Problems underlying definition in Convention, mental element of crime and its application by International Tribunals, determination of membership of protected groups, and recognition of ethnic cleansing and sexual violence as genocide.
Read more . . .Palestinian Recourse to the International Criminal Court: The Time has Come Palestinian Recourse to the International Criminal Court: The Time has Come By Prof. Richard Falk [Prefatory Note: “Palestine’s Dilemma: To Go or Not to Go to the International Criminal Court” … Read more . . .
ICTR Judge Arbour suggested that the ICTR’s mandate only extended to events within the genocide, which in her view began ‘after’ the shooting down of President Habyarimana’s plane, an event that triggered the atrocities. Personnel of the ICTR were accordingly forbidden to investigate that plane crash.
Read more . . .“The Tribunal is satisfied, beyond reasonable doubt, that the first defendant, (General) Amos Yaron, is guilty of crimes against humanity and genocide, and the second defendant, the State of Israel, is guilty of genocide.”
Read more . . .Illegal Tribunal – Illegal Indictment Statement of the International Progress Organization on the Hague War Crimes Tribunal’s indictment of Serbian Leaders Dr. Hans Koechler, President [posted 23 April 2001] [The following statement was written just after the ‘War Crimes Tribunal’ … Read more . . .
http://www.workers.org/2011/world/libya_0519/ May 11, 2011 9:55 PM Rome Contact Group, ICC – Further proof of Western aims in Libya By Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor, Pan-African News Wire In early May two significant developments occurred in the imperialist war against the oil-rich North African state of … Read more . . .
http://www.un.org/law/icc/International Criminal Court http://www.un.org/icty/index.htmlInternational Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia http://www.un.org/ictr/International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda http://www.sc-sl.org/The Special Court for Sierra Leone http://www.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/camindx.htmSpecial Court for Cambodgia http://www.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/etimorindx.htmAd-Hoc Court for East Timor http://www.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/iraqindex.htmThe Iraq Tribunal … Read more . . .
The Framing of al-Megrahi Gareth PeirceLRB, 24 September 2009 It is, of course, now all about oil. Only a simpleton could believe that Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, convicted of responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing, was not recently returned to his home … Read more . . .
Different Justice at the UN Rwanda War Crimes Court http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2008/03/different-justice-at-un-rwanda-war.php … Read more . . .
Another piece in a disturbing jigsaw IAN FERGUSON The Herald (Scotland) 5 October 2007 http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/focus/display.var.1730572.0.0.php Piece by piece, the jigsaw is slotting into place. The strength of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi's appeal is becoming apparent. Today, The Herald sheds … Read more . . .
Revealed: CIA offered $2m to Lockerbie witness and brother LUCY ADAMS, Chief Reporter The Herald (Scotland) http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1730667.0.0.php October 03 2007 The CIA offered $2m ( … Read more . . .
Lockerbie trial: an intelligence operation? BBC interview of Dr. Hans K … Read more . . .
Attack or a trick? Source: http://www.firmmagazine.com/members/feature.php?id=324 The lockerbie bombing case has fascinated the world since Pan AM Flight 103 exploded and fell back to earth. But in light of the SCCRC recommeding a second appeal for the man convicted of … Read more . . .
