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Court Hears Child Soldiers Wanted Revenge
Region: South Africa
Witness who trained young recruits said many had lost their parents in attacks on their villages. By Rachel Irwin in The Hague (AR No. 217, 12-June-09) Children joined Thomas Lubanga’s militia to avenge the murders... more
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Iran denies any meeting of its representative with US officials
Region: United States
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Richard Holbrooke and Muhammad Mehdi Akhonzadeh had a meeting at the international conference on Afghanistan at Hague. She said the US had given the Iranian ... more
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Extending the Olive Branch to Afghanistan's Taliban
Region: Netherlands
The Hague: The United States is offering an honorable form of reconciliation to those Taliban fighters who are willing to renounce armed struggle. The UN traditional foe Iran is also participating in the Internati... more
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Arrest Warrant For Omar al-Bashir: “Just Talk"
Region: Sudan
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrant Wednesday for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir making him the first sitting head of state to be charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. The charges are b... more
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ICC Urges Congo to Hand Over Ntaganda
Region: Congo
By Jacques Kahorha in Goma and Lisa Clifford in The Hague (AR No. 199, 29-Jan-09) ICC indictee Bosco Ntaganda shakes hands with... more
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Karadzic Revives Holbrooke Deal Claims
Region: Bosnia and Herzegowina
By Merdijana Sadovic (TU No 562, 1-Aug-08) If Radovan Karazic’s initial appearance at the Hague tribunal is anything to go by, his trial will be one of the most interesting in this court’s history. Th... more
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Can Excess of Justice Lead to Injustice?
Region: Netherlands
The views expressed in this article are not necessarily the views of IWPR or GroundReport By Lisa Clifford in The Hague A man who does public relations for Sudan’s foreign ministry recently asked me if I thought Ah... more
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The Kony Problem
Region: Uganda
By Peter Eichstaedt Uganda’s notorious rebel militia leader, Joseph Kony, has finally said something that makes sense – he’d rather die fighting than face a national court in Uganda or the International ... more
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Outcry Over ICC’s Scrapping of Rape Charges
Region: ZaireVictims of sexual violence in DRC angered by court’s controversial move. By Jacques Kahorha in Goma (AR No. 173, 3-Jun-08) Congolese women who’ve fallen victim to rape and related crimes say they feel badly... more
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Croatian Army Accused of Shelling Serb Civilians
Region: Croatia
By Goran Jungvirth in The Hague A former senior United Nations official told the trial of three Croatian generals this week that their forces systematically shelled residential areas rather than military bases during a 19... more
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