FREDERICK K.

COX
INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER

Founder/Advisor
Michael P. Scharf

WAR CRIMES
PROSECUTION
WATCH
Volume 9 - Issue 21
January 12, 2015

EDITOR IN CHIEF

Peter Beardsley
M ANAGING EDITORS

Emily Gibbons
Madeline Jack
SENIOR TECHNICAL EDITOR

Morgan Kearse

War Crimes Prosecution Watch is a bi-weekly e-newsletter that compiles official documents
and articles from major news sources detailing and analyzing salient issues pertaining to the
investigation and prosecution of war crimes throughout the world. To subscribe, please
email warcrimeswatch@pilpg.organd type "subscribe" in the subject line.
Opinions expressed in the articles herein represent the views of their authors and are not
necessarily those of the War Crimes Prosecution Watch staff, the Case Western Reserve
University School of Law or Public International Law & Policy Group.

Contents
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Central African Republic & Uganda
Amnesty

International: Dominic Ongwen Must Face Trial for Crimes

Against Humanity
Associated Press: Uganda Confirms ID of LRA Leader Who Surrendered
Kenya
St.

Louis Post-Dispatch: International Criminal Court concerned by killing

in Kenya
Voice of America: After Kenyatta Setback, ICC Struggles to Move Ahead
Libya
News Agency: Libyan Parties Agree to Attend Dialogue in Geneva
UNSMIL
Asharq Al-Awsat: Libyan PM: We are working under impossible
circumstances
PressTV: ISIL in Libya says it executed two Tunisian journalists
Kuwait

AFRICA
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Al-Jazeera

America: Rwanda Genocide Courts Stranded Men

Mali
Magherabia: Mali: Northern Mali Refugees Fear Reprisals
Reuters: Mayor of Mali town killed as clashes and abuses spike in north
Associated Press: Mali Jihadists Attack Town, Army Soldiers Flee After 2

Dead

EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
Court

of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Custody and Prohibitive Measures

Imposed on the Suspects in the Case v. Goran Mra et al.
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Accused in the Dragan Marjanovi et
al. Case Enter a Not Guilty Plea
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Jozo ji Enters a Not Guilty Plea
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Accused in the Case of Stevo
Jovanovi et al. Plead Not Guilty/a>
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Plea Hearing in the Case of Zdenko
Andabak
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
In

Serbia :Captain Dragan Turns to Belgrade to Help Him Fight Extradition

to Croatia
B92: 119 War Crimes Indictments in Bosnia This Year
B92: Serbia Asks Austrialia Not to Extradite Vasiljkovic B92
Mail Online: Scheme Ruined My Life: Key Witness in Milosevic War Crimes
Trial Ready to Sue Over Her Treatment
In Serbia : Linta: Cynical Decision To Raise Indictments Against Serbs

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
The Phnom Penh Post: Team Seeks to Add to Appeal
The Phnom Penh Post: Nuon Chea Team Files Appeal
Voice of America: Journalist Asks to Testify at Khmer Rouge

Tribunal

Iraqi High Tribunal

The

Telegraph: Tony Blair 'Could Face War Crimes Charges' over Iraq War

Syria
AlJazeera:

Syria's War 'Killed 76,021' in 2014

 AlJazeera
AlJazeera

America: Report Reaffirms Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria

America: In Syria's War Refugees, Lebanon Sees Echoes of
Palestinian Crisis

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

The
The
The

Daily Star: STL to Summon Hezbollah Lawmaker: Report

Daily Star: STL Looks to Maintain Trial Momentum in 2015
Daily Star: U.N. Renews Hariri Special Tribunal Mandate for Three
Years

Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

The Daily Star:42 Hindus Killed in a Single Day
Gulf Times: Jamaat Leader Sentenced to Death for War Crimes
The Daily Star: Another Implicates Siraj in Bagerhat Massacre
The Daily Star: Contempt Charges Sought Against Jamaat
The Daily Star: Hasan Shot My Father In Back
The Daily Star: FF Son Retells Tofazzels Murder by Hasan

War Crimes Investigations in Burma

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

United States
The

New York Times: Judge Gives Rules at Start of Boston Marathon

Bombing Trial
ABC News: Ahead of Jury Selection, Accused Boston Marathon Bomber's
Father Says U.S. Wants to Harm' Son
The Washington Post :The Coast Guard Faces a New Spike in Cuban
Boat People'
The Washington Post: U.S. to Realign Forces in Britain and Other European
Countries
The Washington Post: Cuba Reportedly Releases at Least Two Dozen
Detainees
The Washington Post: Seoul to deport American over positive N. Korea
comments
South & Central America
Buenos Aires Herald: Children Stolen by Chile Regime Come to Light
ABC News: Colombia's President Signals Flexibility in Peace Talks
The Washington Times: Colombia Rebel Group Opens Door to Peace Talks
BBC: Rios Montt Guatemala Genocide Retrial Suspended

 Latin

Post: Daughter of Efrain Rios Montt Defends Former Guatemalan

Dictator as Genocide Retrial is Delayed
Fox News Latino: Mexico Discovers Another Mass Grave Near Where 43
Students Went Missing
Gender-Based Violence
Daily

Times Nigeria: Women Seek Action Against Discrimination, Domestic

Violence
AllAfrica: 643 Tarime Female Cut Escapees to Return Home
The Detroit News: Campaign To Push For Funding To Fight Rape
The Telegraph: Rape Trials To Soar By A Third, Say Prosecutors
Asylum
GulfNews.com: Turkey Strengthens Rights of Syrian Refugees
Scoop: Their Unpardonable Crime Is That They Are Syrian
ALJAZEERA: Torture and Death for Uzbek Muslims in Jail
AllAfrica: South Africa: Africans in Particular, People of Colour

in General,
Not Welcome
The New Zealand Herald: Thailand Wants Asylum Seeker Returned

REPORTS
UN Reports
The

Jerusalem Post: Israel Eyes War Crimes Prosecutions Against Abbas

Other Top Palestinians, Official Says

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS

Kenya
Standard

Digital:State Agencies Disregard TJRC Proposals

Nepal
eKantipur:

Victims Cry They Were Excluded

Central African Republic

o IRIN

News: Striving for Peace in CAR

COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVES

 The New York Times: The Palestinians Desperation Move

Justice in Conflict:Happy 2015 and Predictions!
Justice in Conflict: Is International Criminal Justice Coming

to South

Sudan?
Lawfare: The Palestinian Authoritys Lose-Lose-Lose Move on ICC
Lawfare:Palestine and the ICC: An (Imagined) View from Inside the Court
Justice in Conflict : An ICC Indicted LRA Commander is in US Custody. So

What Now?
Justice in Conflict: Despite Ups and Downs, ICC is Here to Stay

WORTH READING
Kaveri

Vaid: Discretion Operationalized Through Law: Proprio Motu

Decision-Making at the International Criminal Court
Diana Contreras-Garduno and Julie Fraser: The Identification of Victims
Before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the International
Criminal Court and its Impact on Participation and Reparations: A
Domino Effect?
Jessica Peake: A Spectrum of International Criminal Procedure: Shifting
Patterns of Power Distribution in International Courts and Tribunals