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The referral chamber of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday transferred the case of Charles Sikubwabo to the High Court of Rwanda. The decision was based on ICTR...

JURIST Guest Columnists Jennifer Green and Sahadev Gowda of the University of Minnesota Law School, say that corporations must be held accountable for international law violations through use of the Alien Tort Statute...Last month, the US Supreme Court heard oral...

JURIST Guest Columnist Stan Goldman of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, says federal law already authorizes states to criminally prosecute perpetrators of genocidal crimes, and that Turkish annoyance is not a legitimate basis to invalidate a civil remedy against those...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has decided to transfer the case of Fulgence Kayishema to the Rwandan authorities. The three-panel Referral Chamber ordered the transfer so that Rwandan authorities can refer...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday sentenced former president of the municipality of Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milan Tupajic , to two months...

JURIST Guest Columnist Gregory Gordon of the University of North Dakota School of Law says atrocity justice localization may not work for countries, such as Cambodia, so thoroughly lacking in justice culture and infrastructure and that localization may ultimately contribute...

JURIST Guest Columnist Gregory Gordon of the University of North Dakota School of Law says Léon Mugesera may be the last significant incitement decision arising from the Rwandan genocide, and it could be the ideal capstone opportunity for Rwandan incitement...

War crimes suspect Leon Mugesera was charged with genocide planning, incitement and distribution of arms Thursday in a Kigali court in Rwanda. He was deported from Canada to Rwanda nine days ago, following a 16-year battle in...

The Canadian government on Monday deported Rwandan war crimes suspect Leon Mugesera, after a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled that the court did not have jurisdiction to rule on immigration cases. Mugesera, who has been fighting deportation...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its annual World Report on Sunday, leading with a criticism of Western governments' support of Middle Eastern regimes that stifle and suppress protests. The comprehensive report catalogs all of...