As Daniel noted, Radovan Karadzic was arrested yesterday by Serbian authorities. Karadzic, who PBS once described as the world's most wanted man, was President of the Republika Srpska, and ICTY alleges that he is guilty of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Perhaps most importantly, Karadzic is accused of ordering the genocide at Srebrenica, […]
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men for his part in civilian massacres, was arrested on Monday, Serbian President Boris Tadic's office said on Monday.
JNA General Pavle Strugar was sentenced to 7 and 1/2 years in prison for his role in the shelling of Dubrovnik, Croatia, during the conflict accompanying the breakup of Yugoslavia. Dubrovnik, known as the “Pearl of the Adriatic” for its historic and beautiful old city, was subjected to a 7-month siege during the war. 2/3 […]
In what can only be seen as a victory for the Bush administration, Judge James Robertson for the U.S. District Court in Washington denied Thursday a motion to delay the trial of the former driver of Osama bin Laden, Salim Hamdan. Hamdan, a 37-year old Yemeni national, will be the first “enemy combatant” in the […]
Canadian lawyers acting on behalf of a Palestinian man sued two Montreal companies and their director for violation of international laws pertaining to the transfer of civilian populations into Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories. Court documents filed in the Superior Court of the District of Montreal claim two firms acting on behalf of the Israeli […]
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We noted Friday that reports were circulating that ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo would ask the Court to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. CNN reports that Moreno-Ocampo sought an indictment this morning. In it, the Prosecutor's Office alleges that the Sudanese military coordinated […]
The Washington Post reports that ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will charge the president of Sudan, Colonel Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, with genocide and crimes against humanity. Appropriately, the announcement comes on the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, which gave rise to an exceedingly rare holding that genocide had actually been committed. A conviction on genocide […]
Warning: This post contains offensive language. This post was originally published July 11, 2007. Today marks the 12th 13th anniversary of the massacre in Srebernica. In July 1995, in the United Nations mandated "safe area' of Srebrenica, Serbian forces summarily executed some 8,000 Bosnian men. The forces of the Army of Republika Srpska, led by […]
A Yemeni national which the U.S. government says ran an al-Qaida terrorist training camp where two of the Sept. 11 hijackers trained says the prosecution should let him view classified evidence, Reuters reported. Walid bin Attash said Thursday he wants access to classifed evidence because he says it would be safer in his hands than […]
THE CASE OF Huzaifa Parhat provides the clearest, most compelling evidence yet that the process used by the Bush administration to justify holding detainees at Guantanamo Bay is deeply and irreversibly flawed and must be discarded. Mr. Parhat is an ethnic Uighur who fled China in 2001 because of the abuses against Uighurs in that […]
The ex-vice-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been extradited to The Hague to face trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Jean-Pierre Bemba, who fled DR Congo last year, was detained in Belgium in May. He will face trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Mr Bemba is accused over atrocities allegedly […]
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