ICC prosecutor sought Gaddafi arrest warrant for crimes against humanity
May 16, 2012
On May 16, 2011, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo sought arrest warrants for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and two others on charges of crimes against humanity for allegedly plotting attacks on Libyan civilians. Ocampo said that the Office of the Prosecutor....... [more] 
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of two DRC rebel leaders
May 15, 2012
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced Monday that his office will seek arrest warrants for two rebel leaders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The office filed an arrest warrant application for Sylvest....... [more]
LRA commander captured by Uganda military
May 14, 2012
Ugandan military forces Saturday captured one of the highest leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the rebel militia group headed by alleged Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony. The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) ambushed and captured Major General Caesar Achellam along the banks of the....... [more]
Rwanda genocide tribunal transfers fourth case to national courts
May 9, 2012
The Referral Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday transferred the case of Ladislas Ntaganzwa to the Rwandan national court system. Ntaganzwa, a former mayor of Nyakizu commune in Butare, remains at large. He has been charged with conspiracy to commit genocide....... [more]
Rwanda genocide tribunal reduces sentence, affirms two others
May 8, 2012
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday reduced the sentence of Aloys Ntabakuze, a former Rwandan army officer convicted of genocide and related crimes, and affirmed the sentences of two others. Ntabakuze's sentence was reduced from life in prison to 35 years after the cour....... [more]
EU police arrested war crimes suspect in Kosovo
May 6, 2012
On May 6, 2010, European Union police officers arrested suspected war criminal, Sabit Geci, in Kosovo. Geci was accused of being a former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), which allegedly tortured prisoners at an Albanian prison during the 1998- 1999 Kosovo war. The European Union Rule of....... [more]
Charles Taylor prosecutors seeking 80-year sentence for war crimes
May 4, 2012
The chief prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) recommended Thursday that former Liberian president Charles Taylor be sentenced to 80 years for war crimes. Taylor was convicted last week on all 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone's decade-long ci....... [more]
ICC prosecutor requested warrants for Libya leaders
May 4, 2012
On May 4, 2011, International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced that an investigation had uncovered enough evidence to allow him to pursue warrants for Libyan leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity. In March 2011, the ICC launched an investigation which....... [more]
Charles Taylor's Conviction: Reflections of a Prosecutor
May 3, 2012
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law says that Charles Taylor's conviction should serve as a warning to others who commit war crimes and crimes against humanity...I looked into his eyes when the presiding judge rendered the unanimous judgment of the trial cham....... [more]
Mladic fit to stand trial: ICTY prosecutor
May 2, 2012
Chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz told reporters Wednesday that he believes former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army Ratko Mladic is mentally and physically fit to stand trial next month. The ICTY ordered a medical exam of Mlad....... [more]
Cambodia genocide court denied bail for Khmer Rouge officials
April 30, 2012
On April 30, 2010, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) dismissed appeals by three former Khmer Rouge officials to block the extension of their provisional detention. The three prisoners, Ieng Thirith, Ien Sary, and Khieu Samphan, were indicted on charges of genocide, war crime....... [more]
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