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Obama administration seeks to block House vote on Armenian genocide resolution
March 6, 2010
[JURIST] A spokesperson for the US State Department [official website] said Friday that the Obama administration opposes [daily press briefing] a vote before the full House of Representatives on a resolution [H Res 252 text] branding the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Turkish forces as gen....... [more] 
House committee adopts Armenian genocide resolution
March 5, 2010
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs [official website] voted 23-22 Tuesday to adopt a resolution [H Res 252 text] that recognizes the Ottoman Empire's treatment of Armenians between 1915 and 1923 as genocide [JURIST news archive]. In his opening remarks [text], comm....... [more]
UK PM seeks to limit war crimes arrest warrants for international leaders
March 4, 2010
[JURIST] UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown [official profile] on Thursday proposed [Telegraph report] tighter restrictions on the use of politically motivated arrest warrants for foreign leaders accused of war crimes. Brown said that he would seek to make tougher "the evidential basis on which arrest w....... [more]
Karadzic claims attacks on Bosnian Muslims 'staged'
March 2, 2010
[JURIST] Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [case materials; JURIST news archive] claimed Tuesday that attacks against Bosnian Muslims were "staged," denying any involvement in war crimes. Karadzic was appearing before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [of....... [more]
Montenegrin war crimes suspect arrested in Spain
March 2, 2010
[JURIST] Spain's Interior Ministry [official website, in Spanish] announced [press release, in Spanish] Tuesday that national police agents have arrested accused Montenegrin war criminal Veselin Vlahovic in southeastern Spain. Vlahovic, known as the "monster of Grbavica," is wanted on three internat....... [more]
Rwanda ex-president's widow arrested in France on genocide allegations
March 2, 2010
[JURIST] The widow of assassinated Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana [Britannica profile], Agathe Habyarimana, was arrested Tuesday in France on suspicions of complicity in genocide and was later released on bail. French police complied with an international arrest warrant issued by the Rwandan....... [more]
UK police arrest former Bosnian VP wanted by Serbia for war crimes
March 2, 2010
[JURIST] UK police on Monday arrested former Bosnian vice president Ejup Ganic for war crimes in connection with a 1992 attack against Serbian soldiers. Ganic, vice president during the outset of the 1992-1995 Bosnian civil war [JURIST news archive], was arrested [BBC report] by the Scotland Yard Ex....... [more]
Europe officials urge new international court for communist crimes
March 1, 2010
[JURIST] An international court to prosecute crimes against humanity committed by communist regimes should be created by the European Union (EU) [official website], the participants of the Prague Crimes of the Communist Regime Conference [official website] said in a joint statement [text] Friday. Th....... [more]
ICTY hears opening statements in Karadzic war crimes trial
March 1, 2010
[JURIST] Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [case materials; JURIST news archive] appeared before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] on Monday to defend himself against charges related to war crimes allegedly committed during the 1992-199....... [more]
ICTY begins war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb general
February 26, 2010
[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] on Friday opened the trial [press release] of former Bosnian Serb leader Zdravko Tolimir [case materials; JURIST news archive]. Tolimir is charged [indictment, PDF] with genocide, conspiracy to commit ge....... [more]
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