Professional Documents
Culture Documents
ANNUAL REVIEW
Volume 1 2010-2011
DEDICATION
Power Paying Tribute to Reason Ann Flower E. Seyse
ARTICLES
Portraits of Women at Nuremberg Diane Marie Amann
SPEECH
Reflections on Women in International Criminal Law Marilyn J. Kaman
NOTES
The Inconspicuous Genocide of Albino Africans Ryan Cole
REPORTS
Collective Year in Review Impunity Watch Reporting Staff
1
Cite as: [add cite] ISSN [add #]
Impunity Watch is owned, published and printed annually by
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244-1030, U.S.A. The
publication is designed to chronicle some of the most significant instances
of impunity during the previous year as reported on our website. Impunity
Watch provides objective reporting on impunity issues throughout the
world, allowing op- pressed individuals to gain a public voice. The goal of
Impunity Watch’s web- based presence is to immediately alert the world to
impunity issues. Impunity Watch also publishes articles relating to
impunity issues from academic, professional, and student authors.
Impunity Watch aims to examine human rights and impunity issues from
both a grassroots and academic perspective. Editorial and business offices
are located at: Syracuse University College of Law, E.I. White Hall, Room
159, Syracuse, NY 13244-1030 U.S.A.
Impunity Watch actively seeks and accepts article submissions
from scholars and practitioners in the fields of international law, human
rights, political science, history, and other humanitarian law related fields.
The publication hosts an annual symposium in the spring of each year and
maintains a comprehensive website of all the articles and reports
published. From Impunity Watch’s founding three years ago, it has grown
through the dedication of many students and the guidance of Professor
David Crane at Syracuse University College of Law. Impunity Watch now
has a dedicated readership around the world, including many government
officials and NGOs. Please Visit our website to read past and current
reports, and consider subscribing to our daily news feed.
The views expressed within are solely those of the authors and do
not necessarily reflect the views of Impunity Watch, its advisors, editors or
staff,
Syracuse University College of Law, or Syracuse University.
i
IMPUNITY WATCH EDITORIAL STAFF
2010-2011
Executive Board
Managing Editor Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor
News ANN FLOWER SEYSE Journal
SOVEREIGN HAGER RYAN COLE
Senior Staff
Staff
CHRISTINA BERGER POLLY JOHNSON ERIC SIGMUND ALISON
DAVID CHAPLIN JOSEPH JUHN SPROTT-ROEN
JACQUELYN GRIPPE ERIKA LASTER PATRICK VANDERPOOL
LAURA HIRAHARA ALISON OWENS REBECCA YAWORSKY
WARREN POPP
ii
FACULTY ADVISOR TO
THE JOURNAL
DAVID M. CRANE
Professor David Crane was appointed a professor of practice at Syracuse
University College of Law in the summer of 2006. From 2002-2005 he was the
founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, an international war
crimes tribunal, appointed to that position by the Secretary General of the United
Nations, Kofi Annan
Professor Crane served over 30 years in the federal government of the United
States. Appointed to the Senior Executive Service of the United States in 1997, Mr.
Crane has held numerous key managerial positions during his three decades of public
service, to include a, and Waldemar A. Solf Professor of International Law at the
United States Army Judge Advocate General’s School.
3
DEDICATION
Impunity Watch dedicates this year’s Annual Review to the devoted individuals that
work in international humanitarian law. Those working and supporting the Special
Court for Sierra Leone, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia, the
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court are carrying out the legacy
of Robert H. Jackson, staying the hand vengeance in the continuation of the greatest
tribute that power has ever paid to reason. 1 To the practitioners that are constantly
furthering international humanitarian law in their daily work in spite of the politics that
interfere.
Given the many challenges facing nations in this tumultuous economic and political
climate, credit must be given to the state and non-state actors that support these
institutions of justice. With so many pressing priorities it is commendable that these
tribunals are continuing, with new proceedings being opened and even more under
consideration. It is essential for the peaceful growth of global society that international
justice is not only supported but prioritized. The world is too small and interconnected
to ignore impunity.
Impunity Watch seeks to inform the world about current instances of impunity, raising
the voices of the victimized and oppressed. We hope that the awareness Impunity
Watch raises is a call to justice that translates into international solidarity and action.
We are inspired and grateful to those that devote their careers to the pursuit of
international justice.
Impunity Watch would also like to thank Joshua Heintz, Esq. for his incredible support
of Impunity Watch and its mission. His support ensures that we will continue to raise
the caliber of our publication and programming. As a result we are able to raise
awareness about impunity issues among a broader audience. We are grateful for his
support and encouragement as Impunity Watch enters its fifth year in operation.
1
Justice Robert H. Jackson, Chief U.S. Prosecutor, Opening Statement for the
Prosecution at the Nuremburg Trials (Nov. 21, 1945), available at
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/Jackson.html.
4
IMPUNITY WATCH ANNUAL REVIEW
Volume 1 2010-2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
Portraits of Women at Nuremberg 1
Diane Marie Amann
SPEECH
Reflections on Women in International Criminal Law 35
Marilyn J. Kaman
NOTES
The Inconspicuous Genocide of Albino Africans 44
Ryan Cole
Be the Change 54
Kelsie Flynn
REPORTS
Africa Desk
Rome Statute Review Conference to Challenge Negative Perceptions 56
Celeste Little
5
Violence Rocks Western Sahara 70
Daniel M. Austin
Asia Desk
Innocent People or Armed Insurgents? Night Raids in Afghanistan 89
David L. Chaplin II.
6
Duch Found Guilty: War Crimes Day of Reckoning 95
David L. Chaplin II.
Europe Desk
Raids Against Activists and Opposition Continue Through Belarus 114
Yoohwan Kim
European Court of Human Rights Says Same Sex Marriage is Not a Universal Right 118
Yoohwan Kim
7
Missing Witness, Police Involved in Disappearance of Ukrainian Journalist 121
Christina Berger
Italy’s Outsourced Border Patrol Fires Live Munitions at Unarmed Civilians 124
Ricardo Zamora
Amnesty International Urges Italy to Respect the Rights of Asylum Seekers 129
Christina Berger
Migrants, Refugees Face Inhuman Living Conditions, Abuse in Greek Prisons 135
Ricardo Zamora
Vatican Letter Warned Irish Bishops Not to Report Child Abuse 138
Christina Berger
Hungarian Officials Charge Former WWII Officer with War Crimes 141
Daniel M. Austin
8
‘Illegal’ Israeli Demolition/Development in Jerusalem Approved 153
Warren Popp
Abuses Against Migrant Workers Takes Center Stage in Saudi Arabia…Again 173
Eric Sigmund
Rising Food Prices Spur Protests in Middle East and Africa 174
Eric C. Sigmund
9
North America Desk
73 Dead in Jamaican Slum as Government Searches for Suspected Drug Trafficker 180
Sovereign Hager
State of California Denies Legally Required Accommodations to Employees who are 181
Deaf
Ali Sprott-Roen
NY Civil Liberties Union Investigates Improper Medical Care at Syracuse County Jail 187
Ali Sprott-Roen
Mexico’s Nuevo Laredo Near Media Blackout: Drug Cartels Tightening Control 191
Erica Laster
Kawaiisu Tribe Files Amended Lawsuit to Stop California Resort Infringement 192
On Tribe Burial Grounds
Erica Laster
Ninth Circuit: State Secrets Trump Torture Victims’ Right to Sue 194
R. Renee Yaworsky
Gay Rights at the Forefront in the Wake of Hate Crimes and Suicides 197
Erica Laster
10
Former Guatemalan Interior Minister Re-Arrested in Spain 202
Erica Laster
UN Specialist Investigates High Rates of Rape and Assault in Indian Country 207
Erica Laster
Oceania Desk
Papua New Guinea Government Struggles to Combat Cholera Outbreak 210
Sovereign Hager
US Resumes Ties With Indonesian Military Group Known for Human Rights Abuses 212
Polly Johnson
Peru: Human Rights High Court Too Lenient on Security Force Members 224
Ricardo Zamora
11
Former Argentina Dictator Takes Responsibility for Rights Abuses 225
Patrick Vanderpool
Chile Rejects Catholic Church’s Call to Pardon Human Rights Abusers 227
Patrick Vanderpool
Columbia Named one of the Most Dangerous Countries for Journalists 237
Patrick Vanderpool
xii