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Rwanda: Flawed Elections and the Politics of 'Genocide Denial'

August 28, 2010 01:16:42 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Erlinder, defense counsel at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and Professor of Law at William Mitchell College of Law says that even though the White House is now more openly critical of Rwandan President Paul...

July 12, 2010 10:59:27 AM

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday denied the stay of proceedings request of accused Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga . Katanga filed the appeal in June seeking a stay...

April 27, 2010 03:41:33 PM

Defense lawyers for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba argued before the International Criminal Court (ICC) Tuesday that charges against their client should be dropped. His lawyers argued...

April 27, 2010 02:31:00 PM

March 8, 2010 03:10:00 PM

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday postponed the trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba , originally set to begin April 27 , until July...

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Defining Democracy in Iraq

March 4, 2010 08:01:00 AM

JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that while democracy in Iraq may look one way in second Iraqi general election on Sunday, it may evolve to look very different when the next election cycle...

December 2, 2009 02:08:00 PM

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday ordered former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba to remain in custody until his trial next spring. The ruling...

November 13, 2009 08:01:00 AM

JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse College of Law and Guest Columnist Leila Sadat of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law say that after the failure of American legislative and diplomatic initiatives opposing the International Criminal...

November 6, 2009 08:08:00 AM

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday set the trial date for former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo for April 27. The trial date...

October 7, 2009 05:20:00 PM

Adrienne Lester, Pitt Law '11, interned at the Honorable House of Representatives for the Republic of Liberia this summer...West Africa evokes images of Juju child soldiers, dismembered limbs, and volatile men in short-sleeved safari suits with aviator sunglasses. When I...

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