By George Obulutsa
DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 27 (Reuters) – A U.N. court trying the masterminds of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide jailed a former military chaplain for 25 years on Friday for sexual assault and killing ethnic Tutsis who sought sanctuary at a seminary.
Emmanuel Rukundo is one of two clergymen the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [...]
Archive for February, 2009
ICTR Convicts Priests for Genocide, 25 year sentence
Posted in News Updates on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sierra Leone Forced Marriage Conviction
Posted in News Updates on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FREETOWN, 26 February 2009 (IRIN) – The Special Court for Sierra Leone on 25 February convicted three former leaders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), marking the first time a court has convicted on the charge of “forced marriage”.
After a four-year trial, the tribunal found former RUF interim leader Issa Hassan Sesay and RUF commander [...]
Secretary General Discusses Bashir Case on Africa Trip
Posted in News Updates on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN HEILPRIN – Feb/27/09
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — The U.N. chief acknowledged Thursday that a widely expected arrest warrant for Sudan’s president in connection with atrocities in Darfur could result in a political fallout and urged him to protect peacekeepers and civilians.
There are fears of reprisals after the International Criminal Court makes it decision [...]
Tribunal on Lebanon Assassination to Open Sunday
Posted in News Updates on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Associated Press, 25 February 2009
By MIKE CORDER
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A tribunal that will prosecute suspected assassins of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will probably request the transfer of suspects from Beirut, an official said Tuesday.
Robin Vincent, the tribunal’s registrar, said the prosecutor has 60 days from the date the court formally opens [...]
Annan Warns Kenya Over Tribunal
Posted in News Updates on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BBC News, 24 February 2009
Ex-UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned Kenya not to delay any longer in setting up a special tribunal to try ringleaders of post-election violence.
In letters to Kenya’s president and PM, he warned the hold-up could jeopardise Kenya’s stability and prosperity.
Mr Annan said he would refer the matter to the International [...]
ICTY Clears Former Serb President of Kosovo Crimes
Posted in News Updates on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Associated Press, 26 February 2009
By MIKE CORDER
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — U.N. judges acquitted former Serb President Milan Milutinovic on Thursday of ordering a deadly campaign of terror by Serb forces against Kosovo Albanians in 1999.
But the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted five other senior Serbs and gave them prison sentences of between 15 [...]
Sierra Leone Trio Guilty of War Crimes
Posted in News Updates on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BBC, 25 February 2009
A war crimes court has found three Sierra Leone rebel commanders guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
RUF leaders Issa Sesay, 38, and Morris Kallon, 45, were convicted of 16 of the 18 charges, while Augustine Gbao, 60, was found guilty on 14 of the counts.
The Freetown trial of the RUF [...]
NYT Bloggingheads: African Criminal Court?
Posted in News Updates on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mark Leon Goldberg, of UN Dispatch and Kevin Jon Heller of the University of Melbourne Law School debate the International Criminal Court’s focus on Africa. Watch it here.
Sudan Official Warns Over Indicting President
Posted in News Updates on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Associated Press, 21 February 2009
By MOHAMED OSMAN
Associated Press Writer
The Associated Press
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudan may revert to a hard-line Islamic regime if the International Criminal Court indicts the country’s president on charges of war crimes in Darfur, said Sudan’s intelligence chief.
The comments by Salah Abdallah published in Saturday’s newspapers come as the Hague, Netherlands-based court [...]
Egypt: ‘Consequences’ if Bashir Indicted
Posted in News Updates on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wall Street Journal MarketWatch, 22 February 2009
CAIRO, Feb 22, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) — Egypt says there will be “dangerous consequences” if an International Criminal Court arrest warrant is issued against Sudanese President Omar Bashir.
If Bashir is branded a war criminal by the court in The Hague, the political situation inside Sudan, including that of [...]
