FREDERICK K.

COX
INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER

Founder/Advisor
Michael P. Scharf

WAR CRIMES
PROSECUTION
WATCH
Volume 10 - Issue 2
April 5, 2015

EDITOR IN CHIEF
Alexis Krivoshik
MANAGING EDITORS
Ryanna Miller
Aaron Kearny
SENIOR TECHNICAL EDITOR
R. Tadd Pinkston

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
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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
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Darfur, Sudan

The Irish Times: Efforts to Arrest Sudan President Foiled by UN Veto

Capital News: Trial Against Ruto, Sang Resumes at the ICC

AllAfrica: Mutea Iringo Demands Apology from DP Ruto's ICC Lawyers
AllAfrica: ICC Judge out of Uhuru Case

Kenya

AFRICA
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

VOA News: Court Rejects Charles Taykir Bid to Serve Prison Term in
Rwanda
ABC News: Court Upholds Conviction of Woman in Rwanda Genocide Case

Mali

Expatica: Jihadists Decapitate Malian Accused of Informing for French

Army

UN News Centre: Boko Haram 'Weakened" But Still Committing

'Horrendous' Acts, Says UN Regional Envoy

Hirondelle News Agency: Chadian Court Jails Former Habre Aides for Life
Human Rights Watch: Habre-Era Agents Convicted for Torture

Chad

EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber

Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Josip Toli Sentenced to 10 Years of

Imprisonment
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mirsad ijak Sentenced to 7 Years and 9
Months in Prison
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Second-Instance Verdict Sent Out
Second-Instance Verdict Sent Out
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Accused in Goran Maksimovi et al.
Plead Not Guilty
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ratko Dronjak Sentenced to 15 Years of
Imprisonment
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Accused in Jadranko aran et al. Plead
Not Guilty

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Bosniak Soldiers "Killed Each
Other" at Srebrenica, Witness Claims
Zee News: Serbia Arrests Eight in its First Arrests Over Srebrenica
Massacre
Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Bosnian Serb Brigade Commander
"Unaware" of Srebrenica Crimes
Yahoo News: Serb Politian Seselj Ordered to Return to Hague Trial
Institute for War and Peace Reporting: "No Stench from Srebrenica
Graves" - Witness

Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia

InSerbia News: Djuric: Serbs in Kosovo Still Not Free

Reuters: Bosnian, U.S. Officials Discuss Deportations Over War Crimes
Reuters: Serbia Makes First Arrests of Suspected Srebrenica Gunmen
Blouin News: Are Serbia's War Crime Arrests a Game Changer?
The New York Times: Serbia Arrests Eight Suspected in 1995 Srebrenica
Massacre
Business Insider: Bosnian, U.S. Officials Discuss Deportations Over War
Crimes
Jurist: Serbia Court Orders Detention of 8 Suspects for Srebrenica
Massacre
InSerbia News: Proceedings Against 220 Perpetrators Of Crimes Against
Serbs

InSerbia News: Belgrade: Indictees for Crime in Strpci Released From

Detention
Fox 6: 8 Serb Suspects in Srebrenica Massacre Get 30-day Detention
BGN News: Bosnian War Crime Suspect Dabetic Caught in Turkey
Rutland Herald: Retrial Sought In War Crimes Case
Fox News: UN War Crimes Tribunal Revokes Provisional Release of
Serbian Nationalist Vojislav Seselj
Reuters: War Crimes Court Revokes Serb Nationalist Seselj's
Compassionate Release

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

The Cambodia Daily: Ex-Khmer Rouge Official Denies Sending Prisoners

to be 'Eliminated'
Jurist: HRW: Cambodia Must Act on Criminal Charges Against Khmer
Rouge Leaders
The Phnom Penh Post: Ex-Cadre Endured 'Trauma' at Prison
VOA Khmer: Critics Call for Action at Tribunal, as Third Suspect Named
The Phnom Penh Post: Dudman Hears Pol Pot Interview at KRT

Voice of America: UN: IS May Have Committed War Crimes in Iraq

Dunya News: Iraq Vows to Bring Its Own Rights Violators to Justice
Reuters: France Presses at U.N. for Islamic State to Face World Court
Jurist: Rights Violations by ISIL: The Problem is Enforcement

Daily Mail: Syria Accused of Unleashing Fresh Chlorine Gas Attack:

World's Chemical Watchdog 'Seriously Concerned' as Assad Regime
Accused of Further War Crimes
Syria Deeply: Former Chief Prosecutor Decries Lack of Will to Prosecute
War Crimes

Iraq

Syria

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

The Daily Star: Hezbollah-Future Tensions Spill into Cabinet Session

The Daily Star: Lahoud had Motive to Kill Hariri: STL Defense
The Daily Star: STL Defense Strategy takes Shape in Sabaa Questioning
The Daily Star: Rifi-Fneish Ruckus mars Cabinet Session
Naharnet Newsdesk: Saniora before STL: Syria Promised us 'New Lahoud'
if We Accepted Extension
Naharnet Newsdesk: Saniora before STL: Hariri Sought Extension of
Hrawi's Term to Avoid Lahoud's Election
The Daily Star: STL Grills Siniora Over Generals Jailed after 2005
Bombing
Naharnet Newsdesk: Daryan Says Halting Mustaqbal-Hizbullah Dialogue
is 'Forbidden'
Naharnet Newsdesk: London Announces $1.5 Million Funding to STL

The Daily Star: President Assad: the STL's Elephant in the Room
Naharnet Newsdesk: Report: STL Gives Deadline for Lebanese
Government to Cooperate with Defense

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

The Daily Star: 4th Person Accuses Hasan of Shooting FF's Father
Dhoka Tribune: 10 Charges Against 8 Jamalpur Razakars Finalised
ANI News: Bangladeshis Demand Fast Trials of War Criminals on
Independence Day
The Daily Star: Formal Charges to be Brought on April 13
BDNews 24: Kamaruzzaman Review Hearing Wednesday

War Crimes Investigations in Burma

VOA News: UN: Myanmar Backtracking on Human Rights

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH): Burma: UPR
Commitments Remain Largely Unaddressed
The Associated Press: Myanmar Police Reject Lawsuit Against
Government Minister
VOA News: Myanmar Urged to Consider Revising Draft Investment Law
The Irrawaddy: Burmas Military Milestone

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

United States

Bahamas Tribune: Activists Brief U.S. Senate on 'Human Rights

Violations' in the Bahamas
The Washington Post: US Hits Syrian Bank Official, 3 Companies with
Sanctions
New York Times: Obama Removes Weapons Freeze Against Egypt
Reuters: Poland Seeks U.S. Assurances Over Guantanamo Inmate
International Business Times: US and Cuba Lay Ground For Human
Rights Talks
Fox News: Think Tank Tallies 64 Terror Plots Targeting American
Homeland Since 9/11

South & Central America

International Justice Monitor: Guatemala Debates Future of UN-backed

International Commission against Impunity
The Washington Post: Secret Nazi Hideout Believed Found in Remote
Argentine Jungle
The Guardian: Florida No Longer Safe Haven for War Criminals as US
Prosecutors Take Action
New Internationalist: No Peace with Impunity for Colombia

TOPICS
Terrorism

The New York Times: Canada: Men Found Guilty of Terrorism

The New York Times: Al-Shabab Suspected in Killing of Uganda Terror
Prosecutor
The New York Times: California Man Facing Terrorism Charge Writes to
Newspaper
The New York Times: Egypt Prosecutor Names Brotherhood Leaders as
Terrorists
The New York Times: Mentally Ill British Man Pleads Guilty to U.S.
Terrorism Charges
The New York Times: Austria Charges 14-Year Old With Terror Offences

Piracy

Reuters Africa: Rise in Illegal Fishing Threatens to Revive Somali Piracy

All Africa: East Africa: Comesa Lends Support for Establishment of EUFunded Maritime Security Centre in Seychelles
Marine Link: South East Asia Shipping Piracy Hotspot
Seychelles News Agency: Eight Somali Adults and One Minor Convicted of
Piracy by the Seychelles Supreme Court

Gender-Based Violence

Zambia Daily Mail: GBV Fast Track Courts in Progress

The Post: Ivory Coast Jails Mother for Circumcising Daughter, 4
All Africa: Congo-Kinshasa: UN Welcomes 'Milestone' Declaration Aimed
at Combating Rape in War

REPORTS
UN Reports

NGO Reports

The Washington Times: ICC Should Prosecute Islamic State for Genocide,
War Crimes: U.N. Report
UN News Centre: ISIL May Have Committed Genocide, War Crimes in
Iraq, Says UN Human Rights Report
Epoch Times: Mass Grave Found As UN Says ISIS Suspected Of Genocide
The Japan Times: South Sudan Rebels Free 250 Child Soldiers: U.N.
UN News Centre: Security Council Urges 'Effective, Comprehensive' Steps
To End Tensions in South Sudan
The Globe and Mail: Syrian People Feel Abandoned As World Focuses On
Islamic State, UN Chief Says.
The Jurist: UN: Asylum Applications in Industrialized Countries Greatly
Increased
Human Rights Watch: UN: Human Rights Council Fails Iraqi Civilians:
Countries Should Press All Parties to End Abuses
The Jurist: Rights Violations by ISIL: The Problem Is Enforcement
Taipei Times: UN Boss Holds Talks in Iraq, Troubled By Iraqi Abuse
Claims

Human Rights Watch: After Liberation Came Destruction: Iraqi Militias

and the Aftermath of Amerli
Human Rights Watch: "He Didn't Have to Die": Indiscriminate Attacks by
Opposition Groups in Syria

WORTH READING
Worth Reading

Monica Hakimi: Custom's Method and Process: Lessons from

Humanitarian Law
Christine M Lillie: This Is The Hour of Revenge: The Law and Psychology
of Propaganda and International Conflict
J. David Velleman: Konrad Morgen: The Conscience of a Nazi Judge

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

BGN News: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Demands Access to

Classified Archives
Reuters: Archbishop Ahouanan to Head Ivory Coast's Reconciliation
Commission
New Zimbabwe: Kenya's President Apologises for Government's Past
Wrongs
NewsDay: Parly Urged to Pass enabling Law for Peace Commission

Commentary and Perspectives

Alex Conte: An Old Question in a New Context: Do States Have to Comply

with Human Rights When Countering the Phenomenon of Foreign
Fighters?
Mark Kersten: On the Table: Trading Justice for Peace in Palestine
Rogier Bartels: Killing With Military Equipment Disguised as Civilian
Objects is Perfidy
Rogier Bartels: Killing With Military Equipment Disguised as Civilian
Objects is Perfidy, Part II/a>
Kevin Jon Heller: No, Disguising Military Equipment As Civilian Objects to
Help Kill Isn't Perfidy
Ashley Deeks: International Legal Justification for the Yemen
Intervention: Blink and Miss It
John Bellinger: The Tenth Year Anniversary of UNSCR 1593, which
Referred the Situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court