22 July 2021 – Dutch Court Convicts Refugee Over War Crimes in Syria &...
Dutch Court convicts Refugee over war crimes in Syria: The District Court of The Hague has convicted Ahmad al Khedr, a former member of the Syrian military, of war crimes for his part in the execution...
View Article10 June 2021 – UN Special Rapporteur Warns of ‘Massive Loss of Life’ in Kayah...
Photo: Michael Galkovsky via Flickr (CC). UN Special Rapporteur warns of an impending crisis in Kayah state: The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar has warned that Myanmar’s Kayah State...
View Article25 March 2021 – UNHRC Passes Resolution for Investigation in Sri Lanka &...
UNHRC passes resolution for investigations into human rights breaches in Sri Lanka: The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution proposed by Britain increasing international monitoring of the human...
View Article15 March 2021 – ICC AC to issue Ntaganda Appeals judgement and Gbagbo / Ble...
Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé. Photo: coalitionfortheicc.org via Bing (CC). ICC Appeals Chamber to issue two key decisions at the end of the month; the Ntaganda appeals Judgment and decision on...
View Article12 March 2021 – Parties in Massaquoi CAH trial visit Liberia; and Liberian...
Trial in Finland on Crimes Against Humanity in Liberia conduct visit to Liberia: On 15 February 2021, members of a Finnish court conducting the trial of Gibril Massaquoi arrived in Liberia to visit...
View Article25 February 2021 – German Court Convicts Syrian Prison Guard for Crimes...
German Court Convicts Syrian for Crimes Against Humanity: The Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany convicted Eyad al-Gharib of crimes against humanity for aiding and abetting the torture of...
View Article18 February 2021 – Accused at Kosovo Specialist Tribunals Argue Prosecution...
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci. Photo: cuartopoder.es via Bing (CC). Thaci et al argue Prosecution is hampering their defence: Lawyers for former Kosovo President Thaci, as well as for his...
View Article4 February 2021 – Dominic Ongwen found guilty by ICC & UN Report Indicated...
LRA Commander, Dominic Ongwen found guilty by ICC: Former Lords Resistance Army (LRA) Commander, Dominic Ongwen has been found guilty by Trial Chamber IX of the International Criminal Court of 61 of 70...
View Article7 January 2021 – Australia begins investigations into war crimes in Afghanistan
Australia begins investigations into alleged war crimes committed in Afghanistan: Mark Weinberg, the Australian special investigator into allegations of war crimes committed by Australian special...
View Article18 December 2020 – PTC postpones confirmation hearing in Al Rahman case
ICC accused from Sudan, Mr Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (formerly known by Ali Kushayb). Photo: PRI via Bing. ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II postpones confirmation of charges hearing in the case against...
View Article25 November 2020 – DRC court sentences militia leader “Sheka” and co-accused...
Child Soldier in the DRC. Photo: via Bing (CC). DRC court sentences militia leader “Sheka” and co-accused to life imprisonment for war crimes and crimes against humanity in landmark judgement: On 23...
View Article6 November 2020 – KSC arrests and transfers Krasniqi to Hague; Thaci resigns...
Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC). Photo: politika.rs via Bing. Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) arrests Jakup Krasniqi on war crimes and CAH; transferred to The Hague: On 4 November 2020, the...
View Article23 October 2020 – Turinabo trial begins at the UN MICT
MICT accused, Maximilien Turinabo. via Bing. Trial in the Turinabo et al. contempt case begins before the UN MICT: On 22 October 2020, the trial in Prosecutor v. Maximilien Turinabo et al. began before...
View Article9 October 2020 – Last witness testimony in S&S retrial; and ICC AC confirms...
UN MICT hears final witness testimony in retrial of Stanišić and Simatović: Between 1 September and 8 October 2020, the Trial Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (UN...
View Article1 October 2020 – UN Human Rights Office Report Ongoing Reprisals Against UN...
UN Human Rights Office Report to Human Rights Council Ongoing Reprisals Against UN Cooperators: The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) reported that it is “consistently receiving information” that that...
View Article27 August 2020 – MICT investigators travel to Rwanda to gather fresh evidence
MICT investigators to gather new evidence in Rwanda: The Chief Prosecutor for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT) reported that a team of investigators are in Rwanda to...
View Article6 August 2020 — STL Postpones Trial Judgment after Beirut Blast; Victims...
STL Postpones Trial Judgment to 18 August in Light of Beirut Blast: The Trial Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) issued a notice of postponing the issuance of its judgment in the Ayyash...
View Article23 April 2020 – STL LRV ask for clarification on date of Ayyash et al., judgment
STL Victims Representatives ask Trial Chamber for clarification on date for Ayyash et al judgment in light of pandemic: In a filing submitted to the STL Trial Chamber on 22 April 2020, the Legal...
View Article16 April 2020 – Concerns of Escalating Ethnic Conflict in DRC’s Ituri...
Concerns of Escalating Ethnic Conflict in DRC’s Ituri Province: Twenty nine individuals were killed in two attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting in the region continues....
View Article2 April 2020 – ICC Prosecutor Seeks to Amend Rape Charges against Ngaissona,...
ICC Prosecutor gives notification of intention to amend rape and sexual slavery charges against Ngaissona: The ICC Prosecutor requested Pre-Trial Chamber II (PTC II) to amend the rape charge against...
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