By PHILIP ELLIOTT, AP, March 31 09 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Monday on the eve of an envoy’s trip to Darfur that the humanitarian crisis there has worsened but global outrage could pressure Sudanese leaders to let aid workers return. Obama said the conflict in Sudan will not be easy to solve, but [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Obama Urges Sudan to Allow Aid Groups to Remain, Prepares Special Envoy
Posted in News Updates on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Arab Leaders Unite Behind Bashir in Opposition to ICC Warrants
Posted in News Updates on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New York Times, By Michael Slackman and Robert F. Worth, March 30, 2009 CAIRO — Arab leaders may be divided over which Palestinian faction to support and what to do about Iran’s rising influence, but they have found one cause to rally around: Protecting the president of Sudan from charges he orchestrated the rape, killing [...]
American Society for International Law Releases Report on US Policy Toward ICC
Posted in News Updates on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ASIL Task Force on U.S. Policy Toward the International Criminal Court In the fall of 2008, the American Society of International Law convened a blue-ribbon task force to examine the U.S. relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ASIL Task Force on U.S. Policy Toward the ICC is studying the Court’s work to date, [...]
Trials of Khmer Rouge Begin Today
Posted in News Updates, tagged Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, Tuol Sleng on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Seth Mydans, New York Times, 30 March 2009 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The first substantive sessions in the trials of former Khmer Rouge officials began Monday morning, 30 years after the end of the notorious communist regime that left some 1.7 million Cambodians dead. The first defendant in the tribunal, Kaing Guek Eav, 66, [...]
ICC Observers Exclusive Interview: Colin Thomas-Jensen, Enough Project Policy Advisor
Posted in Interviews, tagged Bashir, Colin Thomas-Jensen, DRC, Enough Project, ICC, Kony, Ocampo on March 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
ICC Observers Project-Oxford Transitional Justice Research Exclusive Interview: Colin Thomas-Jensen, Enough Project Policy Advisor Colin Thomas-Jensen is a Policy Advisor at the Enough Project. Based in Washington, D.C., Colin helps to guide Enough’s analysis and policy recommendations to end crimes against humanity. He also oversees Enough’s field research in Sudan, Chad, Congo, Uganda, and the [...]
Bashir Attends Arab League Summit
Posted in News Updates, tagged Arab League, Arrest Warrant, Bashir, ICC on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
March.29.09, AP, DOHA, Qatar — Sudan’s president, who is sought by an international court on charges of war crimes in Darfur, has arrived in Qatar to attend this week’s Arab League summit. President Omar al-Bashir was greeted warmly by Qatar’s emir in a red-carpet welcome at Doha’s airport on Sunday. He later had coffee with [...]
Spanish Court Weighs Inquiry on Torture for 6 Bush-Era Officials
Posted in News Updates, tagged Alberto Gonzales, Bush, Guantanamo Bay, John Yoo, Spain, torture on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Marlise Simons, NYTimes, 28 March 2009 LONDON — A Spanish court has taken the first steps toward opening a criminal investigation into allegations that six former high-level Bush administration officials violated international law by providing the legal framework to justify the torture of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, an official close to the case [...]
Darfuris’ Mixed Feelings Over Bashir Warrant: Some Unhappy Genocide Charge Not Included
Posted in News Updates, tagged Bashir, Darfur, genocide, ICC on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Katy Glassborow in The Hague and Tajeldin Abdhalla Adam in Belgium Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 25 March 2009 “We are really very happy about the arrest warrant against al-Bashir. It is a victory for [Darfur refugees],” said Adam Bush, a refugee and spokesman for some of the nearly 150,000 Darfuris living in [...]
ICC Observers Exclusive Interview: William Schabas, Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway
Posted in Interviews, tagged Bashir, Darfur, genocide, ICC, ICTR, ICTY, Ocampo, Rome Statute on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ICC Observers Project-Oxford Transitional Justice Research Exclusive Interview: William Schabas, Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway Professor William A. Schabas is director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he also holds [...]
Human Rights Watch Urges Kenya to Create Domestic Tribunal and Avoid ICC Investigation
Posted in News Updates, tagged Human Rights Watch, ICC, Kenya, Waki Report on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Derek Kilner, VOA News Nairobi 25 March 2009 The organization Human Rights Watch has urged Kenya’s government to establish a special tribunal to try those suspected of post-election violence. On a visit to Kenya, the group’s director said resorting to the International Criminal Court would not be the best option. More than a year [...]
