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Kenya: High Court Refuses Jurisdiction to Try Piracy
2010-11-09, Mombasa, Kenya. Judge Mohammed Ibrahim of the High Court in Mombasa ordered the release of 9 individuals accused of piracy on the ground that he did not have jurisdiction to try offences committed outside Kenyan territorial waters. The decision came as a result of a motion filed by the accused for stay of proceedings. [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Abdirahman Mohamud Caser, Abdirazak Hassan Ali, Abdiwahid Mohamed Osman, Abdullahi Omar Mohamed, coercion, compulsion, Dawagoradi, Dhodi, Germany, High Court, Indaguran, Indian Ocean, Jared Magolo, Judicial Review, jurisdiction, Kenya, Khadar Mohamed Jama, magistrates’ court, marines, Ministry of Immigration, Mohamed Ali AW-Dahir, Mohamed Cirfer Ismail, Mohamed Dogol Ali Cade, Mohammed Ibrahim, Mohamud Abdullahi Ismail, Mohamud Hashi, Mombasa, MV Courier, Orod Dheer, piracy, pirate, pirates, stay of proceedings, territorial jurisdiction, territorial waters, UNHCR, United Nations High Commission for Refugees Comments closed
United States: Pauline Nyiramasuhuko’s Daughter-in-Law Charged with Immigration Fraud
2010-06-24, Manchester, N.H., United States. The U.S. authorities charged Beatrice Munyenyezi with immigration fraud for providing false information on her refugee application. Ms. Munyenyezi is a wife of Arsene Shalom Ntahobali who is currently on trial at the ICTR together with his mother, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko. Federal prosecutors allege that Ms. Munyenyezi encouraged kidnappings, rapes and [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged American citizen, Arsene Shalom Ntahobali, identity cards, immigration fraud, kidnapping, looting, Manchester, murder, naturalization, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, rape, refugee status, United States. Beatrice Munyenyezi Comments closed
ICJ: Australia to Sue Japan Over 'Scientific Whaling'
2010-05-28, Sydney, Australia. The Australian government announced that it will file an application with the International Court of Justice in order to prevent Japan from continuing its practice of ‘scientific whaling’ in the Southern Ocean. The government stated that all of its efforts to deal with the issue through the International Whaling Commission (IWC) have [...]
Posted in ICJ Also tagged Australia, International Whaling Commission, IWC, Japan, scientific whaling, Southern Ocean Comments closed
ECHR: Claim by Nazi Concentration Camps Survivors Dismissed
2010-05-17, Strasbourg, France. The Court dismissed an application filed by the Association of World War II Concentration Camp Prisoners against Croatia. The application was filed by Gojko Knezevic, the president of the Association, on behalf of 9,000 former prisoners and alleged liability for international crimes committed against Serbs, Jews and Roma. The application requested compensation in the amount [...]
Posted in ECHR Also tagged Association of World War II Concentration Camp Prisoners, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights, crime against hum, Croatia, Gojko Knezevic, inadmissible, Independent State of Croatia, Jew, NDH, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, Roma, Serb, Valentina Grdelic, war crimes Comments closed
ECHR: Swiss NGO Files 3 Applications Re Enforced Disappearances and Killings in Prijedor in 1992
2010-04-30, Strasbourg, France. TRIAL (Track Impunity Always), a Swiss NGO, filed three applications against BiH with the European Court of Human Rights: Fikret Bacic v. BiH, Zijad Bacic v. BiH and Horozovic v. BiH. The applications arise from the killings of Bacic and Horozovic families, and the enforced disappearance of Refik Bacic, perpetrated by Serb [...]
Posted in ECHR Also tagged ACT, Advocacy Center – TRIAL, Article 13, Article 3, Article 5, Articles 1, Articles 2, BiH Fikret Bacic, criminal proceedings, enforced disappearance, European Convention on Human Rights, France, Hidajet murder, Investigation, NGO, obligation to respect human rights, Prijedor, prohibition of torture, Refik Bacic, right to an effective remedy, right to life, right to personal liberty, Sarajevo, Strasbourg, Switzerland, Track Impunity Always, TRIAL, Zecovi, Zijad Bacic Comments closed
ICC: Abu Garda: OTP’s Application for Leave to Appeal Denied
2010-04-23, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Trial Chamber denied the OTP’s Application for leave to appeal the decision of 8 February 2010 refusing to confirm the charges against the accused. Statement of Law Requirements for Granting Leave: only an issue may form the subject-matter of an appealable decision; such issue should be an identifiable subject [...]
Posted in ICC Also tagged an issue, apparatus of power, Article 82(1)(d), assessment of evidence, Bahar Idriss Abu Garda, beyond reasonable doubt, co-perpetration, common plan, confirmation of charges, Cuno Tarfusser, discretionary power, ICC-02/05-02/09, indirect co-perpetration, Jebel Adola, leave to appeal, mere disagreement, MGS Haskanita, reasonable inference, Rome Statute, Sanji Mmasenono Monageng, Situation in Darfur, standard of proof, substantial grounds to believe, sufficient evidence, Sylvia Steiner, threshold of proof Comments closed
ECCC: Khieu: The Chamber Finds No Abuse of Process Arises From Failing to Translate Documents, 3-Year Delay to Start Trial and Lack of Access to the Court File. The Chamber Promises to Address the Principle of Legality Later in Other Cases