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| And what if Taylor walks? | ||
| Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, is in court to defend himself on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity he allegedly committed in Liberia’s neighbour to the west, Sierra Leone. Liberian media cover the trial extensively but Liberians are, to all intents and purposes, mere spectators. This trial is not about them. Liberia lacks a war crimes tribunal. What it does have is a Truth and Reconciliation Commission which has been taking countless statements from war crimes victims and perpetrators and whose report is in the public domain. | ||
| Hezbollah hands over evidence on Hariri murder | ||
| Lebanon’s Hezbollah has handed over information allegedly implicating Israel in the murder of ex-Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri in 2005. It follows a request by the prosecutor of the United Nations Special Tribunal for Lebanon. | ||
| Truth and reconciliation at a price | ||
| In the next few weeks, Rwanda will complete the most comprehensive post-conflict justice programme attempted anywhere in the world. Since 2001, 11,000 community-based gacaca courts, overseen by locally-elected judges and barring any participation by lawyers, have prosecuted around 400,000 suspected perpetrators of the 1994 genocide. | ||
| Prosecutors demand tougher jail term for Comrade Duch | ||
| Prosecutors of the first Khmer Rouge commander to face a UN-backed trial have appealed against his prison sentence for being too lenient. They claim that “undue weight” was placed on mitigating circumstances. | ||
| Justice Interrupted | ||
| In a stately colonial building in central Dhaka, on 26 July 2010 Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal granted the prosecutors’ request to issue arrest warrants for four individual suspects on charges of committing genocide, crimes against humanity and crimes against peace. A further case against a fifth individual was also opened by the court. | ||
| ICTY “bullies” given the rap | ||
| Judges at the UN war-crimes tribunal have ordered an independent investigation following complaints from witnesses that they have been intimidated by prosecutors. | ||
| New ICRC database seeks protection for war victims | ||
| The International Committee of the Red Cross has launched a new legal database designed to be used as a reference in international and non-international armed conflicts. | ||
| Taylor trial under spotlight | ||
| For more than a year Charles Taylor’s trial has taken place in relative obscurity. But since fashion model Naomi Campbell and actress Mia Farrow were asked to give evidence about a diamond Mr Taylor was alleged to have given to Campbell that has all changed. The IJT asked lead defense counsel for Mr Taylor, Courtenay Griffiths, about the challenges of conducting such a case under the spotlight. |
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