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PILPG Logo Case School of Law Logo War Crimes Prosecution Watch Editor-in-Chief Taylor Frank FREDERICK K. COX Volume 13 - Issue 9 INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER June 11, 2018 Technical Editor-in-Chief Ashley Mulryan Founder/Advisor Michael P. Scharf Managing Editors Sarah Lucey Lynsey Rosales 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 CENTRAL AFRICA Central African Republic UN News: Guterres strongly denounces latest attack on peacekeepers in Central African Republic Human Rights Watch: Parliament Adopts Special Criminal Court Rules Punch: One UN peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic ambush NPR: 9 Aid Group Compounds Looted in Central African Republic Sudan & South Sudan IOL News: South Sudan army burned children alive, massacred civilians UN peacekeepers attacked in South Sudan's Leer area: Sudan Tribune Associated Press: South Sudan's latest civil war atrocities kept out of sight Norwegian Refugee Council: South Sudan worst-case hunger crisis looming Democratic Republic of the Congo ENCA: Children 'voluntarily join' armed groups in DR Congo BBC: Uganda to build 'Idi Amin museum' to attract tourists Burundi AlJazeera: Burundi accused of widespread rights abuses before referendum Concise: Stop Giving Ridiculous Excuses, End Senseless Killings — Atiku Tells Buhari Human Rights Watch: SA Must Help Resolve Burundi's Crisis WEST AFRICA Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon Mali Bloomberg: Militant Attack in Mali's North Leaves More Than 20 Dead News24: Mali demonstrators call for clean elections EAST AFRICA Uganda Kenya Standard Digital: Runaway corruption in Kenya is a project of political leadership News24: Hugs and apologies between Kenyan political rivals The Star: Create laws to protect corruption whistleblowers, TI tells Kenya Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) World Politics Review: Under Macron, France Is Working to Repair Strained Ties With Rwanda The New Times: Rwanda's fourteen-year journey of peacekeeping Somalia Fox News: US airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabab kills 10 fighters VOA News: US Airstrike Kills 27 Terrorist Fighters in N. Somalia The Washington Post: Persian Gulf rivalries threaten to tear fragile Somalia apart, report warns NORTH AFRICA Libya The Libya Observer: UNHCR outraged by the killing of 12 illegal immigrants at the hands of smugglers The Libya Observer: Two killed in landmine explosions in Benghazi during May The Libya Observer: Decomposed bodies found in Sirte The Libya Observer: 70 migrants rescued from human traffickers' dens EUROPE Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber Balkan Insight: Mostar Crimes Against Humanity Trial Opens in Bosnia Balkan Insight: Bosniak Ex-Soldier Jailed for Prisoner Abuses Balkan Insight: Bosnia Upholds Female Croat Fighter's War Crimes Sentence Balkan Insight: Bosnia Overturns Srebrenica Commander Naser Oric's Acquittal Balkan Insight: Bosnia Charges Ex-Fighter with Crimes Against Konjic Serbs International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Balkan Insight: Serbian Security Chief Denies Commanding 'Red Berets' Unit Balkan Insight: Serbian Red Berets Fighter's War Crimes Testimony Challenged Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia Balkan Insight: Croatia Identifies 20 Serbs Killed in 1995 Source: Serb Ex-Soldier Denies Knowledge of Kosovo Massacre MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA Iraq Human Rights Watch: Impartial Justice Effort Needed Iraqi News: Three Islamic State members killed in infiltration attempt into south of Kirkuk Iraqi News: Prominent Islamic State leader arrested, west of Anbar Iraqi News: Security personnel killed, injured in suicide attacks in Salahuddin Syria The Post and Courier: Cutting off Syria funds lets war criminals off the hook CNN: Amnesty International says US-led strikes on Raqqa may amount to war crimes Just Security: Where Civilians Became a Commodity for Settling Accounts Afghanistan Reuters: Suicide bomber kills 14 after Afghan clerics outlaw suicide bombings CBS News: Islamic clerics hit by bomber right after suicide attack "fatwa" Aljazeera: Kabul religious gathering hit by deadly suicide bombing Yemen ABC News: New bout of heavy fighting in Yemen kills dozens NHK World Japan: More than 100 killed in Yemen fighting Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Special Tribunal for Lebanon Naharnet: MP Jamil Sayyed to Stand Witness Before STL in June The Daily Star: Former General Security head testifies at STL Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal Telegraph: Bangladesh accused of using drugs war to hide political assassinations Asia Times: Bangladesh courts handing out death sentences War Crimes Investigations in Burma Human Rights Watch: Joint Submission to CEDAW on Myanmar Sky News: Uncovered: 'Worrying evidence' of new genocidal campaign on Kachin Christian minority in Myanmar Premier: Religious cleansing spreads from Muslims to Christians in Myanmar Israel and Palestine Middle East Eye: Israel's top court approves use of live fire against Gaza protesters Haaretz: Israel Shells Gaza Outpost After Two Palestinians Breach Border; One Said Killed Haaretz: 'Palestinian Volunteer Medic Killed, Dozens Wounded' in Latest Protests on Israel-Gaza Border Aljazeera: Israeli forces kill Palestinian in occupied West Bank Gulf News Palestine: Israel kills slain Palestinian medic's cousin Aljazeera: Israeli army kills Palestinian youth in occupied West Bank AMERICAS North & Central America The New York Times: Survivors of Massacre Ask: 'Why Did They Have to Kill Those Children?' BBC: Mexico seeks talks over 'silenced zone' The Sunday Times: US-led coalition committed 'potential war crimes' in Syria South America ABC News: Probable 'crimes against humanity' in Venezuela BBC: Venezuela frees 40 jailed activists and politicians TOPICS Truth and Reconciliation Commission The Nation: PM calls for formation of 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission' The Bush Chicken: War Crimes Court Discussion Reaches Slain President's Hometown The New York Times: Tunisia Truth Commission Brings One Court Case in Four Years Terrorism BBC News: Spanish rapper on the run after 'terror lyrics' prison sentence Middle East Eye: Iraq court jails French woman for 20 years over Islamic State membership Times of Israel: JNF threatens to sue Hamas in international courts for kite arson damage Piracy Hellenic Shipping News: Pirates again prowling the Caribbean, Latin America U.S. News and World Report: Pirates of the Caribbean – and Africa, and Asia The Sun: Nigeria, China, France, Portugal navies combat piracy in Gulf of Guinea Gender-Based Violence The Guardian: Abuse is daily reality for female garment workers for Gap and H&M, says report The Guardian: Don't let Trump derail gender equality talks, experts warn G7 leaders The Conversation: Forced marriage convictions are welcome but for many victims stigma is still judge and jury Commentary and Perspectives Relief Web: Statement on the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, 29 May 2018 Republic Broadcasting Network: 'Deliberate war crime': Palestinians decry murder of 21yo female paramedic at Gaza border NBC News: Hotel, hospital where war crimes occurred remain open in Bosnia-Herzegovina Newsweek: U.S.-Led Coalition Accused of War Crimes in Syria, May Have Killed Hundreds of Raqqa Civilians WORTH READING Joshua Decker: Is the United States Bound by the Customary International Law of Torture? 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The Secretary-General "reaffirms his unwavering support" to the UN Stabilization Mission in CAR (MINUSCA), added the statement, in its efforts to "protect civilians and stabilize the country". The UN chief paid tribute to all those peacekeepers who had made the ultimate sacrifice in CAR, and offered his deepest condolences to the bereaved family as well as to the Government of Tanzania, wishing a swift recovery to the injured. Parliament Adopts Special Criminal Court Rules Human Rights Watch June 4, 2018 The Central African Republic's parliament on May 29, 2018, adopted the rules of procedure and evidence for the Special Criminal Court, a war crimes court that is part of the Central African domestic justice system, but has international support and participation."Parliament's
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