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By now, we all must have heard about the War Crime Tribunal in Bangladesh that is formed to put war criminals of 1971 into trial. The whole nation had been waiting for the trial to begin for almost 40 years and to everyone’s comfort, current Awami League led Government initiated the process. The comfort soon turned out be a disgust as the whole nation experienced various national and international expatriate and war crime specialist started to question the process of the trial. The latest addition to the debate was the ‘Safe Home’ issue, which, according to the lawyer of the accused is intended to torture the accused. Read more... | Four of the most senior Khmer Rouge leaders deemed ‘most responsible’ for the deaths of 1.7 million people have gone on trial at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Read more... | The term of the ICC’s first Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, is slowly, albeit dramatically, drawing to a close. In December 2011 the members of ICC’s Assembly of State Parties will convene to choose the Court’s next Prosecutor. He or she will officially replace Moreno-Ocampo in June 2012. Every member-state of the Court will have one vote in deciding the ICC’s second prosecutor. In early February, the ICC set up a search committee to identify some potential candidates. Read more... | The Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has today issued warrants of arrest for Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi for crimes against humanity allegedly carried out across Libya. Read more... | On 3 June 2011, Ratko Mladic, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb army, made his first appearance at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. It is alleged that Mladic, who has been charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws and customs of war, is responsible for the massacre of thousands of Muslim boys and men in Srebrenica in 1995. Read more... | Media speculation is often rife in international cases as I have recently experienced following the acquittal of Cermak at the ICTY. The Croatian media has asserted as fact many ridiculous and frankly stupid stories ranging from the interference of British Intelligence Services (it was at one stage the French!) to any other conspiracy theory you care to name. An interesting decision from the Pre-Trial Chamber in Muthaura, Kenyatta and Ali at the ICC has arisen which recognizes that an Application by the Defence for Muthaura concerning media comment by the Prosecutor, raises issues which are of legitimate concern to the Defence. Read more... | International expert on war crimes issue Toby Cadman, now visiting Dhaka, has said all parties involved in the 1971 Liberation War, whether they are freedom fighters or pro-Pakistani elements, should face prosecution in case of committing crimes against international humanitarian law. Read more... | Yesterday the Arab League met in Cairo for an emergency session to discuss recent developments in Libya. The support of the Arab League was crucial to the passing of UN resolution 1973, and remains vital to the legitimacy of the ongoing Western-led military offensive in Libya that followed that resolution. However, on Sunday, the League’s Secretary-General Amr Moussa expressed concerns ... Read more... | Toby Cadman of 9 Bedford Row International appeared on behalf of the Requesting Judicial Authority of Malta in an extradition appeal before the Administrative Court. Read more... |
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