ICTY: Tabakovic: Sentenced to Three Months in Prison
2010-03-15, The Hague, The Netherlands. Zuhdija Tabaković, a witness in Lukic and Lukic trial, pleaded guilty to three out of 6 counts of contempt of court. He was accused of accepting E1000 from a former case manager of the Milan Lukic Defence Team for signing a false statement and making a false testimony as well as finding two more persons to do the same. Neither of them testified for the defence but one them testified for the OTP as a rebuttal witness.
ICTR Case Page | Press Release | Sentencing Judgment | Sense |
ICTY: Vasiljevic: Mitar Released
2010-03-15, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Tribunal’s President approved an early release of Mitar Vasiljevic, a former member of a paramilitary group White Eagles that committed crimes in Visegrad municipality. Mitar Vasiljevic served 2/3 of his 15-year sentence. Mitar cooperated with the OTP. Austrian government noted Mitar’s good behaviour in the prison and his excellent work in the prison’s kitchen.
BiH WCS: Hodžić: Indictment Confirmed
2010-03-17, Sarajevo, BiH. BiH WCS confirmed the indictment against Nedžad Hodžić, a former member of the Special Purpose Detachment within the Headquarters of the Army of RBiH known as “Zulfikar”, accused of attacking civilians and killing POWs in the Croat village of Trusina in Konjic Municipality. The accused is charged with war crimes.
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BiH WCS: Ikonic: Genocide Indictment Confirm
2010-03-19, Sarajevo, BiH. WCS confirmed charges against Neđo Ikonić, a Commanding Officer of the 2nd Platoon of the Training Center Jahorina of the MUP RS Special Police Brigade, accused of ordering and commanding the detention and execution of Muslims in Srebrenica. The accused is charged with genocide.
ICTR: Bikindi: Trial Judgment Upheld
2010-03-18, Arusha, Tanzania. The Appeals Chamber upheld the trial conviction and 15-year sentence for inciting through the loud-speakers of his car Interahamwe to commit genocide. The OTP’s and Defence’s appeals have been dismissed in their entirety.
Judgment (ICTR) | RNW |
ICTR: Nchamihigo: Sentence Reduced to 40 Years, Several Convictions Reversed
2010-03-18, Arusha, Tanzania. The ICTR AC reduced the sentence of Mr. Nchamihigo from life sentence to 40 years. The accused was deputy public prosecutor in Cyangugu, Rwanda, at the time of genocide, and later worked under a false identity as a member of a defence team at the ICTR.
The AC reversed the convictions for the killings at the Kamarampaka stadium, killings at Shangi and Hanika parish, Mibilizi parish and hospital, Nyakanyinya school, and killings of Joséphine Mukashema, Hélène, and Marie.
AC Judgment | AFP |
ICTR: Kabuga: The Fugitive is Not in Kenya
2010-03-17, Kigali, Rwanda. Rwandan Foreign Minister confirmed she believed Kenian government that advised that Felicien Kabuga, suspected of financing the genocide in Rwanda was not hiding in Kenya. Kenian assurances contradict a statement made by the US ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Stephen Rapp, made last week, who stated that Mr. Kabuga is in Kenya.
ICC: Court-Friendly NGO Attacked
2010-03-17, Nairobi, Kenya. The offices of the International Center for Policy and Conflict, Nairobi-based NGO, have been burgalirized. Thiefs stole computers and file cabinets containing information collected by the NGO on post-election violance in December 2007 that took away some 1.5K lives. The situation currently investigated by the ICC. The NGO also received threats in relation to its activities.
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ICC: An Article on the Investigation into Kenya’s Postelectoral Violence
2010-03-16, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A. Korir Sing’Oei Abraham published an articling dealing with two issues: whether ICC is the best forum for dealing with the issue, and whether it is likely to be successful.
Minn. J. Int’l L. Online (PDF) |
ICC: Lubanga: OTP Ordered Disclosure
2010-03-15, The Hague, The Netherlands. The OTP was ordered to reveal the identity of the intermediary accused of coaching witnesses. The OTP and the Victims and Witnesses Unit will introduce protection measures once the identity of the witness is disclosed.
