International Tribunals

Rwanda: French Team Arrives for Genocide Probe

In what has been described as a landmark development regarding judicial cooperation between France and Rwanda, two senior judges from the Paris Court of Higher Instance have arrived in the country to investigate Genocide...

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War Crimes Tribunal's Credibility at Stake in Karadzic Trial

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is being tried before the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Karadzic faces 11 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes stemming from the 1992-95 Bosnia civil...

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Prosecution wants 'lengthy jail term' for Duch in Khmer Rouge trial

Phnom Penh - The prosecution at Cambodia's war crimes tribunal called Tuesday for judges to hand down a lengthy jail term to Comrade Duch, the former commander of the Khmer Rouge's most notorious prison. Co-prosecutor Chea...

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Council of Europe condemns terrorism in Chechnya

Strasbourg - Authorities in Chechnya need to do more to protect citizens from terrorism and actions of illegal armed groups, the human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe said Tuesday. Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg...

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DR Congo 'warlords' trial to open

Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui (l) and Germain Katanga face war crimes charges The trial of two alleged Congolese militia leaders charged with war crimes is due to begin at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Germain Katanga...

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Who is on the Iraq war inquiry committee?

Mark Tran profiles the six people conducting the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war Sir John Chilcot A former Whitehall mandarin, Chilcot is a Cambridge graduate who retired from the civil service at the end of 1997 after seven...

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Family of Jean Charles de Menezes agree compensation with Met Police

The family of Jean Charles de Menezes have agreed a compensation deal with the Metropolitan Police, they said on Monday. Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes have been locked in a legal battle with the Met Police since he was...

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Police arresting people to get DNA, inquiry claims

• Which police force takes the most samples? Police officers are now routinely arresting people in order to add their DNA sample to the national police database, an inquiry will allege tomorrow. The review of the national DNA...

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Greek Orthodox church sues Turkey over access to religious sites in Cyprus

Church goes before European court alleging Greek Cypriot faithful barred from worshipping in Turkish-controlled north The Greek Orthodox church of Cyprus has taken Turkey to the European court of human rights over allegedly...

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Iraq war incapable of deciding on legality – judges

Panel members criticised for lacking legal expertise to tackle key issue The Chilcot inquiry is incapable of addressing the key issue of whether the invasion of Iraq was legal, senior judicial figures have said, adding to the...

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