Domestic Court Cases
Ugandans are not numb; they are only bottling up anger’
By Susan Kendi Inthe final part of JFJ’s three-part interview Chapter Four Uganda activist and former Kwoyelo lawyer Nicholas Opiyo...
Liberians urge President Weah to support civil war-era prosecutions
Liberian citizens called on President George Weah in a video released today by an array of local and international groups...
Sentencing dilemma for international courts as Karadzic gets life
By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague A United Nations appeals chamber on Wednesday sentenced former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic...
Socrates-style suicide: The dramatic end to more than 24 years of ICTY
By Thomas Verfuss There has been a dramatic incident on the very last hearing day of the International Criminal Tribunal...
Historic war crimes conference in Liberia brings justice a big step closer
By The Center for Justice and Accountability For the first time since the end of Liberia’s bloody civil wars, representatives...
Bensouda: We’ll keep a watchful eye on Gambia’s truth process
By Amadou Jallow Gambia’s truth-seeking process kicked off this week with the swearing in of 11 commissioners as the International...
LRA commander Kwoyelo’s trial stalls for lack of translation
By Susan Kendi Judges have adjourned the trial of former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo to November 5, 2018,...
Thomas Kwoyelo’s trial commences in Uganda
ByLino Owor Ogora The trial of Thomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) began this week...
Kwoyelo: Lawyer lays bare the agony of representing him and why trial is moribund
By Susan Kendi How does a multiple victim of war become the foremost defender of an alleged war crimes perpetrator?...
Bringing a feared dictator to justice at last
Human Rights Watch has produced a 10-minute video "The Trial of Hissène Habré" highlighting the historic trial of former Chadian...
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