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Australia weighing ICJ genocide incitement lawsuit against Iran president
May 14, 2008
[JURIST] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd [official profile] told Australian news service Sky News Wednesday that his government is considering bringing a lawsuit against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [official profile; BBC profile] in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [court.... [more]

Kenya prosecutor urges court to freeze assets of Rwandan war crimes suspect
May 7, 2008
[JURIST] Kenyan Chief Prosecutor Keriako Tobiko Tuesday asked the country's high court to freeze the assets of wealthy Hutu businessman and Rwandan war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga [Trial Watch profile; ICTR materials]. Kabuga is accused of funding Rwandan militias that killed more than 800,000.... [more]

ICTR begins genocide trial of former Rwanda government minister
May 6, 2008
[JURIST] Former Rwandan Minister of the Interior Callixte Kalimanzira [case materials; press release] went to trial Monday before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website]. Kalimanzira, who served as interior minister during the 1994 genocide [BBC backgrounder], is.... [more]

Bosnia war crimes court issues custody order for Srebrenica massacre suspect
April 8, 2008
[JURIST] The War Crimes Chamber [HRW backgrounder] of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday issued a custody order [press release] for a former Bosnian Serb special police officer suspected of involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC timeline, JURIST news archive]. Vaso Todorovic.... [more]

UN has 'moral duty' to prevent future genocides: SG
April 8, 2008
[JURIST] The United Nations has a "moral duty to act on the lessons of Rwanda," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] said Monday in an address [text] to mark the fourteenth anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide [HRW backgrounder; BBC backgrounder]. Ban said:I am equally.... [more]

Former Bosnian Serb police chief pleads not guilty to crimes against humanity
April 7, 2008
[JURIST] War crimes suspect Vinko Kondic [case materials] pleaded not guilty [press release] Monday in the War Crimes Chamber [HRW backgrounder] of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to crimes against humanity and incitement to genocide charges allegedly committed during the Bosnian war. A former.... [more]

Cambodia genocide tribunal seeks additional $114 million to fulfill mandate
March 24, 2008
[JURIST] Officials from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) [official website; JURIST news archive] made a formal request to the United Nations [official website] Monday for $114 million in additional funds to allow the court to continue operation past its originally.... [more]

Dalai Lama accuses China of 'cultural genocide' in Tibet after protest crackdown
March 17, 2008
[JURIST] Exiled Tibetan spiritual and political leader Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama [personal website; BBC profile] on Sunday accused China of committing "cultural genocide" [recorded video] in Tibet, and said he will not call for an end to ongoing protests [BBC backgrounder] in Tibet. He.... [more]

ICTR appeals chamber increases Rwanda Catholic priest sentence to life in prison
March 12, 2008
[JURIST] The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] Wednesday upheld the conviction of Catholic priest Father Athanase Seromba [case materials] for genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity during the 1994.... [more]

Colombia to seek ICC genocide charges against Chavez
March 5, 2008
[JURIST] Colombian President Alvaro Uribe [official website; BBC profile] said Tuesday that his country plans to bring charges against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] before the International Criminal Court [official website] for supporting genocide. Uribe's.... [more]



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