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ICC: Kenya: High Court Denies Motion for an Interlocutory Stay of the ICC Investigation
2010-10-27, Mombasa, Kenya. Mr Justice Jackton Ojwang’ of the High Court in Mombasa denied an interlocutory motion brought by Mr. Joseph Gathungu, a Kenyan businessman, for an order requiring the Kenyan government to suspend the ICC’s investigation until the court ruled on Mr. Gathungu’s constitutional reference (seeking, effectively, a permanent injunction against the ICC investigation in [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts, ICC Also tagged amicus curiae, Center for Legal Empowerment, Centre for Justice for Victims of Crimes Against Humanity, Gikandi Ngibuini, High Court, ICC, Injunction, interlocutory, International Commission of Jurists, intervener status, Jackton Ojwang', Joseph Gathungu, Kenya, Kenya Chapter, Kenyan Constitution, Kituo Cha Sheria, Mombasa, motion, preliminary motion, stay, suspension, unconstitutional Comments closed
Argentina: A Judge Challenges Spain on Its Failure to Investigate Franko’s Crimes
2010-10-14, Buenos Aires, Argentina. An Argentinean Judge Maria Romilda Servini de Cubria petitioned the Spanish government “to inform this court whether in your country there is an investigation into the existence of a systematic, widespread and deliberate plan designed to terrorise those Spaniards who supported representative government via their physical elimination, and of a plan [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged 1977 amnesty law, amnesty law, Argentina, assassination, Baltasar Garzon, deliberate, dictatorship, disappearance, forced disappearances, Francisco Franco, General Francisco Franco, genocide, human rights abuses, Jose Luis Sanchez Bravo, judge, kidnapping, Maria Servini, murder, Silvia Carretero, Spanish Civil War, systematic, torture, widespread Comments closed
France: Bazaramba: Accused Sentenced for Inciting Genocide
2010-06-11, Porvoo, Finland. The Eastern Uusimaa District Court in Porvoo, Finland, convicted Francois Bazaramba, 59, a former Rwandan pastor, for inciting genocide and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The Court found that Mr. Bazaramba incited hatred and anger towards Tutsis, forced them to leave their houses and ordered others to burn the houses down. The charges are related [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged asylum seeker, Baptist preacher, conviction, cost, District Court, Eastern Uusimaa, evidence obtained through torture, extradition request, fair trial, Finland, Francois Bazaramba, incitement, inciting genocide, life imprisonment, murder, National Bureau of Investigation, Nyakizu, pastor, Petra Spring-Reiman, Porvoo, Rwanda, sentence, Tanzania, universal jurisdiction, Vaasa, Ville Hoikkala Comments closed
ICC: Ocampo Gives Further Details on the Kenyan Situation
2010-06-01, Kampala, Uganda. During the ICC Review Conference, Ocampo gave further details of the ICC’s investigation into the Kenyan post-election violence: 2 cases with 2-3 suspects in each will commence by December 2010; 60 witnesses will be testifying for the OTP and will be given witness protection; so far the Kenyan government fully cooperated with [...]
Posted in ICC Also tagged Albert Kamunde, cooperation, domestic prosecutions, George Kegoro, ICC, International Commission of Jurists, Kampala, Kenya, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Ocampo, Omar al-Bashir, post-election violence, Review Conference, situation, Sudan, suspects, Uganda, witness protection, witnesses Comments closed
ICC is Satisfied with the Indepedence of the Guinea’s Investigation’s
2010-05-21, Conakry, Guinea. Amadi Bah, the head of the International Criminal Court mission to Guinea, stated that he is satisfied that the current investigation of the massacre of more than 150 people at a pro-democracy rally in September 2009 is taking place without interference from the government. So far, 200 hundred people were interviewed, including many [...]
ICC: Kenya: Six Accused to be Prosecuted at the ICC
2010-05-10, Nairobi, Kenya. During his visit to Kenya, ICC Chief Prosecutor, stated that 6 individuals most responsible for post-election violence in Kenya will be prosecuted by the ICC. Ocampo met a Cabinet committee that was created to facilitate ICC investigations and is chaired by Internal Security minister George Saitoti. He did not disclose the names [...]
Posted in ICC Also tagged accused, Amason Jeffah Kingi, Amos Wako, Chief Prosecutor, George Saitoti, ICC, James Orengo, Kenya, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, KNCHR, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Moses Wetang’ula, Mutula Kilonzo, post-election violence, Waki Commission 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, application, 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, 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
Spain: Matar: Supreme Court Upholds the Decision to Close the Investigation
2010-04-13, Madrid, Spain. The Spanish Supreme Court upheld the decision of the National Court of 30 June 2009, closing the investigation into Al Daraj attack of June 2002, when the IDF dropped a bomb that killed Salah Shehade together with his bodyguards and 14 civilians. Mr. Shehade was a suspected leader of the Izzidin al-Qassam Brigade, [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Abraham Dichter, Al Daraj, Antonio Segura, Audencia Nacional, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Chief of Staff, Constitutional Court, Dan Halutz, Doron Almog, Gaza, Giora Eiland, Gonzalo Boye, Hamas, Head of the National Security Council, Head of the Southern Command, Hickman & Rose, IDF, Israeli Air Force, Israeli Defence Minister, Israeli Intelligence Service, Izzidin al-Qassam Brigade, Juan Moreno, Khalil Khader Mohammed Al Seadi, Madrid, Mahassel Ali Hasan Al Sahwwa, Mahmoud Sobhi Mohammed El Houweit, Michael Herzog, military advisor, Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed Mattar, Moshe Ya'alon, National Court, ongoing investigation, Palestine, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, PCHR, Raed Mohammed Ibrahim Mattar, Rami Mohammed Ibrahim Mattar, Raul Maillo, Salah Shehade, Spain, Supreme Court, the Minister of Infrastructure, universal jurisdiction Comments closed
ICC: Kenya: PTC2 Approves Investigation into Kenyan Post-Electoral Violence
2010-03-31, The Hague, The Netherlands. The majority of the Pre-Trial Chamber II approved the OTP’s request to initiate an investigation into post-electoral violence in Kenya on the ground that there is evidence indicating that crimes against humanity have been committed. Judge Hans-Peter Kaul dissented on the ground that there was no evidence that violence has been [...]
Abstract: Access: Victims’ Rights before the International Criminal Court (Issue 17)