PILPG Logo Case School of Law Logo War Crimes Prosecution Watch Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Hassan FREDERICK K. COX Volume 14 - Issue 07 INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER May 11, 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 Libya ‘war crimes’ videos shared on social media (BBC News) UN mission in Libya calls for humanitarian truce in Ramadan (The Libya Observer) Libyan officials say 200 people have been killed in recent fighting (The Guardian) CENTRAL AFRICA Central African Republic Strange Bedfellows: Central African Republic Government and Regional War Lords (The African Exponent) Russia trains CAR defence forces (The Southern Times) Sudan & South Sudan South Sudan: Activists' Bodies Dumped in River - State Agents (AllAfrica) UN Court Slams Jordan on Freedom of Sudan’s Bashir (Court House News) ICC declines to refer Jordan to UN for failing to arrest Sudan’s al-Bashir (Jurist) Does Sudan’s road ahead lead to democracy or anarchy? (Arab News) Are South Sudan's Kiir and Machar out to block peace and justice? (The East African) Sudan's Bashir to face questioning over 'financing terror' (Hilltop Monitor) Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo drops mercenaries investigation of opposition leader Katumbi (Reuters) Congolese refugees cross illegally into Uganda, raising risk of Ebola: aid groups (Reuters) Congo recaptures one of two fugitive suspects in U.N. experts' killings (Reuters) WEST AFRICA Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon Four dead in suspected Boko Haram attack in Cameroon (Yahoo) Mali Ogossagou massacre could be a crime against humanity, UN Mali mission says (The Defense Post) Liberia The old ways of reintegrating young veterans need to be abandoned (The Conversation) Sirleaf Evades Questions about Her Link to Taylor (Liberian Daily Observer) Twenty years after war erupted, how listening and talking helps Liberians move on (The New Humanitarian) EAST AFRICA Uganda 25 witnesses defend Ongwen against war crimes (Daily Monitor) Kenya Violence flares in northern Kenya as pressure mounts on villagers (Reuters) Rwanda The Alleged War Criminal in the U.N.’s Midst (Foreign Policy) Somalia Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. target al-Shabaab terrorists (africanews.) Does America Know Who Its Airstrike Victims Are? (ForeignPolicy) EUROPE Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber Bosniak Ex-Soldiers’ Sentences for Attack on Serbs Increased (Balkan Insight) Bosnian Serb Ex-Military Policemen Appeal Massacre Convictions (Balkan Insight) Bosniak Ex-Officer’s War Crimes Appeal Rejected (Balkan Insight) Prijedor Murders Trial: Bosnian Serb Soldiers Ask For Acquittal (Balkan Insight) Bosnia Tries Ex-Fighters for Crimes Against Humanity in Konjic (Balkan Insight) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia Convicted War Criminal Extradited to Croatia from Netherlands (Balkan Insight) Croatian Court Reduces Yugoslav Spy Chief’s Murder Sentence (Balkan Insight) Croatia Convicts Bosnian Serb of Detention Camp Abuses (Balkan Insight) Turkey Turkey sentences leading doctors to prison for condemning Syria offensive (Fox News) US & Western Arms in Yemen Conflict Signal Potential War Crime Charges (Inter Press Service) Explosion in Afrin: dead among Turkey-linked mercenaries (ANF News) Erdogan: Turkey will do everything in its power to save Libya from becoming another Syria (The Libya Observer) MIDDLE-EAST Iraq Ancient treasures looted from Syria and Iraq are being sold on Facebook, experts warn (Fox News) Three Turkish soldiers killed in Kurd mortar attack from Iraq: ministry (France 24) Iraq to Demand Cash for Islamic State Detainees (Voice of America) Pro-regime and Iran-backed militias sweep Syria-Iraq border for ISIS cells (The Defense Post) Syria US-led coalition 'killed 1,600 civilians' in Syria's Raqqa: Amnesty and Airwars say US, UK and French forces only admitted to 10 percent of killings. (Al Jazeera) Qatar envoy calls for accountability for war criminals in Syria (Middle East Monitor) IRC President and CEO David Miliband testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, alongside UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller, on the grave humanitarian impact of eight years of war in Syria and the path ahead for the crisis (International Rescue Committee) The Most Notable Human Rights Violations in Syria in April 2019 (Syrian Network for Human Rights) Escalation in Syria fighting cause for ‘great concern’ says UN chief, dozens more civilians dead or injured (UN News) Yemen US and Western arms in Yemen conflict signal potential war crime charges (The Manilla Times) Houthis accused of killing 12 civilians in south Yemen attacks (The National) Special Tribunal for Lebanon Israel & Palestine Shin Bet prevents Hamas suicide attack on election day (The Jerusalem Post) An indictment will be filed in the coming days against Abu Dia. Two rockets fired into Israel from Gaza after IAF strikes Hamas targets (The Jerusalem Post) Four Palestinians Killed, Two IDF Soldiers Injured In Gaza Flare Up (The Jerusalem Post) Islamic Jihad Warns It Will 'Hit Israel's Biggest Cities' After Airstrikes Hit Gaza (Haaretz) Four Israelis dead, 700 rockets and a weekend full of terror in Israel (The Jerusalem Post) Attempts to Demilitarize Gaza Will Trigger War in the Summer, Islamic Jihad Leader Says (Haaretz) Gulf Region Qatar envoy calls for accountability for war criminals in Syria (Middle East Monitor) France confirms contested arms shipment to Saudi Arabia (France 24) ASIA Afghanistan Nato-led forces have killed more civilians in Afghanistan than Taliban so far in 2019 (South China Morning Post) The Trump administration opposes the International Criminal Court. Do Americans agree? (The Washington Post) Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal 'Do not forget the Rohingya': UN urges support for refugees (Al Jazeera) Rohingya women, girls being trafficked to Malaysia for marriage (Al Jazeera) War Crimes Investigations in Myanmar Myanmar Army Denies Torturing 3 Rakhine Men, But Swift Cremation Raises Suspicions (Radio Free Asia) EU extends ban on arms sales to Myanmar (Associated Press) Arakan Army chief cries out in Myanmar (Asia Times) Specialized investigation into sexual violence in conflict is essential for justice, experts say (ReliefWeb / UN Women) Myanmar Army Rounds Up Hundreds of Rakhine Villagers For Questioning (Radio Free Asia) Myanmar Army Kills Six Detained Rakhine Villagers And Offers ‘Impossible’ Explanation (Radio Free Asia) Myanmar: Deaths in Army Custody Need Independent Inquiry Killing of 6 Villagers in Rakhine State Should Be Fully, Credibly Investigated (Human Rights Watch) AMERICAS North & Central America The Trump administration opposes the International Criminal Court. Do Americans agree? (The Washington Post) How the U.S. Became a Haven for War Criminals (The New Republic) Are El Salvador and Guatemala Seeking Justice for War Crimes, or Trying to Cover Them Up? (World Politics Review) South America Brazil is the Most Dangerous Country for Environmental Activists (The Rio Times) Colombia’s social organizations opt for self-protection as government fails to provide security (Colombia Reports) Days after attack in southwest Colombia, local leaders threatened with “extermination” (Colombia Reports) 'Cowardly attack' exposes Colombia activists in firing line (Reuters) The risks women take to defend the environment and the rights of indigenous people (Amnesty International) Venezuela Terrified Venezuelans fleeing Maduro join the masses at the southern border (New York Post) Venezuela was on the brink of an uprising. Now protesters are fighting for survival (CNN) TOPICS Truth and Reconciliation Commission Conflict victims’ associations to recommend names for transitional justice bodies (The Kathmandu Post) Fifty-one persons apply for the leadership of two transitional justice bodies (The Kathmandu Post) Md. lynching commission offers chance to investigate, atone (Baltimore Sun) Meet Fubbi Henries, the Victim Advocating for a Liberian War Crimes Court (Front Page Africa) Human rights commission might withdraw its representative from recommendation committee (The Kathmandu Post) Terrorism Trump's latest pardon is an implicit endorsement of war crimes (The Week (opinion)) Tech Companies Are Deleting Evidence of War Crimes Algorithms that take down “terrorist” videos could hamstring efforts to bring human-rights abusers to justice. (The Atlantic) Piracy Crew of Pirated Maltese-Flagged Ship Rescued by the Spanish Navy (Hellenic Shipping News) Nigeria Seeks Russian Military Aid in its War on Boko Haram (The Jamestown Foundation) Gender-Based Violence Kosovo war rape victim to appear before US Congress (Gazeta Express) Specialized investigation into sexual violence in conflict