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Genocide
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International Law Prof Blog
ECCC Indicts Four Khmer Rouge Leaders
The United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia dealing with mass killings and other crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge three decades ago indicted four of the regime’s top officials today.Ieng Sary,…
International Law Prof Blog
Holocaust Museum Website
The website for the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. has a new introduction to the crime of genocide. Click here to see the new page. The website has many links with…
International Law Prof Blog
UN Secretary General Streeses Need for Accountability for Srebrenica
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need to ensure accountability for those involved in the massacre of Muslim men and boys 15 years ago by Bosnian Serb forces after they…
International Law Prof Blog
ICC Issues a Second Arrest Warrant for Sudan’s President — This Time for Genocide
The International Criminal Court ("ICC") today issued a second arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, adding genocide to the list of charges for crimes he has allegedly committed in…
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ICTR President Welcomes Release of Professor Peter Erlinder
Dennis Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ("ICTR"), told the U.N. Security Council that he welcomed the release of Professor Peter Erlinder, a United States citizen who was arrested when…
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ICTY Hands Down Convictions in Popovic
Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has handed down its verdicts in the Popovic case, one of the largest and most involved cases in…
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Donors Urged to Fund Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to donors to provide urgent funding to the United Nations-backed court tasked with bringing justice to the people of Cambodia for the heinous crimes committed by…
International Law Prof Blog
Belgium, Denmark, and Finland Agree to Detain Persons Convicted by the ICC
Three European countries signed an agreement with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to enforce the ICC sentences of imprisonment. This brings to five the number of countries that are willing to detain…
International Law Prof Blog
U.S. Law Professor Arrested in Rwanda
C. Peter Erlinder is a law professor at William Mitchell College of Law in Minnesota. Click here to read his law school bio. He is the director of the International Humanitarian…
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Law Prof Peter Erlinder Arrested in Kigali
William Mitchell Law Prof Peter Erlinder has been arrested in Kigali on charges of denying the Rwandan genocide. Erlinder is well known for defense work at the International Criminal Tribunal…