Chief Palestinian peace negotiator backs Kerry's efforts
The top Palestinian negotiator with Israel on Monday threw his weight behind U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's bid to revive stalled peace talks, while describing the situation in the West Bank as apartheid worse than that...Read more...
Letter: Human rights groups confused about how to prosecute the Tivoli massacre
Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding, Police Commissioner Owen Ellington, former Major General Stewart Saunders of the JDF and Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson ordered soldiers and policemen to invade Tivoli Gardens...Read more...
Obama to skip Kenya in second Africa tour
US President Barack Obama is set to visit three African countries as part of his “commitment to broadening and deepening cooperation between the United States and the people of sub-Saharan Africa” according to a White House...Read more...
Civil society strongly condemns the recent Mayor Hashimoto’s remark on the “Comfort Women”
1. Toru HASHIMOTO, the mayor of Osaka and a co-leader of the Japan Restoration Association, a political party with 57 lawmakers in Parliament, remarked on May 13 that the “comfort women” for the Japanese Army during World War...Read more...
Briefing: Towards internal solutions to the Democratic Republic of Congo crisis
Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), Briefing: Towards internal solutions to the Democratic Republic of Congo crisis, 14 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519b28a24.html [accessed 21 May 2013]...Read more...
Kenya won’t crumble over Obama no-show
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 21 – Kenya has played down the decision by US President Barrack Obama to snub it once again on his scheduled tour of Africa, saying it was “fine”. Government spokesman Muthui Kariuki told AFP that Kenya was...Read more...
Govt officially rejects Rome Statute
Paper Edition | Page: 8 It is now official that Indonesia will not ratify the Rome Statute for the accession to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the near future.Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro issued a statement...Read more...
North Korea's hidden labor camps exposed
A new UN panel is vowing to hold North Korea's Kim regime to 'full accountability' for decades of mass crime and murder. Will Pyongyang face ICC indictment? By Robert Marquand , Staff writer / May 21, 2013 What human rights...Read more...
Syria: Visit Reveals Torture Chambers
Human Rights Watch, Syria: Visit Reveals Torture Chambers, 17 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519b47f44.html [accessed 21 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does...Read more...
Asantehene Addresses The Wrong Audience
In the nations capital with a delegation of chiefs for a lecture on democratic political culture and governance, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II, was reported to have paid a courtesy call on the 2012 presidential candidate...Read more...
Event : Milestones in International Criminal Justice – Africa and the International Criminal Court
by Doughty Street Chambers and the International Law Programme Date: Thursday 30 May 2013, from 18:00 to 19:30. Venue: Chatham House, 10 St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LE. Participants: - Chair: Elizabeth Wilmshurst CMG,...Read more...
Central African Republic: UN envoy urges Security Council to bolster security, consider sanctions...
UN News Service, Central African Republic: UN envoy urges Security Council to bolster security, consider sanctions against rebels, 15 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519b2d0f4.html [accessed 21 May 2013]...Read more...
Must-Reads from Around the World – TIME
Luis Soto / AP Guatemala’s former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt arrives for the continuation of his trial on genocide charges in Guatemala City, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Guatemala Genocide Conviction — Guatemala’s highest...Read more...
RUTO BEEFS UP ICC LEGAL TEAM
DEPUTY President William Ruto has beefed up his defence team at the International Criminal Court ahead of his trial which is now likely to start in November Shyamala Alagendra, a Malaysian who once worked for the the Office of...Read more...
Indonesia and the False Promise of International Justice
Indonesia continues to have a contentious relationship with international justice. Now, “politics” is being blamed for Indonesia’s waning support for the ICC and ratification of the Rome Statute. According to this article out...Read more...
Kenya: ICC creates two Trial Chambers for Kenyan cases
Updated Tuesday, May 21st 2013 at 18:38 GMT +3 Kenya: The International Criminal Court has constituted two Trial Chambers for the two Kenyan cases. In a statement sent to newsrooms on Tuesday, the ICC presidency said the...Read more...
ICC sets up two trial chambers to hear Uhuru, Ruto cases
President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) with his deputy William Ruto after addressing the nation on March 9, 2013 in Nairobi. The International Criminal Court has constituted two trial chambers that will hear two Kenyan cases facing...Read more...
Central African Republic: Judges Approve Revised Bemba Witness List
0 Comments Article Rating:0 | Read: 1 Trial judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have approved an amended list of witnesses in which 13 fewer individuals are expected to testify for Jean-Pierre Bemba. Judges Sylvia...Read more...
New Constitution Should Tackle Hate Speech Spectre
Daily News]ALTHOUGH the 1994 Rwandan pogrom in which an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were hacked to death was sparked by the downing of the plane carrying President Habyarimana, in which he was killed.Read more...
Rwanda country profile – Overview
Rwanda experienced Africa's worst genocide in modern times, and the country's recovery was marred by its intervention in the conflict in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The country has been beset by ethnic tension...Read more...
Côte d’Ivoire: 2 Years in, Uneven Progress
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Côte d’Ivoire’s government has made little progress in addressing root causes of the country’s decade of politico-military violence in the two years since President Alassane Ouattara’s...Read more...
Rwanda: Weekly Summary - Bensouda to Look Into Israeli Raid, Kigali Keeps Extradited Suspect in...
Hirondelle]Arusha -The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced a preliminary examination into an Israeli army raid, while Rwandan judicial authorities refused bail to a genocide suspect extradited from...Read more...
Download Appeal ICTY guide
Free Math lesson plan - Great preparation makes better result. Designing lesson plan is preparing what, when, where, who, why and how to teach the students. It is really essential for teacher to brainstorm the idea through the...Read more...
Now Available: Kenya Business Forecast Report Q3 2013
The Supreme Court's March 30 confirmation of Uhuru Kenyatta's presidential victory means that the president can begin the task of governing the country. There will be plenty of challenges, including dealing with ongoing ethnic...Read more...
Africa News Round Up May, Friday 17, 2013
Independent]In the Central African Republic, a UN envoy says the country has collapsed into "a state of anarchy" and the UN Security Council must impose sanctions and mandate a neutral security force to restore order, Aljazeera...Read more...
Israeli Army Demolishes Five Commercial Structures Near Jenin
“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’Law resources below this article Monday May 20, 2013 10:17 by IMEMC & Agencies Follow @imemcnews Monday...Read more...
Kenya: ICC Now Asked to Investigate Its Prosecutors
Capital FM]Nairobi -Ugandan peace resolution expert David Matsanga has now written to International Criminal Court urging it to consider investigating the prosecutors over what he terms a 'flawed investigation' in the Kenyan...Read more...
Comment by 'queigais' on Kony 2012 explodes on world stage, leaves questions in wake
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Kenya Uhuru Wants ICC Trial Moved to January 2014
President Uhuru Kenyatta now wants his case on alleged crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court to start in January next year. Through his lawyers, the president told the ICC judges, on Wednesday, that due to...Read more...
Sexual violence, access to justice, and human rights
The patriarchal framework of justice which reflects gendered stereotypes, cultural and traditional prejudice has to change. Whilst there is slow progress in implementation, international law is drifting inexorably into...Read more...
