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Genocide
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Second Khmer Rouge Trial Opens in Camboida
Opening statements are scheduled this week from the prosecution and defence in the trial of former foreign minister Ieng Sary, former so-called Brother Number Two Nuon Chea, and former head…
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Cambodia Tribunal Orders Release of Defendant Who Apparently Has Alzheimers
The Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ruled this week that a 79-year-old former senior member of the Khmer Rouge is unfit to stand trial and ordered her unconditional…
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A Conviction for Genocide at the ICTR
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) found a former mayor guilty of genocide and extermination and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. The ICTR ruled that Grégoire Ndahimana, the former…
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ICTY Orders Medical Examination of Ratko Mladic
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today ordered a medical examination of Ratko Mladic, the former head of the Bosnian Serb armed forces who is being tried…
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Khmer Rouge Leader With Dementia May Not Be Able to Participate in Trial
One of the Khmer Rouge regime leaders facing genocide and other war crime charges has been diagnosed with dementia and may not be able to participate in court proceedings, the…
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UN Legal Chief Urges Cambodian Government to Let Tribunal Do Its Work
The United Nations legal chief today strongly urged the Cambodian Government to refrain from interfering in any way with the judicial process relating to the United Nations-backed tribunal set up…
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Malawi Asked to Explain Why It Didn’t Arrest Omar Hassan al-Bashir
The International Criminal Court (ICC) today requested Malawi to explain its alleged failure to arrest and surrender to the court Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir who is wanted on charges…
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Cambodian Judge Will Press On After Resignation of German Colleague
The national co-investigating judge in the United Nations-backed Cambodian genocide tribunal yesterday affirmed that he will continue to fulfil his mandate independently and in compliance with the principles stipulated in the…
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Security Council Allows an ICTR Judge to Work Part-Time
The Security Council this week allowed one of the judges in the United Nations tribunal for the 1994 Rwandan genocide to work part-time and engage in another judicial occupation until…
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Cambodia Tribunal
The United Nations Legal Counsel will travel to Phnom Penh next week for meetings concerning the Cambodia genocide tribunal in the wake of the resignation of one of the judges. …