Justice Updated

2010-03-11, Israel. IDF Military Prosecutor’s Office charged 2 members of the Givati Brigade for using a Palestian boy as a human child by ordering him to open bags suspected of containing bombs during a search of a building in  in Tel al-Hawa during the Operation Cast Lead. Out of 150 investigations opened by IDF in respect of the Operation Cast Lead, 36 have been referred for criminal investigations, and only 2 lead to indictments (including this one).

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2004-03-04, London, UK. British PM threatened to limit the universal jurisdiction laws because they are ”exploited by politically-motivated organisations or individuals who set out only to grab headlines knowing their case has no realistic chance of a successful prosecution” and prevents some foreign officials from travelling to the UK.  Brown wants to raise the evidentiary standard needed to get a warrant issued and to restrict the right to bring such cases to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Sources: The Daily Telegraph | The People’s Voice | Jurist | AP | Ha’aretz |

Redress on Universal Jurisdiction in the UK