Del Ponte may have resigned in frustration at Security Council inaction on Syria, but the timing of her resignation at least shines a light on the issue of impunity just as the IIIM starts its substantive work.
Tag: justice
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With DRC President Kabila becoming increasingly emboldened in his actions to extend his political longevity, it would be difficult to believe that travel and financial embargoes alone will sway the incumbent from delivering the coup de grace to his country’s hopes of achieving a democratic transfer of power in the near-term.
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Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission will produce a final report covering the period from 1955-2013, during which the successive oppressive administrations of Habib Bourguiba and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali turned Tunisia into a police state under one-party-rule.
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While lacking a forum to try perpetrators, international lawyers and prosecutors have continued to gather evidence of war crimes, typically working through non-government organizations.
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Despite challenges, regional courts could become increasingly important sites for victims of international crimes if provided better resourcing, clearer access for victims, and support from governments.
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After a 10-month trial in Senegal, Habré was finally handed a life imprisonment sentence last week for his ultimate responsibility for the human rights abuses carried out in secret prisons and in rebellious communities by the Directorate of Documentation and Security, a secret police service that he created when he seized power.
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The current situation is obviously a test of the responsiveness of state institutions, and the judiciary could emerge either weaker or stronger, depending on how the systems and processes activated eventually win public confidence in institutions of state.
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Given that activists are not content with mere promises of legal action from the new regime, its performance in investigating Zongo’s and Sankara’s deaths will be one bellwether of its relationship with the protesters who toppled Compaoré.
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The uncovering of La Línea has shaken Guatemalan society. No one imagined that CICIG and the Public Prosecutor’s Office would dare to unravel such an entrenched criminal network.
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In different ways, the two important trials are calling attention to lingering conflicts between Senegal’s present government and the previous one.
