2008 was a year of dramatic developments in war crimes law. There were major events in the prosecutions of Radovan Karadzic, once the world's most wanted man; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the 9/11 attacks; and Charles and Chucky Taylor. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court sought a historic indictment of Sudanese leader Col. Omar Al-Bashir for crimes against humanity in Darfur. And Thursday, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda had sentenced army colonel Theoneste Bagosora to life in prison for genocide. New atrocities arose with equal rapidity, however, from the terrorist attack in Mumbai and the war in Georgia to continuing conflict in Darfur.
Here, we summarize a very eventful year, and provide some predictions for 2009.
Happy Holidays,
Arthur Traldi and Daniel Graeber
