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Dutch Blamed for Srebrenica Deaths

6 July 2011 by Administrator

Yesterday a court in the Netherlands ruled that the Dutch state was responsible for the deaths of three Bosniaks killed during the Srebrenica massacres. The court ordered the government to pay compensation to the dead men's relatives.

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Tagged Bosnia

 

9 Bedford Row International Annual Conference

6 July 2011 by Steven Kay

The 9 Bedford Row International Annual Conference is on Saturday 1st October 2011 in London.
Steven Kay QC, John Cammegh, Gillian Higgins and Toby Cadman will be reviewing some of the cases and situations that the 9BRi international criminal law team have dealt with in the last year at the ICC, ICTY, STL and Bangladesh Courts.

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International Crime Conference, 1 October 2011 - Sergei Magnitsky

6 July 2011 by Steven Kay

The tragic death of Sergei Magnitsky who was falsely accused by Russian Police and held in custody by Russian Judges for no good reason as being a suspect in a crime the Police had in fact committed in a conspiracy with the Russian Tax authorities, is to be covered in one of the sessions at the 9 Bedford Row International Conference on 1 October 2011. The police who committed the crime of which Magnitsky complained were appointed to investigate the case against them!

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Posted in International
Tagged Russia

 

Interrogations in 'Safe Home'

4 July 2011 by Administrator

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.

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Posted in International
Tagged Bangladesh

 

Cambodia: Bringing the Surviving Leaders of the Khmer Rouge to Justice

1 July 2011 by Administrator

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.

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Electing the ICC’s Next Prosecutor: The Criteria

1 July 2011 by Administrator

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.

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Posted in International
Tagged ICC

 

ICC Issues Arrest Warrants in Libya Situation

27 June 2011 by Administrator

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.

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Tagged Gaddafi, Libya

 

Ratko Mladic makes his first appearance at the ITCY

9 June 2011 by Administrator

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.

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Media speculation rife in international cases in acquittal of Cermak

9 May 2011 by Steven Kay

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.

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Tagged Croatia

 

ICT seems to be a political tool

9 May 2011 by Administrator

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.

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Posted in International
Tagged Bangladesh

 

Libya: Arab League Support, and the Targeting of Gaddafi

28 March 2011 by Administrator

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 ...

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Tagged Gaddafi, Libya

 

Toby Cadman of 9 Bedford Row International appeared on behalf of the Requesting Judicial Authority of Malta

28 March 2011 by Administrator

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.

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