International brief ~ ICC prosecutor says Sudan must comply with Darfur probe
Leading Friday's international brief, ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has said the the Khartoum government in Sudan has no choice but cooperate with the recently opened investigation by the International Criminal Court into...
JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that an International Criminal Court finding of genocide in Sudan could change negative American attitudes towards the new Hague tribunal... Genocide may yet be found to have occurred...
Why the International Criminal Court Needs Darfur (More Than Darfur Needs the ICC)
JURIST Guest Columnist Elena Baylis of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that while Darfur may be a dream case for the International Criminal Court, the value of the International Criminal Court for Darfur is yet to be...
Sudan arrests MSF Dutch chairman for not naming sources in rape report
The State Crimes Prosecutor for Sudan has ordered the arrest of Paul Foreman, the head of the Dutch wing of Medecins San Frontieres who published a report in March entitled The Crushing Burden of Rape:...
Sudan expected to announce war crimes tribunal in 2-3 months
A senior Sudanese official said Saturday that a tribunal to try people accused of war crimes in Darfur could be announced in 2-3 months. Sudan rejected the UN Security Council's recommendation earlier this year to...
Rwandan Defense Minister General Marcel Gatsinzi apologized Thursday before a Gacaca court for taking part in the country's 1994 genocide . Minister Gatsinzi is the first high-ranking official to request a pardon for his role in...
UN investigators begin legal inquiry into 1999 East Timor violence
UN legal experts met with Indonesian leaders Thursday to launch an inquiry into the violence and pro-Indonesian militia killings that followed the 1999 independence vote in East Timor and eventually led to the territory's emergence...
Musa Hilal, suspected leader of the Janjaweed militia active in the Darfur, said Wednesday that he would stand trial in Sudan rather than face trial outside the country. Hilal, who has consistently denied involvement in...
The trial of two Rwandan men accused of war crimes during the 1994 Rwandan genocide begins Monday in Brussels. Half-brothers Etienne Nzabonimana and Samuel Ndashyikirwa are accused of helping the Hutu militia and are charged under Belgium's...
The US has indicted Haji Bashir Noorzai, an accused Afghan heroin kingpin, in a massive narcotics conspiracy involving Afghanistan's former Taliban regime . US Attorney David Kelley announced the indictment against Noorzai,...
