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IJT 99 contents:
| Abu Garda escapes ICC trial | ||
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The ICC declined to confirm charges against Sudanese rebel leader Bahar Idriss Abu Garda on Monday, citing a lack of evidence.Abu Garda was accused of directing an attack that killed a dozen African Union peacekeepers in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region in 2007. Prosecutors say they will appeal the decision. |
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| The case against Hissène Habré | ||
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An international legal drama is playing itself out in the Senegalese capital Dakar, against the backdrop of the Monument for the African Renaissance. Main characters in no specific order: Hissène Habré, former president of the central African state of Chad, Abdoulaye Wade, president of Senegal, the African Union, Belgium, lawyers and human rights groups. At issue: can an African state put a former head of another African state on trial for crimes against humanity? |
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| Darfuris feel “let down” | ||
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The last week has seen two important developments in ICC prosecutions of alleged war crimes committed in Darfur. Tajeldin Abdalla Adam is a journalist with Radio Dabanga, a Netherlands based station that broadcasts to Darfur. He told the IJT what these rulings will mean for Darfuris. |
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| Bashir could face genocide charges | ||
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Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) last week reversed a decision that prosecutors had not provided sufficient evidence to charge Sudanese President Omar al Bashir on three counts of genocide. |
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| ICTY: Šešelj charged with contempt of court | ||
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Vojislav Šešelj, leader of Serbia’s ultra-nationalist Radical Party, currently standing trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY ) for alleged war crimes, has been charged with contempt of court. |
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| Charles Taylor son fined | ||
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A federal judge in the American state of Florida has ordered the son of former Liberian president Charles Taylor to pay $22.4 million to five people tortured during Liberia’s civil war. |
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| Witness “lied” to ICC | ||
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A witness at the trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo said intermediaries of theInternational Criminal Court (ICC) paid him to convince his nephew to give false testimony against the former Congolese warlord, LubangaTrial.org is reporting. |
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