International Criminal Law, Corruption, and Law Enforcement

ICC Trial Chamber Finds Germain Katanga Guilty of Four Counts of War Crimes and One Count of Crimes Against Humanity (March 7, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On March 7, 2014, a majority of Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Prosecutor v.

Court of Appeals of Port-au-Prince Rules on Statute of Limitations for Crimes Against Humanity Charges Against Jean-Claude Duvalier (February 20, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On February 20, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Port-au-Prince ruled

ICTY Trial Chamber Dismisses Goran Hadžić’s Motion for Acquittal (February 20, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On February 20, 2014, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia dismissed Goran Hadžić’s motion for acquittal on specific charges contained within counts 2 t

German Court Sentences Former Rwandan Mayor for Role in Genocide (February 18, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On February 18, 2014, the High Regional Court of Frankfurt sentenced Onesphore Rwabukombe, a mayor in Northern Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, to fourteen years in prison for his role in the 1994

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Releases Reports on Human Rights Abuses in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (February 17, 2014)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On February 17, 2014, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released a 

Prosecutors for Guantanamo Bay Military Commission Add Conspiracy to Charge Against Detainee (February 10, 2014)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On February 10, 2014, prosecutors for the military commission trials at Guantanamo Bay added a 

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Trial Chamber Joins Merhi Case with Ayyash et al. Case (February 11, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On February 11, 2014, the Trial Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ruled orally that the case against Hassan Habib Merhi should be joined with the case against Salim Jamil Ayyash, Mustafa

ICTR Appeals Chamber Delivers Judgment in Multi-Accused Case (February 11, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On February 11, 2014, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda delivered its judgment in The Prosecutor v.

ICC Opens Investigation into Central African Republic (February 7, 2014)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On February 7, 2014, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, announced in a statement released both in

ICC Released Draft OTP Policy Paper on Sexual and Gender Based Crimes (February 7, 2014)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On February 7, 2014, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court published a DRAF