The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has convicted Momcilo Perišic, former Chief of General Staff of the Yugoslav Army from August 1993 to November 1998, for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and sentenced him to 27 years’ imprisonment. Read more... |
| The Confirmation Hearing in Kenya 2 is to start at the ICC in The Hague on 21 September 2011. Read more... |
| The STL President, Judge Cassese, convenes the Trial Chamber for the first time Read more... |
| In this blog a few weeks ago I mentioned the paper exercise which seemed to be emerging as a practice of the Prosecution at the ICC, to reduce the effectiveness in the process of the Confirmation Hearing.
It seems my concerns have been realised in the Kenya 1 case where the Prosecutor has filed a motion containing observations to restrict the nature and scope of the Confirmation hearing. Read more... |
| The steps being taken in the UN and ICC to take international legal measures against Syria were predictable.
Syria was warned that the recent outbreaks of violence would be an opportunity for those opposed to its government to make moves to destabilise its regime and prosecute its leadership.
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| Professor William Schabas discussed with Steven Kay QC and Toby Cadman at the Salzburg Summer School International Criminal Law Conference the point relating to the issue of ‘state or organisational policy" in the Kenya case at the ICC. Read more... |
| A senior war crimes lawyer, is visiting the Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal in Dakhar today. Nicholas Koumijan is an emissary of US War Crimes Ambassador Stephen Rapp and his visit is at time of mounting concern as to the nature and quality of this tribunal. Read more... |
| The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh is attempting to obscure its accountability by refusing to provide written copies of its oral orders. Read more... |
| The use of lethal force to disperse demonstrations is within a government’s prerogative and is not an international crime. But months of a persistent and brutal crackdown, the likes of which are occurring in Syria, which, according to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has left some 2,000 people dead since anti-government protests began in March, does amount to a crime against humanity. This is contrary to Article 7 of the ICC Treaty, if multiple acts of murder or persecution are committed, pursuant to state policy, “as part of a widespread or systematic attack against any civilian population.” The deliberate decision to use tanks, machine guns, and snipers against unarmed crowds repeatedly over the last few months is clear evidence of exactly such a crime. But the question remains - is now the time for the Security Council to refer Bashar al-Assad and certain members of his family to the International Criminal Court? Read more... |
| An interesting Decision has been issued in the Ruto et al half of the Kenya case at the ICC. The Pre-Trial Chamber has restricted viva voce defence witnesses for the Confirmation Hearing to only two for each suspect. Read more... |
| John Cammegh addresses the American Society of International Law on the Bangladesh International CrimesTribunal. Read more... |
| John Cammegh has been invited to speak to an inter-collegiate audience at St Antony's College, Oxford in October 2011 on 'The Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal: Justice or Betrayal?'. Read more... |
| Toby Cadman will be speaking at the International Seminar on Independence of Judiciary and the Criminal Justice System of Bangladesh to be held on 5th August 2011 at Hotel Purbani, Dhaka. Read more... |
| The press release for the 4 terrorist suspects in the Hariri assassination reveals that the confidentiality has been lifted in case any member of the public should see them and recognise them. Read more... |
| In a surprise announcement by the STL today 4 Lebanese accused were named as those suspected of being involved in the assassination of ex Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri and/or related terrorist explosions. Read more... |
| Statement by Lord Avebury, Chairman of the International Bangaldesh Foundation and Co-Chair of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission. Read more... |
| Goran Hadzic, the last remaining fugitive of the 161 suspected persons indicted by the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), made his initial appearance before Judge Kwon O-gon on Monday 25 July 2011. At the hearing, Hadzic declined to enter a plea and waived reading of the 14-count indictment. In accordance with the rules of the ICTY, he has been allowed 30 days to reflect on the contents of the indictment prior to entering a plea. Read more... |
| Norwegian police are considering charging Anders Behring Breivik, the man who admitted killing 76 people in Friday's attacks in Norway with crimes against humanity, prosecutor Christian Hatlo has said. Read more... |
| Steven Kay QC has been asked with Eeva Heikkila to represent the Mothers of Beslan against the State of Russia in their action at the European Court of Human Rights for damages as a result of the large number of deaths of school children in the assault by Russian forces against terrorists who had taken the school in Beslan Read more... |
| In a statement released on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch recognised that the recent amendments to the rules of procedure for the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) fail to bring the tribunal in line with international fair trial standards. Read more... |
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