The latest twist in the saga of the fall of the Qaddafi regime has again focused attention on the relationship between Libya and the International Criminal Court, and on the broad question of how to obtain accountability for national and international crimes.
Posts Tagged “international justice”
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Muammar al-Qaddafi’s demise only further underscores the importance and urgency of capturing the two remaining fugitives from international justice—his son, Saif al-Islam, and his head of Military Intelligence, Colonel Abdullah Al-Senussi.
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Judges in the war-crimes case against Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb military leader, have turned down a bid to split it into two separate trials, despite concerns over the health prospects of the accused.
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Over the next several months, the International Criminal Court will undergo its most significant leadership transition since coming into existence. It presents a major challenge and a significant opportunity.
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Muammar Qaddafi’s recent offer to talk has raised the question of whether the transition to peace is helped or hampered by a public International Criminal Court arrest warrant. Would keeping indictments confidential facilitate justice?
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International law requires Libya's National Transitional Council to implement the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court, and to hand any suspects it holds over to The Hague.
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After some six years of proceedings, the International Criminal Court trial of Thomas Lubanga is entering its final phase. The case has been marked by both milestones and near-disasters for international justice.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Alison Cole, child soldiers, complementarity, Democratic Republic of Congo, intermediaries, International Criminal Court, international justice, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, rape, Thomas Lubanga
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The U.S. has said it will investigate only two out of almost 100 cases of alleged mistreatment of terrorism suspects by the CIA. But international investigations and legal action into the abuses mean the questions will not go away.
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After two years of consultations on the right of free of expression, the UN Human Rights Committee has strengthened protections for new media, and says blasphemy laws should not be used to restrict legitimate free expression.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Article 19, blasphemy, European Court of Human Rights, freedom of information, General Comment No.34, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, international justice, Organization of Islamic Conference, Sandra Coliver, UN Human Rights Committee, UN Human Rights Council
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Over the past decade, governments have increasingly turned to arbitrary detention, cruelty, and even torture in order to combat drug abuse.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Cambodia, Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care, China, drug detention, drug policy, drug treatment, drug users, forced labor, harm reduction, HIV/AIDS, human rights, international justice, Mexico, public health, Roxanne Saucier, Russia, torture, war on drugs
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