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Month: June 2018

10 June 2018 by AFP
ICC acquits DR Congo's Bemba on appeal International war crimes judges Friday acquitted former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba on appeal, overturning an 18-year sentence for war crimes committed in the Central African Republic (CAR). "Mr Bemba cannot be held [...]
10 June 2018 by AFP
Jean-Pierre Bemba, former Congolese warlord and Kabila foe Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose landmark conviction for war crimes was overturned on Friday by the International Criminal Court (ICC), is a former warlord and adversary of Congolese President Joseph Kabila. Bemba, a 55-year-old former vi [...]
10 June 2018 by AFP
Myanmar army, govt hold rare meeting over Rohingya crisis Myanmar's army and civilian leadership held a rare "national security" meeting on Friday and discussed an internal investigation into the Rohingya crisis in Rakhine state, the president's office said. The meeting -- only the third [...]
10 June 2018 by AFP
New film explores war's dark shadow over Croatian youth "Mum, am I a Srbenka?" Nina Batinic recalls asking as a seven-year-old in a new film that highlights Croatia's still fragile inter-ethnic relations more than two decades on from the country's bloody war. Not only did the young Cro [...]
10 June 2018 by AFP
Australian commandos accused of Afghan war crimes: report Australian special forces have been accused of committing war crimes in Afghanistan in a secret defence report leaked Friday that described a "complete lack of accountability" from top military brass. The investigation, reported b [...]
10 June 2018 by AFP
Congolese warlord faces verdict in war crimes appeal Former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba on Friday will hear the outcome of an appeal against his landmark conviction and 18-year sentence for war crimes committed by his private army in Central African Republic (CAR). Af [...]
10 June 2018 by AFP
Iraqi refugee held in France on suspicion of IS 'war crimes' An Iraqi refugee in France thought to be a former senior member of the Islamic State group has been arrested in Paris and indicted on suspicion of "war crimes" over his alleged involvement in a massacre in his country. The 33-year [...]
10 June 2018 by AFP
Burundi's president enacts disputed new constitution President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi on Thursday enacted a new constitution adopted by a referendum, despite opposition concern that the charter will enable him to keep his grip on power until 2034. "History is being written in [...]
10 June 2018 by AFP
Algerian ex-defence chief can face war crime charges: Swiss court A Swiss court on Wednesday cleared the way for former Algerian defence minister Khaled Nezzar to face war crimes charges, the latest twist in a winding legal saga. Nezzar, in office from 1990 to 1994 while Algeria was battling Isl [...]
10 June 2018 by AFP
Thousands of Katumbi supporters attend Congo rally Thousands of supporters of exiled Congolese opposition leader Moise Katumbi gathered Saturday in Kinshasa to hear a message from him demanding a united front for presidential elections scheduled for December 23. The meeting of sup [...]
10 June 2018 by AFP
Former Bosnia Muslim commander Oric faces re-trial Bosnian Muslim wartime commander Naser Oric who defended Srebrenica, site of an infamous massacre by Serb forces, faces retrial for war crimes after an earlier acquittal was quashed, his lawyer said Wednesday. "We received the tri [...]
10 June 2018 by AFP
ICC to rule in war crimes appeal by ex-Congolese VP International judges will Friday hand down a verdict in the appeal of disgraced former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba, fighting his conviction for war crimes and an 18-year jail term. Bemba, 55, appealed after judges a [...]
8 June 2018 by Jan HENNOP
ICC acquits warlord and former congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba International war crimes judges Friday acquitted former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba on appeal, overturning an 18-year sentence for war crimes committed in the Central African Republic (CAR). "Mr Bemba cannot be held [...]
7 June 2018 by Nour El Bejjani Noureddine, ICTJ
Lebanon Edges Closer Toward Truth for Families of the Missing and Disappeared Life continues to stand still for the many families of the missing and disappeared in Lebanon who have been desperately trying to uncover the fate of their loved ones and who are holding out hope of seeing them someday. The Lebane [...]
6 June 2018 by Maxime Domegni
Gambian to continue to be “resilient, peaceful and resolute”, commends Ade Lekoetje, UN representativ Since Yahya Jammeh’s left the power in The Gambia, in January 2017, the country is going through a delicate political transition and running a transitional justice process. After getting rid of the dictatorship, the young and vuln [...]
4 June 2018 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Tunisian trial and questions on UN judge selection An important event of the transitional justice week was the start of trial in Tunisia in the case of Kamel Matmati, who was kidnapped by former president Ben Ali’s police, died under torture 27 years ago and his body disappeared w [...]
1 June 2018 by Human Rights Watch
Iraq: Impartial Justice Effort Needed A new United Nations investigation of crimes committed by the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) in Iraq was not given the mandate that the situation calls for, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 31, 2018, the United Nations se [...]