PILPG Logo Case School of Law Logo War Crimes Prosecution Watch Editor-in-Chief Taylor Frank FREDERICK K. COX Volume 13 - Issue 12 INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER July 23, 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 News24: CAR rejects Russia mediation bid with rebels Crux: Bishops of Central African Republic 'outraged' by threat against Muslim population The Catholic Spirit: Central African bishops distance themselves from group promising violence Sudan & South Sudan BBC News: South Sudan atrocities may constitute war crimes, UN says IOL: Sudan extends ceasefire in war zones until end of year Sudan Tribune: South Sudanese army abducts civilians in Unity region: rebels Democratic Republic of the Congo The East African: UN voices alarm at 'barbaric violence' in DR Congo's Ituri Reuters: Congo opposition leader Bemba nominated for presidential election U.S. News: Congo's Kabila Appoints Army Chief Under U.S., EU Sanctions for Alleged Violence Burundi WEST AFRICA Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon Mali All Africa: UN Expert Urges Prompt Investigation of "Alarming" Rights Violations, As Humanitarian Crisis Deepens FDD's Long War Journal: Jihadist exploitation of communal violence in Mali News 24: UN 'deeply concerned' as communal violence surges in Mali EAST AFRICA Uganda Sudan summons EU envoy over criticism of Bashir visits (Yahoo News) International Criminal Court a vital global institution (Africanews) Kenya Kenya's high court to decide on safe abortion as teenager dies (Reuters) Kenya Power directors to be remanded at police station (Kenya Broadcasting Company) Rights Commission, Activists in Court Over Chapter Six Implementation (All Africa) Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) French appeals court upholds life sentence for two Genocide convicts (The New Times) Betraying Justice for Rwanda's Genocide Survivors (The New Yorker) RDF Is Trained To Fight Wars Not To Cause Them – Kagame (KT Press) Somalia Shabaab claims twin car blasts near Somali presidency (Daily Mail) UAE 'committed' to Somalia's stability (Middle East Monitor) NORTH AFRICA Libya International Criminal Court issues second arrest warrant of serial killer Al-Werfalli (The Libya Observer) Second attack on Libya's Man-made river kills two as two others abducted (The Libya Observer) Violent clashes rock Tripoli once again (The Libya Observer) Forces of Libya's warlord Haftar arrest fighers who lost limbs battling for them in Benghazi (The Libya Observer) LEAKED: ICC fugitive Al-Werfalli is carrying out military arrest operations (The Libya Observer) EUROPE Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber Bosnia Charges Serb with Bosniaks' Murders in Miska Glava (Balkan Insight) Eight Bosniaks Jailed for 60 Years for Prison Camp Abuses (Balkan Insight) Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighter Jailed for Rapes, Illegal Arrests (Balkan Insight) Bosnia Convicts Serb Military Policemen of Teslic Massacre (Balkan Insight) Bosnian Army Ex-Officer Jailed for Rape, Prisoner Abuse (Balkan Insight) Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Indicted for Persecuting Bosniaks (Balkan Insight) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Srebrenica Suspects Find Safe Haven in Serbia (Balkan Insight) We must not forget Srebrenica (Open Democracy) Red Berets Fighter: Serbian Officials Ran Operation in Bosnia (Balkan Insight) Mutiny, Assassination And A Serbian Political Conspiracy (Balkan Insight) Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia Roma to Sue Serbia for 'Tolerating' War Crime (Balkan Insight) Croatian Supreme Court Reduces Captain Dragan's Sentence (Balkan Insight) Serbian Red Berets Fighter Accused of Lying to Court (Balkan Insights) Serbia Acquits State Security Officers of Armed Uprising (Balkan Insight) Kosovo Court Upholds Serb Reservist's Indictment (Balkan Insight) MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA Iraq Iraq declares state of emergency amid ongoing violent protests (Kurdistan 24) ISIS is making a comeback in Iraq just months after Baghdad declared victory (Washington Post) Iraqi security arrest four Islamic State members in Mosul city (Iraqi News) Syria Syria war: Anti-IS strike 'kills many civilians' (BBC) Up to 22 killed, including 9 Iranians, in Syria strike blamed on Israel – report (Times of Israel) Syria rescue group says 10 killed in airstrike on shelter (ABC) UK 'complicit in killing civilians and risks being prosecuted over illegal drone operations', major report suggests (Independent) Afghanistan Australia, New Zealand look into war crimes allegations in Afghanistan (DAWN) Yemen Suspected US drone strike kills 7 al-Qaida members in Yemen (Star Tribune) Officials say fighting along Yemen's west coast kills 165 (Star Tribune) Amnesty calls for probe of torture claims in Yemen prisons (Aljazeera) Saudi soldiers killed, tanks destroyed in Yemeni retaliatory attacks (PressTV) Houthi shelling leaves 3 civilians dead in Yemen's Taiz (Anadolu Agency) Officials Say Fighting in Yemen's Hodeida Kills 30 Civilians (Haaretz) Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Special Tribunal for Lebanon Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal Verdict Today (New Age Bangladesh) Bangladesh sentences 4 to death over war crimes (Anadolu Agency) Four to die for war crimes (New Age Bangladesh) War Crimes Investigations in Burma What's the connection between Buddhism and ethnic cleansing in Myanmar? (Lion's Roar) Israel and Palestine Israel's Demolition Of Khan Al-Ahmar And Transfer Of Its Inhabitants Are War Crimes (Amnesty International) UN agency for Palestinians warns of cuts ahead (Times of Israel) Bulldozing Palestine, one village at a time (Aljazeera) Israeli air raids kill two Palestinian teens in Gaza (Aljazeera) Israel pounds Gaza in most violent daytime assault since 2014 (Aljazeera) Israeli bulldozers uproot 100 Palestinian olive trees in Salfit-area (Ma'an News Agency) AMERICAS South America FARC recruited more than 5000 minors during Colombia’s war (Colombia Reports) Ex-Military Chief Submits To Special War Crimes Court (Telesur) TOPICS Truth and Reconciliation Commission Central African Republic: Truth and Reconciliation Commission is Pathway to Peace – UN (allAfrica) Human Rights Committee examines the State of civil and political rights in the Gambia in absence of report (ReliefWeb) Pakistan mourns Mastung victims (Arab News) Terrorism Easier said than done – using the justice system to counter terrorism (ISS Today) Pakistan opens terrorism investigation against ex-PM's party 10 days before election (Reuters) Israel Secretly Releases Turkish Citizen Arrested on Terrorism Charges (Haaretz) Piracy Maritime Piracy - Is There Conspiracy Against Nigeria? (Vanguard) Countries resolve to revitalize war against piracy off Somalia Coast (Xinhua) Asian Piracy Incidents Drop to 10-Year Low (World Maritime News) Gender-Based Violence Roma to Sue Serbia for ‘Tolerating’ War Crime (Balkan Transitional Justice) AU and UN reiterate commitment to help Somalia tackle conflict-related sexual violence (ReliefWeb) South Sudan rights violations may constitute war crimes (Jurist) Combating the spread of wartime rape (SwissInfo) DRC's Bemba acquittal overturns important victory for sexual violence victim (News24) Commentary and Perspectives Will Guatemala Still Prosecute Suspected War Criminals Under New Attorney General? (International Justice Monitor) Disappearances and torture in southern Yemen detention facilities must be investigated as war crimes (Amnesty International) Why the ICC is worth defending (Al Jazeera) WORTH READING Rachel Killean, Amanda Kramer & Eithne Dowds: Soldiers as Victims at the ECCC: Exploring the Concept of ‘Civilian’ in Crimes Against Humanity NRebecca Crootof: Regulating New Weapons Technology AFRICA CENTRAL AFRICA Central African Republic Official Website of the International Criminal Court ICC Public Documents - Cases: Central African Republic CAR rejects Russia mediation bid with rebels News24 By AFP July 13, 2018 The government of the Central African Republic has rejected an offer from Russia to mediate talks with armed rebels, a spokesperson told AFP on Thursday. Moscow offered to hold a meeting with government and rebel representatives from the violence-wracked nation in Khartoum, but the official in Bangui said it was not accepted by President Faustin-Archange Touadera. "The head of state believes that there is no room for other processes other than the ongoing African Union process," Albert Yaloke-Makpeme told AFP. One of Africa's poorest countries, the CAR descended into violence in 2013 following the ouster of the majority-Christian country's president, Francois Bozize, by a coalition of Muslim-majority rebel groups called the Seleka. In response, Christians, who account for about 80 percent of the population, organised vigilante units dubbed "anti-balaka". France intervened militarily to help force out the Seleka before