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PILPG Logo Case School of Law Logo War Crimes Prosecution Watch Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Hassan FREDERICK K. COX Volume 14 - Issue 19 INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER October 26, 2019 Technical Editor-in-Chief Kurt Harris Founder/Advisor Michael P. Scharf Managing Editors Gloria Neilson Faculty Advisor Mary Preston Jim Johnson War Crimes Prosecution Watch is a bi-weekly e-newsletter that compiles official documents and articles from major news sources detailing and analyzing salient issues pertaining to the investigation and prosecution of war crimes throughout the world. To subscribe, please email [email protected] and type "subscribe" in the subject line. Opinions expressed in the articles herein represent the views of their authors and are not necessarily those of the War Crimes Prosecution Watch staff, the Case Western Reserve University School of Law or Public International Law & Policy Group. Contents AFRICA NORTH AFRICA Libya SLibya official: Gunmen kill 2 women, 3 kids near capital (ABC News) Libya: Deadly Airstrike Apparently Unlawful (Human Rights Watch) Seven children reported killed and scores injured as violence continues in Libya (Unicef) Trapped in Tripoli: The people struck in Libya’s civil war (BBC News) CENTRAL AFRICA Central African Republic Sudan & South Sudan Sudan: Immediate humanitarian access for victims of conflict essential as ceasefire deal agreed (Amnesty International)) Democratic Republic of the Congo WEST AFRICA Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon Investigate security forces, Boko Haram’s atrocities, AI tells ICC again (Punch) Chad: No Redress for Ex-Dictator’s Victims (Human Rights Watch) Mali Security Council Press Statement on Mali, 9 October 2019 (reliefweb) Liberia Liberia: International Justice Group Submits Petition for The Implementation of TRC Recommendations (Front Page Africa) EAST AFRICA Uganda Kenya Rwanda Somalia Mortar bombs strike Somalia's Mogadishu airport, six injured: source (Reuters) Over 20 al-Shabaab militants killed in central Somalia (AA) EUROPE Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Appeals Conviction for Killing Family (Balkan Insight) Bosnia seeks extradition of Missouri man in war crimes case (AP News) Bosnian Wartime Killer Extradited After 24 Years in Switzerland (Balkan Insight) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia Kosovo Court Upholds Serb’s War Crimes Acquittal (Balkan Insight) Turkey Evidence found of war crimes during Turkish offensive in Syria, says U.S. official (Reuters) MIDDLE-EAST Iraq The Kurdistan Region of Iraq Is Struggling to Survive (National Interest) In Iraq, concern that Syria chaos would bring back IS (Hartford Courant) New refugees arrive to Iraq in a week of violence in northeast Syria (reliefweb) Iraq: Stop security forces from threatening, forcibly disappearing and abusing activists (Amnesty International) Improving Services for Newly Liberated Areas in Iraq (UN Ops) France's Le Drian to go to Iraq to discuss trials for jihadists from Syria (Reuters) Syria Turkey/Syria: Civilians at Risk in Syria Operation (Human Rights Watch) Turkish-led forces film themselves executing a Kurdish captive in Syria (Washington Post) 12 Hours. 4 Syrian Hospitals Bombed. One Culprit: Russia. (New York Times) Syrian Arab Fighters Backed by Turkey Kill Two Kurdish Prisoners (New York Times) Esper: Turkey 'appears to be' committing war crimes in northern Syria (The Hill) Reported executions by Turkish forces in Syria may be 'war crimes': U.S. Defense Secretary (Yahoo News) Syria war criminals may find the law is finally closing in on them (The Guardian) What to know about potential war crimes in Syria by Turkish-backed fighters (ABC News) Syria-Russia Attack on Refuge an Apparent War Crime (Human Rights Watch) Turkey Accused of War Crimes After Suspected White Phosphorus Use Against Kurds in Syria (Newsweek) Amnesty International Accuses Turkish Troops, Mercenaries Of War Crimes In Syria (NPR) Turkey’s Attack on Kurds in Syria ‘Biggest Ethnic Cleansing Operation in the 21st Century,’ says top commander (Newsweek) Turkey 'outsourcing war crimes' to armed groups, Amnesty says after Kurdish politician's murder (CBC News) Yemen Yemen's rebel court issues 'subpoena' for Donald Trump, Barack Obama and MbS (The New Arab) Yemen rebels say Saudi-led airstrike kills 5 civilians (The Washington Post) Special Tribunal for Lebanon Israel & Palestine Meet Benny Gantz, the man who may be the post-Netanyahu face of Israel (The Washington Post) Jordanian woman on hunger strike in Israeli prison is refusing medical treatment (Middle East Eye) Palestine: Ghannam completes 100 days of hunger strike (MEMO Middle East Monitor) Israel to hold hearing for jailed Palestinian on hunger strike (The New Arab) Gulf Region Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Europe's 'double standard' in arms sales (Al Jazeera) American weapons ended up in the wrong hands in Yemen. Now they're being turned on the US- backed government (CNN) Libya: likely war crimes being committed in battle for Tripoli - first detailed investigation (Amnesty International UK) ASIA Afghanistan Linda Reynolds backs inquiry into possible war crimes in Afghanistan (The Australian) Atrocity Alert No. 177: South Sudan, Afghanistan and Syria (Relief Web) Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Meas Muths Hearing Scheduled for Next Month (The Khmer Times) Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal Five men given death penalty in Bangladesh over 1971 war crimes (Xinhuanet) Bangladesh War Crimes: Relentless Pursuit (India Legal) War Crimes Investigations in Myanmar Amnesty denounces war crimes in Myanmar (The Canberra Times) AMERICAS North & Central America U.S. sanctions on Iran Central Bank "war crime": FM (Xinhuanet) Evidence found of war crimes during Turkish offensive in Syria, says U.S. official (Reuters) South America Former Argentina Spy and Major Sex Trafficker Arrested in Mexico (InSight Crime) Brazil Govt Dismisses Prison Torture Despite Mounting Evidence (InSight Crime) Army deployed in Ecuador as protests descend into violence (The Guardian) Special Report: A surge in killings by police roils Bolsonaro's Brazil (Reuters) Venezuela Venezuela wins seat on UN rights body despite opposition (New York Post) TOPICS Truth and Reconciliation Commission Shallow graves, deep scars: Unmarked cemetery in Alberta reflects atrocities at one of Canada’s deadliest residential schools (The Star) Liberia: Mayor of Monrovia Calls for Establishment of War Crimes Court (Front Page Africa) Govt, parties ‘have put TJ on backburner’ (The Himalayan Times) Liberia: War Crime Court Supporter Seeks Holistic Approach in Prosecuting Warlords, Criminals (Front Page Africa) Terrorism Fact-Checking Trump on Syria, Erdogan and the Kurds (New York Times) Has the war in Syria now killed off all accountability for war crimes? (Newsweek) 'Be afraid': one woman’s fight to hold Liberia’s warlords to account (The Guardian) Piracy The Decline of Maritime Piracy in the Horn of Africa (Jewish Policy Center) Lagos Water Record Highest Piracy Attacks In 2019 Q3 ― IMB (Nigerian Tribune) West Africa: the center of maritime piracy, armed robbery and kidnap (American Shipper) Indonesian marine police crack down on local pirates (American Shipper) Gender-Based Violence Commentary and Perspectives WORTH READING Reparations at the ICC: The Need for a Human Rights Based Approach to Effectiveness: Carla Ferstman AFRICA NORTH AFRICA Libya Libya official: Gunmen kill 2 women, 3 kids near capital (ABC News) By Noha Elhennawy October 17, 2019 Gunmen killed two women and three children of the same family while they were driving on a highway near the capital, Tripoli, less than a week after an airstrike slammed into a house killing at least three civilians, a health official said Thursday. The city has been the scene of fighting between rival militias since April. A U.N.-supported but weak government holds the capital, but the self-styled Libyan National Army — which is associated with a rival government in the country's east — is trying to seize it. Abdel Rahman al-Tamimi, his wife, sister and three children were traveling Wednesday evening to the capital from their hometown of Aziziya, south of the city, when unknown militants opened fire on their car, Malek Merset, a health spokesman with the U.N.-backed government told The Associated Press. The family was headed to the capital, where the children, ages 3 to 6, were expected to receive vaccination shots, Merset said. It wasn't immediately clear who was behind the attack. However, LNA spokesman Ahmed al-Mesmari blamed the attack on militias allied with the Tripoli-based internationally recognized government. "This is one of the systematic crimes carried out by militias against civilians," he wrote on his official Facebook page. "In order to eradicate them and avenge the murdered, the battle shall continue." Earlier this week, the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord held the LNA responsible for the shelling of a civilian residence that killed at least three civilians and the wounding of two, including children. The LNA denied the accusation saying that it targeted a military camp that the Tripoli militias used as an "operations room." The battle for Tripoli has stalled in recent weeks, with both sides dug in and shelling one another along the city's southern reaches. The months of combat have killed hundreds of people and displaced thousands. The fighting threatens to plunge