PILPG Logo Case School of Law Logo War Crimes Prosecution Watch Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Hassan FREDERICK K. COX Volume 14 - Issue 06 INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER April 27, 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 Thugs and Extremists Join Battle for Tripoli, Complicating Libyan Fray (The New York Times) Libya: Heavy shelling and civilian deaths ‘blatant violation’ of international law – UN envoy (UN News) Libyan government deplores inhuman acts of Haftar’s armed groups (The Libyan Observer) Gunmen attack migrant detention center in Libya’s Tripoli (The Washington Post) CENTRAL AFRICA Central African Republic Central African Republic: Six armed groups sign peace agreement in Bria (Relief Web) Without Justice in the Central African Republic, ‘Everything Else is Wrecked (Human Rights Watch) Central African Republic: Don’t Reward Warlords (Human Rights Watch) Sudan & South Sudan Could Sudan Now be Moving to a Civilian Transitional Council? (Albawaba News) The political calculations of Sudan's military regime (Al Jazeera) Editorial: A change in suffering Sudan (Providence Journal) Violence on the rise in Darfur following Sudan military takeover, but UN-AU peacekeeping mission maintains ‘robust posture’ (UN News) Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of Congo Troops Kill 36 Burundi Rebels in East (The Jerusalem Post) Former Rwanda rebel group leader accused of war crimes dies (The Republic) DR Congo: Warlord’s Conviction Reveals Trial Flaws (Relief Web) WEST AFRICA Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon 52 Boko Haram Terrorists Killed By Multinational Joint Task Force In Cross Kauwa, Lake Chad Area (Intelligence Briefs) Sudan's Dictator Just Fell: What Comes Next? (Critical Threats) Mali UN chief condemns IED attack against MINUSMA peacekeeper in Mali (Devdiscourse) Attacks targeting peacekeepers may constitute war crimes: UN (Xinhua Net) Liberia War Crimes Court Campaigners Fear Return of Liberia’s Dark Days (Liberian Daily Observer) “Ex-Rebel Generals’ Proximity to State Power Is Dangerous” (Liberian Daily Observer) PACA Calls for Agnes Reeves-Taylor’s Release (Liberian Daily Observer) EAST AFRICA Uganda Uganda Would Consider Giving Omar al-Bashir Asylum (UPI) Kenya Rwanda What Have We Learned, 25 Years After the Rwandan Genocide? (The Nation) Former Rwanda rebel group leader accused of war crimes dies (The Washington Post) Somalia US military mission in Somalia could take seven years to complete (CNNPolitics) US airstrike kills ISIS-Somalia's 'second in command' (CNNPolitics) Attacked on all sides: Somali civilians bombed by US airstrikes and targeted by al-Shabab (GlobalPost) EUROPE Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber Bosnian Serb wrongly calls Srebrenica massacre a ‘myth’ (Kanas City Star) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia Sarajevo to Pay €358,000 for War Crime Suspects’ Defence (Balkan Insight) Serbia Sentences Ex-Officer to 15 Years for Kosovo Massacre (Balkan Insight) Serbia Convicts Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier of War Crimes (Balkan Insight) Turkey Turkey’s Killing Fields (New York Times) MIDDLE-EAST Iraq Iraq: Torture Persists in Mosul Jail (Human Rights Watch) ISIS resurgence reportedly gains momentum in Syria and Iraq (The New York Post) Iraq court sentences four to death for joining IS (Reuters) Defense Department announces deaths of US service members in Iraq and Qatar (CNN) Iraq Proposes “Pay-To-Prosecute” For IS Foreign Fighters (Lobe Log) Iraq reiterates its rejection of siege on Qatar (Middle East Monitor) Syria Qatar-initiated move aims to bring accountability in Syria (Gulf Times) Global meet on combating impunity begins today (The Peninsula) Doha conference seeks to address impunity for war crimes: More than 200 attendees look for solutions to hold states and individuals accountable for human rights violations. (Al Jazeera) St. Petersburg conference on countering int’l terrorism concludes activities with participation of Syria (Syrian Arab News Agency) Iraq Court Sentences Four to Death for Joining IS (U.S. News) Int'l investigative mechanism for Syria gathering large volumes of information: official (China.org.cn) Yemen Plan for troop pullback ‘now accepted’ by rival forces around key Yemen port, but fighting intensifying elsewhere, Security Council warned (UN Report) Investigative website says French arms used in Yemen’s war (The Washington Post) Hundreds killed and injured by Houthi landmines in Yemen, as war death toll soars past 70,000 (The Independent) Special Tribunal for Lebanon STL Judges amend the Rules of Procedure and Evidence (STL Press Release) Israel & Palestine 15-year-old Gazan Killed by Live Israeli Gunfire in Border Protests, Palestinians Report (Haaretz) Netanyahu: It’s absurd for ICC to put U.S. or Israeli soldiers on trial (The Jerusalem Post) Shot fired at Israeli troops from Gaza; IDF strikes Hamas posts in response (The Times of Israel) Israeli Soldiers Shoot Bound, Blindfolded Palestinian Teen Trying to Flee (Haaretz) Gulf Region French-made tanks and howitzer canons used in Yemeni war: Disclose (Reuters) Doha conference seeks to address impunity for war crimes (Al Jazeera) Yemen war: Trump vetoes bill to end US support for Saudi-led coalition (BBC) ASIA Afghanistan Facing hurdles from U.S., war crimes judges reject Afghan probe (Reuters) New Allegations Against SEAL Vet Accused of War Crimes (NBC) Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh Struggles to Cope with Pressures of Hosting 1 Million Rohingya Refugees (NPR) War crimes accused, 2 other prisoners die in DMCH (Dhaka Tribune) 2 Netrokona war criminals sentenced to death (Dhaka Tribune) War Crimes Investigations in Myanmar Myanmar rebels kidnap civilians from police base (SF Gate) AMERICAS North & Central America ICC bows to US on war crimes probe in Afghanistan (The Manila Times) US Sanctions Against Venezuela Violate Nuremberg Charter (UrduPoint News) Nothing to See Here: The U.S. Government Prevents Investigations Into War Crimes in Afghanistan (Common Dreams) South America Third native Colombian leader assassinated in one week (Colombia Reports) US ambassador threatened aid cut if Colombia’s congress backs war crimes tribunal: report (Colombia Reports) Declassified U.S. Documents Reveal Details About Argentina’s Dictatorship (The New York Times) 'We are hostages': indigenous Mapuche accuse Chile and Argentina of genocide (The Guardian) Venezuela Civilians are the real victims (and targets) of Trump’s Venezuela sanctions (Reuters)) Venezuela crisis: malaria spreads as economy implodes (Financial Times) TOPICS Truth and Reconciliation Commission Truth and Reconciliation Day costs $10 million (Houston Today) Nepal: Reform Transitional Justice Law (Human Rights Watch) Political drama doesn’t slow reconciliation (Catholic Register) Pashteen reiterates formation of commission in meeting with senators (Pakistan Today) Apartheid’s victims bring the crimes of South Africa’s past into court at last (The Globe and Mail) UN concerned about sluggish transitional justice process (The Himalayan Times) Application deadline for chairs, members of TRC, CIEDP extended till April 30 (The Himalayan Times) Gambia exhumes remains of seven soldiers from 1994 coup bid (Yahoo) ‘Resolve transitional justice issues thru commissions’ (The Himalayan Times) Terrorism Sri Lanka's counter-terrorism strategy a 'recipe for disaster': Former UN investigator Social Sharing (Canadian Broadcasting Company) Navy SEALs Were Warned Against Reporting Their Chief for War Crimes Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher during a deployment in Iraq in 2017, in a photo provided by his lawyer. (New York Times) Saudi Arabia: 37 put to death in shocking execution spree (Amnesty.org) Piracy Nigerian Pirates Open Fire on Anchored Product Tanker (The Maritime Executive) Pirates Attack Two Fishing Boats off Somalia (The Maritime Executive) Charter DIsputes: Owners Cannot Claim Hire for Vessel Detained by Pirates - The Elani P (Lexology) Gender-Based Violence Gender-Based Violence and Sanctions: A Potential UN Security Council Framework (Just Security) Sexual Assault (III): Sexual violence as a weapon of war (PoliticsWeb) Sexual violence is rife in war zones. We must take action. (Washington Post) U.S. Threatens To Veto UN Resolution Aimed At Supporting Survivors Of Rape During War (HuffPost) Commentary and Perspectives WORTH READING International Civil Individual Responsibility and the Security Council: Building the Foundations of a General Regime: Vincent-Joël Proulx AFRICA NORTH AFRICA Libya Thugs and Extremists Join Battle for Tripoli, Complicating Libyan Fray (The New York Times) By David D. Kirkpatrick April 12, 2019 A week after an aspiring strongman launched