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14 Dec 2011 - NPWJ News Digest on International Criminal Justice
Articles
New ICC boss takes tough line on Kenya
By Kevin J Kelley in New York and Bernard Namunane, 13 Dec 2011
The incoming chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says she will pursue the cases against Kenyan suspects vigorously. Ms Fatou Bensouda, who is taking over from Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo, dispelled the notion of being soft. She will be taking over from Mr Moreno-Ocampo, who has a reputation even within the ICC as a prosecutor who loves publicity and who is viewed as being abrasive.
ICC judges dismiss legality of African Union decision on Bashir, refer Malawi’s non-compliance to UNSC
Sudan Tribune, 13 Dec 2011
The judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday issued the first decision of its kind dismissing the legality of an African Union (AU) resolutions ordering all its member states not to cooperate with the court in apprehending the Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir.
UN Security Council Urged to Act After Syria Death Toll Is Raised to 5,000
By Massoud A. Derhally and Flavia Krause-Jackson , 13 Dec 2011
The United Nations Security Council faced new calls to intervene in Syria after the UN’s top human- rights official raised the civilian death toll in the country to more than 5,000 and said President Bashar al-Assad’s government should be investigated for crimes against humanity.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told the 15-member body in New York yesterday that the situation in Syria was “intolerable,” and asked that “gross violations” committed by Assad’s security forces be referred to the International Criminal Court. “Ruthless repression” may soon plunge Syria into “civil war,” she said in prepared remarks.
Africa's Fatou Bensouda is new ICC chief prosecutor
By Farouk Chothia BBC Africa, 12 Dec 2011
With the African Union (AU) having been a fierce critic of outgoing International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, it will be hoping for a better relationship with his successor, Fatou Bensouda - the first African to hold a top post at the ICC.
The AU lobbied intensely for the 50-year-old Gambian, endorsing her candidature in June after repeatedly accusing Mr Moreno-Ocampo - an Argentinian whose nine-year term expires next year - of selective justice by only investigating atrocities in Africa.
Support for ending impunity for international crimes must grow – ICC
UN News Centre, 12 Dec 2011
Eight years after assuming office as prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo spotlighted today the transformative changes taking place in international law, with countries increasing their support for ending impunity of international crimes, adding that this trend must continue to grow.
Kenyans’ date with Ocampo, Bensouda
By Chris Wamalwa, 11 Dec 2011
The Hague Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is scheduled to hold a Town Hall-style forum with the Kenyan Diaspora in America on the 2008 post-election violence and International Criminal Court (ICC) process in Kenya.
ICTY Still Aiming for December 2014 End Date
By Alexandra Arkin - International Justice - ICTY TRI Issue 721, 09 Dec 2011
The president of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, ICTY, says it is continuing to work towards completing all the cases before it by the end of 2014, despite constraints placed on its work by a lack of resources.
Mladic genocide trial to begin in March
News24, 08 Dec 2011
The trial of Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic, accused of committing genocide and war crimes during the 1992-95 Bosnian war, should open in March, a judge at a UN court said on Thursday.
