August 27, 2006
Uganda's challenge to the ICC
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May 18, 2006
The much-wanted Mladic
Timothy William Waters, who formerly worked in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, had a timely opinion piece in the New York Times last week. (Also, here.) It had the thought-provoking title, Why...
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March 20, 2006
ICC takes custody of first suspect
One March 17, the ICC took control of its first suspect, Mr Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, a Congolese national and alleged founder and leader of the Union des Patriotes Congolais (UPC). Many reports I have seen, including this one, say that...
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March 11, 2006
The Death of Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milosevic, the former president of Serbia & Montenegro who was on trial at the ICTY on charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo, was found dead in his cell in The Hague...
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March 01, 2006
Helena's FP Article -- "Think Again: International Courts"
TJF's own founder, Helena Cobban, has a piece out in the latest issue of Foreign Policy magazine entitled "Think Again: International Courts." The article attacks much of the conventional wisdom on international criminal justice, and I hope that readers will...
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February 16, 2006
Haiti, Iraq, and political transition
Joanna Quinn wrote a very informative post about Haiti here on TJF on Tuesday. I was going to post this as a comment on what she wrote, but saw it would be so long that it probably should be in...
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February 11, 2006
ICTR appeals chamber upholds two acquittals
I just learned over at the blog Opinio Juris that the joint ICTR/ICTY appeals chamber in The Hague has upheld the acquittals that ICTR's trial chamber in Arusha handed down to Andre Ntagerura and Emmanuel Bagambiki. Kevin Jon Heller, the...
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January 22, 2006
East Timor not seeking war-crimes court
I wanted to make sure to post a link to this report, from the Washington Post of January 21, about East Timor President Xanana Gusmao presenting the 2,005-page final report of his country's Commission for Reception, truth and Reconciliation (CAVR)...
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October 19, 2005
War crimes trials: procedures or politics?
The war-crimes trial of Saddam Hussein and seven other co-defendants opened briefly today (see also here ), and was adjourned after just 2 hours and 11 minutes of court time. They are charged with the murder of 143 men...
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