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UK Exercises Universal Jurisdiction to Prosecute Nepalese Colonel for Torture

January 9, 2013 IJRC domestic courts, international human rights, torture, universal jurisdiction

On Thursday, January 3, 2013, British Metropolitan Police arrested Colonel Kumar Lama, a former Nepalese army officer, during a visit with his wife and children at their home in East Sussex, England. [BBC] Col. Lama was charged with two counts of torture allegedly committed in 2005 during Nepal’s civil war and faces trial in Britain. Charges and Basis of British

Syrian Opposition Coalition Formed as Human Rights Situation Continues to Deteriorate

November 16, 2012 IJRC crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, international human rights, international humanitarian law, military and humanitarian intervention, UN General Assembly, UN Human Rights Council, UN Security Council

On Sunday, November 11, Syrian opposition groups signed a draft agreement to form the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary Opposition Forces. [BBC] Sheikh Moaz al-Khatib, a former imam of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus who is considered a moderate and unifying force, was chosen to lead the new coalition. The Gulf Arab States have recognized the coalition as the sole legitimate

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Commences its Final Trial

October 15, 2012 IJRC ICTY, international criminal law, international human rights, international humanitarian law, UN Security Council

The final case pending before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) involves Goran Hadžić, the former president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina, who is indicted for persecution and murder of non-Serbs, as well as unlawful imprisonment, torture, inhumane acts, cruel treatment, forcible transfer, deportation and wanton destruction, and plunder of private or public property. Hadžić was

Special Court for Sierra Leone's Annual Report Focuses on Legacy as Mandate Nears End

October 11, 2012 IJRC crime & impunity, international humanitarian law, internationalized criminal tribunals, transitional justice

Last week, the Special Court for Sierra Leone released its Ninth Annual Report on its activities. Article 25 of the Statute of the Special Court requires the President to release an annual report to the Government of Sierra Leone and the Secretary General of the United Nations. The Ninth Annual Report focused on activities carried out by the Special Court

Asylum & the Rights of Refugees

OVERVIEW States have been granting protection to individuals and groups fleeing persecution for centuries; however, the modern refugee regime is largely the product of the second half of the twentieth century. Like international human rights law, modern refugee law has its origins in the aftermath of World War II as well as the refugee crises of the interwar years

First UN High-Level Meeting on the Rule of Law Focuses on Human Rights, Accountability

September 26, 2012 IJRC security & rule of law, UN General Assembly

On September 24, 2012, the UN General Assembly held a High-Level Meeting on the Rule of Law during its 67th Session at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This was the first-ever high-level meeting by the General Assembly devoted to the Rule of Law and took place a day before the general debate opened. The meeting was over-subscribed with approximately

Betsy Apple

Betsy Apple is Advocacy Director for the Open Society Justice Initiative. She has diverse experience as an international human rights lawyer, focusing on issues at the intersection of human rights, gender justice, environmental abuses, and public health. Previously, she was Legal Director and General Counsel at AIDS-Free World and, prior to that, the director of the Crimes Against Humanity program at Human Rights

Victims’ Justice: Promises Broken on the Road to Trying the Khmer Rouge

December 10, 2011 IJRC crime & impunity, internationalized criminal tribunals, transitional justice

James Bair contributes this guest post, the first in a two-part feature sharing differing perspectives on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. James Bair is an attorney in Washington, D.C. and a contributor to Enough: the Project to End Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. ______________________________________________ By James Bair In 2008, as part of an internship with Northeastern University

Mexican Advocates Seek ICC Investigation of Violence, Deaths in Crack Down on Drug Trade

November 29, 2011 IJRC regional human rights protection

Mexican advocates have submitted a communication seeking an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into Mexican officials’ complicity in the deaths, torture and kidnapping of civilians in the country’s ongoing drug-related violence. [Reuters] The request for an investigation, submitted by attorney Netzai Sandoval and signed by 23,000 Mexican citizens, names President Felipe Calderon, Mexico’s most-wanted drug cartel head, the

Khmer Rouge Tribunal Trial Underway in Case 002

November 22, 2011 IJRC internationalized criminal tribunals, right to life, transitional justice

This week, the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), commonly referred to as the “Khmer Rouge tribunal” began hearing opening statements by the prosecution in Case 002, in which Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith and Khieu Samphan are accused of crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and genocide in connection with