After Afghanistan: Taliban Power, Palestinian Terrorism and Islamist Sacrifice
“History is an illustrious war against death.” – José Ortega y Gasset, Man and Crisis (1958) Afghanistan and “Palestine”: Newly Emerging Linkages At first glance, there are no obvious connections between the Taliban victory over the United States in Afghanistan and Palestinian terrorism against Israel. Upon closer inspection, however, the recent Taliban triumph reflects more [...]
Of the 139 states that signed the Rome Statute, 32 have not yet ratified the treaty. According to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties , a state that has signed but not ratified a treaty is obliged to...
UN Refugee Agency creates 'mobile' court to serve refugee settlement in Uganda
The government of Uganda and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Monday launched a 'mobile' court intended to serve both the migrant population of the Nakivale settlement and nearby Ugandan nationals. The project...
Ugandan officials have denied allegations contained in an unreleased UN Security Council report that Uganda has assisted rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Ugandan foreign affairs minister Okello Oryem vehemently denied [Al Jazeera...
The government of Uganda is harassing and intimidating rights groups and other non-government organizations (NGOs), Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The report, entitled "Curtailing Criticism: Intimidation and Obstruction of Civil Society in Uganda," documents the...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon submitted a report on Wednesday to the UN Security Council concerning the situation of children affected by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda. The...
The Uganda Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel Thomas Kwoyelo is entitled to amnesty under the country's Amnesty Act of 2000 . Kwoyelo was charged in...
UN rights groups express concern over children's rights in CAR
The UN Security Council's Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict expressed concern Monday about children's rights violations in the Central African Republic (CAR). Citing abuses like rape and other sexual violence as well as recruitment...
A Ugandan court on Monday began its first war crimes trial of a commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) , a Ugandan rebel group. The International Crimes Division (ICD) ...
Ugandan Principal Judge James Ogoola said Monday that the newly established War Crimes Division (WCD) of the High Court will seek to recruit foreign judges. Ogoola explained the need for foreign...
