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17.05.12 - ICC/LIBYA - LUIS MORENO BACKS LIBYAN REQUEST BEFORE THE SECURITY COUNCIL

The Hague, May 16, 2012 (FH) - Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo backed Tripoli’s judicial strategy when presenting before UN Security Council his third progress report about the situation in Libya on Wednesday.

16.05.12 - SCSL/TAYLOR - “I AM OF NO THREAT TO SOCIETY”, TAYLOR CLAIMS

The Hague, May 16, 2012 (FH) - At the sentencing hearing Wednesday in The Hague, Liberian former president Charles Taylor, recently convicted on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, expressed his sorry for the atrocities that had taken place in Sierra Leone, but declared, “I am of no threat to society”.

16.05.12 - ICC/DRC - GENERAL NTAGANDA CONTINUES RECRUITING CHILD SOLDIERS, HRW CLAIMS

Arusha, May 16, 2012 (FH) – In a statement issued on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses Congolese general Bosco Ntaganda, who mutinied against the Democratic Republic of Congo in early April 2012 of forcibly recruiting child soldiers into his forces.

ICC/Other Courts

17.05.12 - ICC/DRC - PROSECUTION OF GENERAL MUDACUMURA ALONE NOT ENOUGH, RWANDA SAYS

Arusha, May 17, 2012 (FH) – Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga has said that it was not enough to prosecute the commander of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) General Sylvestre Mudacumura alone, while there were other leaders within the organization under him that would be left free, reports Rwandan media Izuba Rirashe.

15.05.12 - ICC/DRC - OCAMPO SEEKS ARREST WARRANT AGAINST FDLR COMMANDER

The Hague, May 15, 2012 (FH) – The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo, has requested an arrest warrant against Rwandese rebel leader, Sylvestre Mudacumura, for crimes against humanity and war crimes, a statement issued on Monday said.

ICTR/The Rwanda Genocide

14.05.12 - ICTR/TRANSFERS - PROSECUTOR SEEKS TRANSFER OF TWO CASES TO RWANDA

Arusha, May 14, 2012 (FH) –The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Hassan Bubacar Jallow, has filed two new applications for referral of the cases of two fugitives to Rwanda.

08.05.12 - ICTR/KANYARUKIGA - APPEALS CHAMBER COMFIRMS 30-YEAR TERM FOR KANYARUKIGA

Arusha, May 08, 2012 (FH) –The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Tuesday upheld a 30-year imprisonment sentence imposed by lower court to the former Rwandan businessman Gaspard Kanyarukiga.