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The Lockerbie Trial: A Unique Moment in International Justice and Diplomacy

Cynthia P. Schneider | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Read More: Lockerbie, The Hague, Lockerbie Families, Zeist, Megrahi Lockerbie, Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi Released, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Libya, Lockerbie Bomber, Megrahi Heroes Welcome Libya, Pan Am 103, The Lockerbie Trial, Lamin Khalifah Fhimah, Prime Minister Wim Kok, Libya Lockerbie, World News
Cynthia P. Schneider

The understandable outrage at the release of Megrahi should not overshadow the memory of the trial that brought him to justice.

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Putting an End to Impunity: The Promise of the International Criminal Court

Andrew Tarsy | Posted 08.30.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Icc, The Reckoning, The Hague, Crimes Against Humanity, Genocide, International Criminal Court, World News
Andrew Tarsy

Now, after more than a half-century of letting political leaders literally get away with murder, a new model of international justice is taking shape.

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In Defense of Charles Taylor: Perspectives from Liberia

Robert Blair | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, The Hague, Civil War, Liberia, Charles Taylor, Europe, World News
Robert Blair

While we in the international peanut gallery gape at the spectacle of the Charles Taylor trial -- a murderer defending indefensible acts -- many Liberians continue to endorse Taylor and his charismatic brutality.

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Charles Taylor At Trial Denies Ever Eating Human Flesh

AFP | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Charles Taylor Cannibalism, The Hague, Charles Taylor Trial, Charles Taylor, Foreign Affairs, Cannibalism, Charles Taylor War Crimes, Cannibalization, Advocacy, World News

Liberia's former president Charles Taylor on Monday denied that he had ever eaten human flesh or ordered his fighters to do so as he answered allegati...

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Dutch Return Severed Head Of King Badu Bonsu II To His Descendants In Ghana 171 Years Later

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: Ghana, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Dutch, Netherlands, The Hague, The Netherlands, King Badu Bonsu Ii, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The descendants of an African chief who was hanged and decapitated by a Dutch general 171 years ago reluctantly accepte...

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Abyei: A Harbinger for Sudan

Colin Thomas-Jensen | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: The Hague, Sudan Civil War, Conflict, Sudan, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Africa, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, People's Liberation Movement, Cpa, Abyei, World News
Colin Thomas-Jensen

As with other conflicts inside Sudan, the ongoing, violent tug of war over Abyei -- an oil rich territory straddling the north-south border -- has both local and national dimensions.

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Why The ICC Should Speak Out on Iran

Christopher Santora | Posted 08.17.2009 | World

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, The Hague, East Timor, Former Yugoslavia, Iran, Sovereignty, Desmond Tutu, Sierra Leone, Human Rights Law, Universal Human Rights, Kim Dae-Jung, Iran Protests, Human Rights, Basij, Cambodia, Icc, International Criminal Court, Rwanda, World News
Christopher Santora

Of the many criticisms levied against the international community's efforts to promote accountability, perhaps the most pervasive critique is a rather simple one -- the lack of consistency.

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Charles Taylor: Nothing Wrong With Displaying Human Skulls At Roadblocks, Symbol Used At Western Universities Too

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Charles Taylor, Liberia, Charles Taylor Trial, Charles Taylor Skulls, War Crimes Charles Taylor, Sierra Leone, The Hague, War Crimes, Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, Charles Taylor in Court, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In an unusual defense against war crimes charges, former Liberian President Charles Taylor told judges Thursday that he...

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Charles Taylor War Crimes Defense Begins

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Sierra Leone, Charles Taylor Trial, Charles Taylor, Charles Taylor Defense, Liberia, Charles Taylor War Crimes, War Crimes, The Hague, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian president Charles Taylor will take the stand to assert that he was trying to bring peace to Sierra Leon...

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The Children In The Middle: A Perspective On Human Rights

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: The Hague, Nyu, Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Children, Betty Mahmoody, Globalization, United States, David Goldman, Brazil, Bruna Bianchi, Human Rights, New Jersey, Not Without My Daughter, Binational Couples, Internet Dating, Human Rights of Children, Sean Richard Goldman, World News
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

International parental child abduction is not a new phenomenon but its increasing frequency appears to be a by-product of globalization.

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Callixte Kalimanzira Sentenced To 30 Years For Rwandan Genocide

Reuters | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Rwanda Genocide, Rwanda, Rwandan Militias, The Hague, Human Rights, Africa, Callixte Kalimanzira, Foreign Affairs, Rwandan Genocide, Human Rights Abuses, Advocacy, World News

A U.N. court trying masterminds of Rwanda's 1994 genocide Monday gave a 30-year jail sentence to a former interior minister accused of tricking thousa...

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Angelina Jolie Attends Trial At The Hague

AP | Posted 06.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Angelina Jolie, Thomas Lubanga, The Hague, Entertainment News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Angelina Jolie sat in a courtside booth Tuesday at the International Criminal Court and watched the trial of a Congoles...

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Summit To Launch New Commitment To Afghanistan

AP | MIKE CORDER and ARTHUR MAX | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Dutch, Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, Netherlands, Barack Obama, The Hague, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A 72-nation conference on Afghanistan will launch a broader international commitment to the security of the region, inc...

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Iran-NATO Hold First Talks In 30 Years

AFP | Stephanie Lob | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Nato, Brussels, Iran, Nato, The Netherlands, The Hague, Iran Nato Talks, Foreign Affairs, World News

Iran and NATO have held their first talks since the Iranian revolution 30 years ago, officials at the military alliance said Thursday, in a new sign o...

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An Arrest Warrant for al-Bashir, Could Bush Be Next?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, The Hague, Omar Al-Bashir, Gaza, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Media, Abu Ghraib, Darfur, Iraq War, Sudan, Middle East, Genocide, Icc, Iraq, Israel, Torture, International Criminal Court, World News
Jamal Dajani

The court's decision grimly spelled out the suffering of the people of Darfur, a history full of murder, torture, rape, pillage and deliberate attacks on civilians. Could the ICC's decision set a precedent?

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Radovan Karadzic Refuses To Enter Plea At The Hague

BBC | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

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Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has again refused to enter a plea at a UN tribunal at The Hague, where he is facing war crime charges. ...

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Kosovo Verdicts Shake Serbia

ABS-CBN News | David Vujanovic | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Icc, Kosovo, Serbia, Milan-Milutinovic-Trial, Interational Criminal Tribunal, Europe, Milan Milutinovic, Belgrade, International Criminal Court, The Hague, Milan Milutinovic Aquitted, World News

An ex-Serbian president cleared of war crimes is unlikely to get a hero's Friday on his return home, where the conviction of five other leaders is see...

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Darfur War Crimes Indictment Could Split International Community

The Guardian | Simon Tisdall | Posted 03.19.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Omar Al Bashir, The Hague, Omar Al-Bashir, Human Rights, Sudan, Africa, United Nations, Genocide, Icc, Darfur Sudan, African Union, International Criminal Court, World News

Britain, France and the US are up against a united front of African and Muslim countries, backed by China and Russia, over the imminent indictment of ...

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Congolese Militia Leader Denies War Crimes

BBC | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Icc, Thomas Lubanga, The Hague, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Africa, World News

Former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga has pleaded not guilty to charges of using child soldiers, at the International Criminal Court (ICC). ...

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Stop The Fake Outrage: Illinois Gov. Small Change Compared to Bush

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Hague, Karl Rove, Rod Blagovech, Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Alberto Gonzales, Warcrimes, Scooter Libby, Hague, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

Yes, there should be headlines that say "Shame!" but this ignorant want-to-be-thug of a governor is a small fish a few states away from the mother of all corrupt ponds, Washington D.C.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo: "We're on the Run Again"

Bukeni Waruzi | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Drc, Congolese Militia, United Nations, Goma, South Kivu, Internally Displaced Persons, Human Rights Abuses, General Laurent Nkunda, Central Africa, Naitonal Congress for the Defense of People, North Kivu, Alliance of Democratic Forces for the LIberation of Congo-Zaire, Congo Kabila, Icc, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC Violence, Genocide, Laurent Kabila, African Union, International Criminal Court, The Hague, Refugees, Rape in Wartime, Uvira, Fizi, Afdl, Zaire, Cndp, Pareco, Politics News
Bukeni Waruzi

The people in eastern Congo are tired; we have been running for more than a decade now. We need to sit down, live in peace and raise our children.

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Israeli Minister: Kidnapping Ahmadinejad Would Be OK

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Iran, Israel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kidnap Ahmadinejad, The Hague, Adolf Eichmann, Rafi Eitan, Home News

JERUSALEM — An Israeli Cabinet minister and one-time spy who helped kidnap Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann and bring him to trial said Tuesday th...

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The Hague Takes Karadzic Into Custody For War Crimes Trial

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 08.07.2008 | Home

Read More: War Crimes, The Hague, Bosnia, Genocide, Serbia, Radovan Karadzic, Home News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has Radovan Karadzic in custody, 13 years after indicting the Bosnian Serb leader on g...

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Darfur Genocide Charges Expected for Sudan's President

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 07.19.2008 | Home

Read More: The Hague, Darfur, Sudan, Home News

UNITED NATIONS — The prosecutor of the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal will seek an arrest warrant Monday charging Sudan's president...

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