff Sergeant Michael Hensley and Specialist Jorge Sandoval were charged with murder and wrongfully placing weapons with the remains of the deceased. Hensley is charged with three counts of murder, while Sandoval faces one conviction. The charges […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court said on Friday it would hear appeals by Guantanamo prisoners on their right to challenge their confinement before federal judges, a test of President George W. Bush's powers in the war on terrorism. The court in April had denied the same appeals by the prisoners, but the justices in […]
“The true measure of a nation's standing is how well it attends to its children , their health and safety, their material security, their education and socialization, and their sense of being loved, valued, and included in the families and societies into which they are born.” -UNICEF What is really a better life for a […]
An independent commission has reached an official death toll from the Bosnian war in the 1990's. The study from the Norwegian Research and Documentation Center in Sarajevo – called the “The Bosnian Book of the Dead” – has reached a figure of 97, 207, far less than United Nations estimates. UN estimates cite a figure […]
Children so often suffer unjustly, just because they are children, for the world too often sees them as less worthy to have a voice. However all children have the right to be heard, and they have so much to say and contribute to the world. With age and power we so often forget the wisdom […]
The tribunal established to investigate allegations of war crimes for members of Saddam Hussein's former regime has stated it will begin prosecuting individuals accused of launching a campaign against a Shi’ite uprising following the liberation of Kuwait in 1991. Following the defeat of Iraq in the first Gulf War, Shi’ites in southern Iraq and Kurds […]
The chief war crimes prosecutor for the United Nations, Carla del Ponte, said that the European Union should not proceed on negotiations with Serbia until all war crimes suspects have been arrested. Del Ponte has stated that, despite positive assessments by the EU, Serbia should not be perceived as meeting its full obligations to join […]
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