The United Nations Security Council is to vote on the creation of an international tribunal to prosecute individuals suspected of involvement in the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik al-Hariri. The US, France, and Britain expect to get the 9 votes needed to pass the resolution despite apprehension by Russia and China, who […]
US President George W. Bush unveiled a new set of sanctions against the Sudanese government in a speech today. Mr. Bush made his speech ahead of next weeks G8 summit in Europe. The new sanctions are intended to influence the Sudanese to ends its blockade against humanitarian aid and an amendment to the African Union […]
By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States apparently violated international law in its military tribunals by using coercion to extract confessions and writing counter-terrorism laws that restrict immigration on questionable grounds, a U.N. investigator said on Friday.
The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, is pressing for a vote on the establishment of a special tribunal to investigate the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik al-Hariri. The current Lebanese prime minister, Fouad Siniora, formally requested the establishment of the tribunal on May 14. The draft resolution circulated by Britain, […]
The central African nation of Burundi has agreed to set up a war crimes tribunal and truth and reconciliation committee to examine atrocities during its 12-year civil war. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, was in the region as part of a 12-day tour of central Africa, including Rwanda and other Great […]
International Criminal Court Investigates War Crimes in Central African Republic The International Criminal Court (ICC) launched an investigation into allegations of "massives rapes and other acts of sexual violence" perpetrated by officials of the Central African Republic (CAR). The top courts in CAR had referred the former President Ange Felix Patasse and Congolese rebel leader […]
The International Criminal Court is to investigate war crimes allegedly committed in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2002 and 2003. (BBC) The Hague court's prosecutor said his investigation would mainly focus on the large number of alleged rapes. The period covers the aftermath of a failed coup by current President Francois Bozize against the […]
Salvatore Mancuso, a top military commander in Columbia testified that the government there was tied to the murder of civilians and cocaine trafficking, stating "paramilitarism was state policy." According to the Washington Post, 14 members of Columbia's Congress, 7 former lawmakers, the head of the secret police, and many others have been implicated in cooperating […]
The Lebanese Prime Minister, Fuad Siniora, has sent a formal request to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for the ratification of an international court for Lebanon. The tribunal will be used to try suspects involved in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was killed in a massive explosion there in […]
Sun May 20, 2007 3:22AM EDT By Marie McInerney ADELAIDE (Reuters) – The first Guantanamo Bay inmate convicted of supporting terrorism by a U.S. military court returned to Australia on Sunday under a veil of secrecy, but “elated” to serve out his remaining sentence at home.
The DC Circuit Court released the transcripts for two cases involving detainees at the naval detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The cases are Bismullah v. Gates (06-1197) and Parhat v. Gates (06-1397).
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) today issued a report highlighting government complicity in attacks on civilians in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan. The UNHCR called for an "immediate and independent investigation" into atrocities committed by Sudanese intelligence officers. The report highlights violence over a land dispute between two ethnic groups […]
On this date in 1967, President Abdul Nasser of Egypt orders the UN Emergency Force (UNEF) in Egypt to disband. In 1957, Egypt had decided to nationalize the Suez Canal, imposing severe economic complications on Israel and her allies. Mounting circumstances resulted in the eventual invasion of the Sinai Peninsula by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). […]
A military hotel was raided yesterday in downtown Belgrade yesterday evening as part of a search for Ratko Mladic who is sought in connection with the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. Police officials said they were tipped off that Mladic was in the area, though the search turned up empty handed. Serbia has been developing a […]