JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, former Chief Prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, says that the declaration by recently-arrested Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic that he will defend himself...
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Indicting Sudan's President for War Crimes: Could George Bush be Next?
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that even though the recent indictment of sitting Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir by the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes in Darfur might...
International Criminal Court's focus on Darfur shows anti-Muslim bias
Ali Khan : "The International Criminal Court (ICC) joins the crusade to defame Islam, demonize internal conflicts in Muslim nations, and prosecute Muslim leaders for crimes against humanity, rape, genocide, and other international crimes. The...
Iraqi High Tribunal opens trial of Saddam-era former deputy PM
The trial of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz and seven co-defendants began at the Iraqi High Tribunal in Baghdad on Tuesday. Aziz, deputy prime minister under Saddam Hussein's regime, and...
Trial of Saddam-era former Iraq deputy PM to begin next week
The trial of former Saddam Hussein-era Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz and six others will begin next week, an Iraqi judicial official said Wednesday. The seven former officials face charges related to the 1992...
Iraqi prosecutor defends death sentence for Saddam-era defense minister
Iraqi prosecutor Munqith al-Faroon defended the death sentence for convicted Saddam Hussein-era defense minister Sultan Hashim al-Tai Friday, saying that al-Tai personally oversaw the deaths of 180,000 people during brutal military campaigns against Iraq's...
Iraq parliament speaker objects to execution of Saddam-era defense minister
Iraqi parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani Thursday objected to the execution of former Saddam Hussein-era Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmed al-Tai , joining a group of Iraqi political leaders speaking out against the planned execution. Al-Mashhadani said that executing...
'Chemical Ali' execution would be against 'legitimate expectations': lawyer
A defense lawyer for Ali Hassan al-Majid , better known in Western media as "Chemical Ali," has told JURIST that he expects to file a petition Wednesday against the planned execution of al-Majid. In the...
Anfal death sentences do not require presidential approval: Iraqi judge
An Iraqi judge and spokesman for the Iraqi High Tribunal said at a Baghdad news conference Monday that the execution of three former Saddam-era Iraqi officials sentenced to death for their role in the 1988 Anfal Campaign...
Iraq president objects to execution of Saddam-era defense minister
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Friday objected to the planned execution of former Saddam-era Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai , saying that al-Tai should receive clemency because he was only acting under the threat of death...