ICC: Georgia Provides Evidence of Russian Crimes
2010-03-18, The Hague, The Netherlands. Georgian delegation consisting of Zurab Adeishvili (Justice Minister), Tina Burjaliani (First Deputy Justice Minister) and Prof. Payam Akhavan of McGill University (Legal Counsel) provided the OTP with further evidence in respect of the crimes committed during the August War, in particular alleged commission of ethnical cleansing.
Expert Club | Civil | Expatica |
ICTR: Gatete Did Not Transfer Orphans to be Killed
2010-03-22, Arusha, Tanzania. Canisius Ntakiyimana, currently a refugee living in Uganda, testified today that the accused was not present at the Gikoni Ophanage Centre during the transfer of orphans to Kiziguro Parish. On April 9, 1994, he saw Mayor of Murambi, Jean de Dieu Mwange, and others putting orfans in the vehicles, but the accused was not among them. OTP’s case is that orphans were transferred to Kiziguro Parish and killed aorund April 11, 1994.
Hirondelle | ICTR |
Germany: Boere: Former SS Convicted to Life Imprisonment
2010-03-23, Aachen, Germany. The German Court convicted Heinrich Boere, former Silbertanne member, for killings of three Dutch civilians (Fritz Hubert Ernst Bicknese, Teun de Groot, Franz Wilhelm Kusters) in 1944. Boere joined SS shortly after Germans took over Maastricht. Boere’s lawyer unsuccessfully pleaded the defence of superior orders. Judge Nohl pointed out that there was no evidence that Boere attempted to challenge the orders. The Prosecution argued that Boere was a willing member of the Waffen SS. Boere was sentenced to death in absentia in the Netherlands in 1949, a sentence that was later commuted to life imprisonment. In the past, Germany court refused to extradite him to the Netherlands, on the grounds that he may have German nationality, and another one refused to force him to serve the Dutch sentence because he was tried in absentia.
ICJ: Judicial Vacancy to be Filled on June 29
2010-03-19, New York, NY, USA. The UNSC passed a resolution to the effct that the election for the vacancy on the bench created by resignation of Judge Shi Jiuyong should take place on June 29.
ICTY: UNSC Increases the Number of Judges
2010-03-18, New York, NY, USA. The UNSC unanimously adopted Resolution 1915 (2010) increasing the number of judges to 13 (over the max of 12 under Art. 12 of the ICTY Statute) until June 30 or completion of the Popović case, whichever is sooner.
Bangladesh: CAH Perpetrators in 1971 War to be Prosecuted
2010-03-17, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Law Minister intends to initiate investigations and prosecutions for the crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971. The prosecutions will be conducted under the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973. The investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating teams will be determined by March 26, 2010. The investigating teams will consist mostly from retired police officers. The prosecution team will consist of 12 current criminal lawyers. The judiciary will consist of 2 district judges, and the sitting judge of the Supreme Court, presiding.
The Nation | AP | Reuters | BBC |
ICTR: Nshogoza: Trial Judgment Upheld
2010-03-15, Arusha, Tanzania. ICTR AC dismissed Nshogoza’s appeal in its entirety. Nshogoza, a former investigator in the defence team of Jean de Dieu Kamuhanda, former Minister for Higher Education, was convicted in July 2009 for meeting with protected OTP witnesses in disregard of protective measures. His 10-month sentence was also affirmed on appeal.
AC Judgment | UN Radio | Hirondelle |
Serbia: Ganić: Serbia Has No Objection to Trial in BiH
2010-03-15, Belgrade, Serbia. Serbian President Tadic stated today that Serbia has no objection to extradition of Ejup Ganić from UK to BiH, as long as he will stand trial in Ganić.
