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Ending NATO’s Double Standard on International Justice
By David Rohde on 23rd May 2012
This weekend in Chicago, President Obama will gather with more than 60 heads of state to hold NATO’s 25th anniversary summit. He and other leaders will convene as a Western-created system of international justice - enforced in many places by NATO - has grown stronger, and raised expectations of accountability around the world.
This week, Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic finally went on trial in The Hague for war crimes in Bosnia after evading justice for 17 years. Last month, former Liberian President Charles Taylor was convicted of aiding and abetting …
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A Flawed Court in Need of Credibility
By Richard Dicker, HRW on 23rd May 2012
Ten years ago, when the treaty creating the International Criminal Court took effect, the prospect of holding heads of state and powerful warlords to account for mass slaughter seemed like science fiction.
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Today the signs carried by Syrian protesters demanding “Assad to The Hague” are powerful testimony that the court is making its presence felt.
But as the I.C.C.’s influence grows, its promise of impartial justice for the world’s worst crimes is at risk of being undercut by international politics.
The I.C.C. has committed its share of missteps. …
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Ugandan forces capture Kony’s top LRA commander
By Associated Press in Kampala on 15th May 2012
Caesar Acellam is a known military strategist for Joseph Kony, whose forces are being increasingly degraded, say Ugandans
Ugandan forces have captured a senior commander in Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border, according to an army official, in what an analyst described as an “intelligence coup” for forces hunting Kony.
Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Rugumayo, intelligence chief for Uganda’s military operation against the LRA, said on Sunday that Caesar Acellam was captured on Saturday with two other …
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Impunity Rules: Libya Passes Controversial Amnesty Law
By Mark Kersten on 11th May 2012
While haggling between the ICC and Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) over the fate of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi continues, Libya quietly, but controversially, passed a blanket amnesty for pro-Revolution rebels.
According to Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL), under ‘Law 38′, amnesty will be granted for any “acts made necessary by the 17 February revolution” and for the revolution’s “success or protection”. Earlier, reports suggested that the amnesty law was being drafted in order to appease Libya’s tribal leaders who presumably fear anti-Gaddafi rebels being held …
