To mark World Day for International Criminal Justice, here's a quick look at the work that the Open Society Justice Initiative is doing to monitor the proceedings of the International Criminal Court and the special tribunals set up for Sierra Leone and Cambodia.
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It might seem quixotic for the International Criminal Court to indict Libya's unrepentant leader, Muammar al-Qaddafi. But the call for justice can have a pragmatic effect too.
Posted in: Africa, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: al-Bashir, Bosnia, Charles Taylor, Darfur, ICC, ICTY, International Criminal Court, international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, international justice, James A. Goldston, Libya, Lord's Resistance Army, Milosevic, Moammar Qaddafi, Sudan, Uganda, Yugoslavia
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The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has finally taken on a case—and it's a big one. The court recently weighed in on the ongoing human rights crisis in Libya.
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First a lawyer in the dock. Now a missing judge. The strange gets stranger at the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
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Although the war-crimes trial of Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui has received scant attention so far, it represents a major success story for international justice and for victims in the Congo.
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The International Criminal Court tries the most notorious war criminals. But it can only handle a finite number of cases, leaving thousands of crimes unpunished. The Fizi rape trial shows how local courts can fill the void.
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The trial of accused war criminal Jean-Pierre Bemba provides hope to survivors of rape and other abuse—hope that their voices will be heard and that one day, the violence will stop.
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As the war-crimes trial of former Congolese vice president Bemba opens in The Hague, the court has a chance to demonstrate its ability to hold a high-profile, fair, and speedy trial and to prove that it takes sex crimes very seriously.
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By taking former child soldiers to The Hague to recount how they were conscripted, the battles they fought, and how they saw their fellow children kill and be killed in battle, the Lubanga war-crimes trial has given the world a vivid picture of the horrors of using child soldiers.
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When debating international justice we must remember the important role of local courts, as they will try the vast majority of cases involving human rights violations and war crimes.