Published: 31 Jul 2008
World Pushing Darfur Peacekeeping Operation to Brink of Failure
Published: 28 Jul 2008
International Justice in Africa: Prospects and Challenges
Published: 17 Jul 2008
Over the last year the International Refugee Rights Initiative, with the generous project and technical assistance of the Open Society Justice Initiative, has been consulting regional experts to conduct a review of the experience of international justice in Africa. The first reflections from this project were presented at the workshop held in Kampala on 17…
Jean-Pierre Bemba in ICC Custody
Published: 1 Jul 2008
ICC Decides to Release Lubanga; Prosecution Appeals
Published: 1 Jul 2008
Refugee Rights News Volume 4, Issue 5 July 2008 On July 2, 2008, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Trial Chamber ruled that Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, a Congolese warlord and the first person ever to be arrested on ICC charges, should be released from detention. The ruling from the Hague is the most recent in a…
International Justice or Western Conspiracy? The Response to ICC Charges against Bashir in Africa
Published: 1 Jul 2008
Refugee Rights News Volume 4, Issue 5 July 2008 On Monday, July 14, 2008, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo, presented evidence to the Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber alleging that Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir has been responsible for ten counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur. The Pre-Trial…
“It’s Like You Don’t Exist”: Foreigners still searching for solutions two months after the xenophobic violence in South Africa
Published: 1 Jul 2008
Refugee Rights News Volume 4, Issue 5 July 2008 As usual, media attention has quickly shifted away from the violence that took place across many parts of South Africa against foreigners in May, which left over 60 people dead and tens of thousands displaced. Yet, little has been done either to address the consequences of…