PILPG Logo Case School of Law Logo War Crimes Prosecution Watch Editor-in-Chief Taylor Frank FREDERICK K. COX Volume 13 - Issue 21 INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER November 26, 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 Cathedral attacked- 42 Dead (Independent Catholic News) Killing, abuse, sexual violence beyond belief': fears grow of all-out war in CAR (The Guardian) Central African war crimes suspect 'Rambo' handed to global court (Today Online) Death Toll in Cental African Republic Clashes Clashes Rises to 48 (Eyewitness News) Tensions in Central African Republic as refugees start returning (Tamil Times) Sudan & South Sudan US Considers Lifting Sudan’s ‘Terror State’ Designation Move Ignores Sudan’s Abuses Against its Own People (Human Rights Watch) Cirilo denounces govt’s plan to declare them terrorist groups (Sudan Tribune) US Gift to Sudan Normalising relations ignores decades of abuse (Human Rights Watch) Democratic Republic of the Congo UN 'alarmed' by fighting in DR Congo ahead of December elections (Aljazeera) Seven UN peacekeepers killed in fight against DRC rebels (Aljazeera) Mortar bombs fired at U.N. peacekeeping base in eastern Congo (Reuters) Two Food for the Hungry staff killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Relief Web) WEST AFRICA Mali Spread of Jihadism Turns Central Mali Into Deadliest Region (Bloomberg) Liberia War Crimes Court Campaign Gaining Momentum As Some Lawmakers Show Support (All Africa) Liberians Rally for Justice (Liberian Daily Observer) Pres. Weah - Liberians Will Decide Between War Crimes Court and Reconciliation (All Africa) EAST AFRICA Uganda Kwoyelo Denies All 93 War Crime Charges, Case Adjourned to Next Year (All Africa) Witness Tells ICC Ugandan Army Nearly Caught Kony in 2010 (All Africa) A Test Case for Justice in Uganda (Human Rights Watch) Kenya Kenya launches internal police probe to help reform force (Washington Post) Kenya Police Warn of Terror Attack Bandits in Garissa (Kenyans) The preacher who laid the ground for violent jihadi ideology in Kenya (The Conversation) Outcry over ‘saviour complex’ fuelling exploitation of Kenyan children (The Guardian) Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) Genocide tribunal still has time to build a lasting legacy (The New Times) Genocide prosecutor warns against bribery of witnesses (The New Times) UN demands release of Turkish judge serving on war crimes panel (Deutsche Welle) Somalia Car Bombs Kill at Least 20 in Somalia’s Capital (New York Times) Minister for Africa condemns latest terrorist violence in Somalia (gov.uk) US says it killed 37 militants in two Somalia airstrikes (CNN) US airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabab kills 7 extremists (Fox19) EUROPE Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber Bosnian Judiciary Restricts Information on War Crimes Cases (Balkan Insight) Croatia Cuts Bosnian Croat’s Jail Term, Causing Political Storm (Balkan Insight) Belgrade Court Convicts Bosnian Serb of War Crime (Balkan Insight) Bosnia’s Omarska Camp Security Chief Due for Release (Balkan Insight) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Bosnian Judiciary Restricts Information on War Crime Cases (Balkan Insight) Kosovo Deputy PM Limaj’s War Crimes Acquittal Upheld (Balkan Insight) Croatia Indicts Bosnian Serb for Manjaca Camp Abuses (Balkan Insight) Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighters Indicted for Vlasenica Crimes (Balkan Insight) Jailed war criminal Mladic 'sends kisses' live on Serb TV (France 24) Kosovo Activists File War Crimes Complaints Against Serbs (Balkan Insight) Bosnia Arrests Serb War Crime Suspect in Zvornik (Balkan Insight) Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia Belgrade Court Convicts Bosnian Serb of War Crime (Balkan Insight) Kosovo Deputy PM Limaj’s War Crimes Acquittal Upheld (Balkan Insight) Kosovo Activists File War Crimes Complaints Against Serbs (Balkan Insight) Turkey European human rights court orders Turkey to free jailed politician (Financial Times) ‘Ayşe will go on holiday again’: Cyprus invasion talk returns to Turkey (The Guardian) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Libya Migrants Forced Off Ship After They Refused To Return To Libya (NPR) Libya: child refugees abused in UK-funded detention centres (The Guardian) Libyan gunmen free kidnapped Egyptians held over business dispute (Reuters) Iraq More than 200 Mass graves found in former IS territory in Iraq: UN (The Peninsula) Iraq court sentences five Islamic State members to death (Jurist) Decorated Navy SEAL Is Accused of War Crimes in Iraq (The New York Times) Syria Syria demands international mechanism to investigate US-led coalition's crimes (PressTV) Exclusive – Left Behind: ISIS Children in Syria, Iraq Await Int’l Solution (Asharq Al-Awsat) Action Needed on Incendiary Weapons: Spotlighting Inadequate International Law (Human Rights Watch) Saudi Arabia drafts UN resolution condemning Syria for human rights abuses (Almasdar News) UN condemns Syrian 'war on children' as up to 30 reportedly killed in clashes (UN News) Russia rips apart Saudi UN resolution accusing Syria of human rights violations (AMN Al-masdar News) Activists accuse Syrian government of arresting returnees (The National) Syrian civilians killed in US-led airstrikes, war monitor says (ABC) Veteran war crimes prosecutor urges reform of ‘disappointing’ UN (Capital News) US-led coalition denies reports airstrikes killed dozens of civilians in Syria (Military Times) Syria war: Amnesty asks public to help track civilian casualties of US-led bombing in Raqqa (The Independent) Yemen U.S. halting refueling of Saudi-led coalition aircraft in Yemen’s war (Reuters) Yemen: hundreds of alleged war crimes but only 79 investigations (The Ferret) UAE crown prince sued over alleged involvement in Yemen war (Al Jazeera) Special Tribunal for Lebanon The Sixth International Meetings of the Defence have taken place at the headquarters of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (Special Tribunal for Lebanon) Israel and Palestine Court delays demolition of terrorist’s home to hear family’s appeal (The Times of Israel) Palestinian Said Killed by Israeli Military Fire Near Gaza Border Fence (Haaretz) Hamas Chief in Gaza: 'There Is No Deal or Understandings' With Israel (Haaretz) Israel Is Indirectly Cooperating With The Hague’s Probe Into 2014 Gaza War Despite Past Criticism (Haaretz) Gaza Cease-fire: Israel, Hamas Agree to Return to 2014 Deal, Source Tells Haaretz (Haaretz) 18 Palestinians Wounded by Israeli Live Fire in Border Protests, Gaza Health Ministry Says (Haaretz) Four Wounded After Israeli Soldiers Shoot at Palestinians Burning Tires in West Bank, Ramallah Says (Haaretz) Israel Closer Than Ever to Controlling Part or All of Gaza, Strategic Affairs Minister Says (Haaretz) Gulf Region For war-ravaged Yemen, few expect ‘game changer’ in Saudi-led airstrikes after end of U.S. refueling (The Washington Post) Saudis Shift Account of Khashoggi Killing Again, as 5 Agents Face Death Penalty (The New York Times) Rights Abuses Under Scrutiny (Human Rights Watch) Saudi crown prince’s ‘fit’ delays UN resolution on war in Yemen (CNN) Press UAE Crown Prince on Abuses in Yemen (Human Rights Watch) ASIA Afghanistan Horrific Kabul bomb attack underlines growing threat to civilian lives (Amnesty International) Operation Burnham: Inquiry into controversial SAS raid outlined in Hit and Run begins (NZ Herald) Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia KR leaders get second life sentence (Khmer Times) Cambodia says Khmer Rouge tribunal that convicted 3 is done (Beloit Daily News) ECCC to soon determine role of Meas Muth (Khmer Times) Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal Why Rohingya refugees shouldn't be sent back to Myanmar (Amnesty International) Crimes Against Humanity In Myanmar: What Can The Courts Do? (Lawyer Monthly) War Crimes Investigations in Burma The U.S. considered denouncing Myanmar for ‘crimes against humanity.’ It didn’t happen. (The Washington Post) Aung San Suu Kyi Stripped Of Another Honour: The International Community Must Focus On Solutions Not Punishments (The Organization for World Peace) Myanmar police shoot, injure four in raid on Rohingya camp: witness (Reuters) AMERICAS North & Central America International court says it is undeterred after Bolton threatens U.S. sanctions (Reuters) U.S. halting refueling of Saudi-led coalition aircraft in Yemen’s war (Reuters) Decorated Navy SEAL is accused of war crimes in Iraq (The New York Times) South America A Bullet to the Head Reignites Chile's Oldest Conflict (Bloomberg) Risk jail or go hungry. Venezuelans working abroad face stark choices. (Miami Herald) Man, 19, says he survived secret extrajudicial killing in Venezuela (Local 10) Venezuela One year later, Venezuela still holding 5 US 'hostages' (Washington Examiner) TOPICS Truth and Reconciliation Commission PYJ Describes TRC Report as ‘Fraudulent’ (Liberian Daily Observer)
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