War Crimes Prosecution Watch, Vol. 14, Issue 01 -- February 18, 2019 PILPG Logo Case School of Law Logo War Crimes Prosecution Watch Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Hassan FREDERICK K. COX Volume 14 - Issue 01 INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER February 18, 2019 Technical Editor-in-Chief Kurt Harris Founder/Advisor Michael P. Scharf Managing Editors Gloria Neilson Mary Preston 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 C. Africa Republic peace talks stumble over militia amnesty (Yahoo) Central African Republic raeches peace deal with armed groups (Daily Times) Some uneasy as Central African Republic, rebels make peace (Journal-Times) Details from Central African Republic rebel deal released (Seattle Times) Sudan & South Sudan South Sudan Kiir Blames Outsiders for Peace Deal Inaction (All Africa) South Sudan New Violence Sends Thousands Fleeing to DR Congo (All Africa) Villagers Describe Horror in South Sudan’s Yei River State (VOA) UNMISS Boss Conditions Improving in South Sudan (VOA) Democratic Republic of the Congo Thousands Flee to Congo as Fighting Flares Up in South Sudan (Bloomberg) Ebola vaccine offered in exchange for sex, Congo taskforce meeting told (The Guardian) Ebola outbreak in violence pagued DRC a worst-case scenario (Arab News) War Crimes Prosecution Watch, Vol. 14, Issue 01 -- February 18, 2019 WEST AFRICA Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon Human trafficking isn't just morally repugnant. It's also a security threat. (The Washington Post) Boko Haram slaughtered dozens after Nigerian army abandoned town (TRT World) Mali How international court may give Mali’s women a second change at justice (The Christian Science Monitor) Liberia War Crimes Court Advocates Predict Grave Consequences if Justice Not Served (Liberian Daily Observer) Justice Seen as Solution for Post-War Land Conflict in Nimba (Liberian Daily Observer) Liberia: Kolahun Talks Justice (Front Page Africa) EAST AFRICA Uganda Uganda Police Arrest BBC Journalists, Government Demands Release (US News and World Report) Shoot Kenyan Rustlers, Ugandan Minister Says (The East African) Kenya Kenya terror attack suspects traced to Dadaab refugee camp (The Citizen) Kenya joins global coalition against Islamic State (Daily Nation) Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) DR Congo seeks UN help against Rwanda rebels on border (The Independent) Somalia Somalia: Problem Identified, Solution Unknown (StrategyPage) Inside the Secretive US Air Campaign In Somalia (The Nation) US General: Strikes in Somalia Won't Stop Al-Shabab (VOA) 30 al-Shabab militants killed in joint operation in southern Somalia (The New Times) EUROPE Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber Court of BiH officially confirmed teh Indictment charging Ahmetspahic over Organizaing a Terrorist Group (Sarajevo Times) Court of BiH issues Pre-Trial Custody to Gojgolovic for War Crimes against Civilians (Sarajevo Times) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia War Crimes Prosecution Watch, Vol. 14, Issue 01 -- February 18, 2019 Bosnian Serbs Form New Panels to Re-Examine Srebrenica, Sarajevo Victims (U.S. News) Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia Turkey Inside Rojava, the democratic province trapped between Turkish forces and ISIS (New Statesmen) Turkey changes its tune on China's crackdown against Muslims (PRI) Despite U.S. Threats, Turkey to Purchase Russia's S-400 Missile System (Haaretz) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Libya The Families of Migrants Held Hostage Are Using Facebook to Raise Money for Smugglers’ Ransoms (TIME) The EU’s deal with Libya is sentencing refugees to death (The Guardian) Libya arrests suspected al Qaeda leader, source says (Reuters) Iraq UN report: IS responsible for most attacks in Iraq and Syria (Associated Press) Bomb blast kills 2 soldiers in western Iraq (Anadolu Agency) Syria Marie Colvin: Syrian government found liable for US reporter's death (BBC) Mechanism sends ‘strong signal to perpetrators of crimes in Syria’ (Swiss Info) Nearly 191 Chemical Attacks in Syria Must Be on the OPCW’s Agenda After Its New Mandate (Syrian Network for Human Rights) Largest joint UN humanitarian convoy of the war, reaches remote Syrian settlement (UN News) The vow of ‘never again’ is dying in Assad’s prisons (The New York Times) Syria Describes US Attacks as War Crimes (Prensa Latina) Syrians held in Germany for suspected crimes against humanity (BBC News) Yemen Yemen government, Houthi rebels meet on UN ship to discuss truce (Al Jazeera) Amnesty accuses UAE of diverting arms to 'militias' in Yemen (Reuters) Special Tribunal for Lebanon Israel and Palestine Two Palestinian Teenagers Killed by Israeli Live Fire in Protests, Gaza Authorities Say (Haaretz) Unrest Breaks Out Along the Gaza Border – Report (The Jerusalem Post) NGO Asks High Court to Strike Down Immunity Law for IDF Harming Gazans (The Jerusalem Post) Israel Asks Dutch Court to Drop War Crimes Case Against Gantz (Haaretz) Gulf Region Amnesty accuses UAE of diverting arms to 'militias' in Yemen (Reuters) U.S. lawmakers renew push for penalties against Saudi Arabia (Reuters) FM: Qatar plans to host regional meet to curb ISIS crimes (The Peninsula) War Crimes Prosecution Watch, Vol. 14, Issue 01 -- February 18, 2019 ASIA Afghanistan Three Marines were falsely accused of war cimes. Twelve years later, they have vindication (Anchorage Daily News) Matt Golsteyn planned to join the CIA and go to Iraq. Now he faces a murder charge. (Washington Post Blogs) Afghans protest civilian casualties in security raids (Anadolu Agency) Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal Will push again for Jamaat's war crime trial: law minister (The Daily Star) War Crimes Investigations in Burma Rights group welcomes commission to probe trafficking of Rohingya (Free Malaysia Today) Burmese military steps up operations against Christian minority (Fox News) Families Displaced by Fighting in Chin State Flee Toward Indian Border: Arakan Army (The Irrawaddy) Myanmar villagers flee fresh Rakhine State fighting, enter Bangladesh (Reuters) Myanmar: Fresh Evidence of Violations Amid Ongoing Military Operation in Rakhine State (Amnesty International) AMERICAS North & Central America Seven Navy SEALS granted immunity to testify in Iraq war-crimes trial (Bristol Herald Courier) 'A drastic step backwards': Guatemala considers amnesty for war crimes (The Guardian) New legal bombshells explode on two Navy SEAL war crimes cases (Air Force Times) South America Bombs damage Columbia's mansoya and Cano Limon pipelines (Reuters) Children 'targeted for violence' by armed groups in Venezuela, say advocates (CBC News) Hezbollah's Presence And Iran's Influence In Venezuela Coming Into Focus (Radio Farda) Human rights workers are getting killed in Columbia. Here's what could help save the peace. (The Washington Post) Justivce and peace in Columbia are far from guaranteed, and deserve to be closely monitored. Hezbollah Is in Venezuela to Stay (Foreign Policy) Venezuela Venezuela military barricades bridge in attempt to block aid (CTV) Donald Trump: Sending US troops to Venezuela 'an option' (Al Jazeera) Guaidó backed an amnesty plan for Venezuela’s military. How might that play out? (The Washington Post) Trump Offical Refuses to Answer When Ilhan Omar Asks if He’d Support Genocide in Venezuela (Newsweek) War Crimes Prosecution Watch, Vol. 14, Issue 01 -- February 18, 2019 TOPICS Truth and Reconciliation Commission Terrorism Piracy Loop News (Venezuelan bandits kidnap six Trinidadians, demand US$200,000) Gender-Based Violence Sexualized violence as a weapon of war (Modern Ghana) How international court may give Mali's women a second chance at justice (The Christian Science Monitor) Let’s stop use of rape as a weapon of war (Daily Nation) Commentary and Perspectives WORTH READING Simon Adams: 'If Not Now, When?': The Responsibility to Protect, the Fate of the Rohingya, and the Future of Human Rights Leila N. Sadat: Heads of State and Other Government Officials Before the International Criminal Court: The Uneasy Revolution Crimes AFRICA CENTRAL AFRICA Central African Republic Official Website of the International Criminal Court ICC Public Documents - Cases: Central African Republic C. Africa Republic peace talks stumble over militia amnesty (Yahoo) (January 30, 2019) The Central African Republic's government and armed militias who control most of the country held more peace talks on Wednesday but an amnesty proposal is impeding progress, sources close to the negotiations said. The Central African Republic fell into crisis in 2012 after violence erupted from a mainly Muslim rebel insurgency known as the Seleka that sparked the creation of rival Christian militias known as the anti-Balaka. The new talks, which started last week with senior CAR officials and rebel chiefs in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, came after War Crimes Prosecution Watch, Vol. 14, Issue 01 -- February