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Genocide
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International Law Prof Blog
ICTR Convicts Two
On Friday, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) convicted two former government ministers in Rwanda and sentenced each to 30 years in prison for their roles in the genocide…
International Law Prof Blog
ICTR Appeals Chamber Upholds Sentences for Genocide
The Appeals Chamber for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has upheld 25-year jail terms imposed on a former top military officer and a landowner for genocide in the massacres that…
International Law Prof Blog
Estonia Wants to Strengthen the “Responsibility to Protect”; Says that International Law is the Tool to Prevent Human Rights Violations
The principle known as ‘responsibility to protect’ – safeguarding populations from genocide and war crimes – must be turned into practical steps to ensure that societies are no longer devastated…
International Law Prof Blog
UN Security Council Renews Appointments of ITCY and ICTR Prosecutors
The United Nations Security Council acted yesterday to reappoint the prosecutors working at the UN international criminal tribunals tasked with bringing to justice the perpetrators of the worst crimes committed during the Balkans…
International Law Prof Blog
ECCC Concludes Fitness Hearing for Accused in Genocide Trial
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has wrapped up three days of hearings in Phnom Penh to help determine whether two of the most senior surviving leaders of the…
International Law Prof Blog
Extraordinary Chambers for Cambodia Begins Fitness Hearings for Elderly Defendants
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) held hearings today to determine whether two elderly defendants are sufficiently fit mentally and physically to stand trial. The ECCC is charged with prosecuting…
International Law Prof Blog
Grenada Joins ICC Rome Treaty as 115th Signatory
The International Criminal Court today welcomed Grenada as a new State party to the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the tribunal, three months after the Caribbean nation deposited its…
The Right Coast
RealClearPolitics – Norwegian Crime and PunishmentTom Smith
In 2007, Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget proposed extending Norway's absolute maximum criminal sentence of 21 years to 30 years for genocide, crimes against humanity and terrorism. That proposal didn't…
International Law Prof Blog
Dutch Court finds the Netherlands Liable for Acts in Srebrenica in 1995
The Court of Appeal of the Hague ruled on July 5, 2011 that the Netherlands had acted unlawfully and is liable for evicting Bosnian nationals from the compound of Dutchbat in Srebrenica in…
International Law Prof Blog
ICTY Defendant Removed from Court After Ignoring Warnings From Judge
The former head of the Bosnian Serb armed forces during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s was removed from a hearing yesterday at International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia…