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Qaddafi sons contest arrest efforts, one via lawyer, the other on the lam

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:03:19 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Saadi Qadaffi, who fled to Niger, is contesting Interpol’s arrest warrant for him, after earlier dismissing charges of misappropriating funds. His lawyer said Tuesday 2 November that he is challenging the basis of the Interpol warrant, saying it is politically motivated by a new leadership that lacks legitimacy. The news comes three [...]

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Int’l Criminal Court asks Interpol to issue Red Notice for Qaddafi trio

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:39:34 +0000

GenevaLunch.com THE HAGUE – The International Criminal Court in The Hague has asked Interpol to issue Red Notices for three Libyan leaders for whom arrest warrants were issued in June: Muammar Qaddafi, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi. The three are wanted on charges of suspected crimes against humanity, murder and torture. The ICC’s prosecutor, Luis [...]

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Lecture: The Pinochet Affair and Debate on Human Rights in Colombia

Laila Rodriguez — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:48:33 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Baltasar Garzon of the International Criminal Court to lecture as part of the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights. The lecture will take place at 12:3o in Unige. Garzon will also lead a debate on human rights. Juan Jose Lozano, director of the documentary Impunity (read review in GenevaLunch) will be one of [...]

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UN worker kidnapped in Darfur

Sean Ecker — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:49:48 +0000

GenevaLunch.com A civilian employee of the UN peacekeeping mission to Darfur has been abducted by armed men in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. The kidnapping ocurred just hours after a UN Security Council mission arrived in the area, 7 October. Sudanese armed forces began a hunt for the kidnapped man. Armed men entered the residence [...]

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Sudan fights back at corruption charges

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:53:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Sudan’s ambassador to the United Nations has gone on the attack to deflect multiple charges against his government. Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad told CNN (programme will air 9 December) that his country will never hand over its president, Omar al-Bashir, to the International Criminal Court in The Hague where he is accused of war crimes. The [...]

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Goldstone report debated in UN General Assembly

Sean Ecker — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:16:48 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The findings of the Goldstone report on the war in Gaza last December 2008 and January 2009 are being debated 4 and 5 November in the UN General Assembly in New York.The Goldstone investigation was commissioned by the UN to investigate allegations of war crimes during the brief war that killed more than 1,400 Palestinians [...]

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Karadzic to attend his own trial Tuesday

Sean Ecker — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:23:31 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, on trial for genocide at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands will appear today, 3 November for a procedural hearing. Karadzic has boycotted the proceedings since 26 October, saying he needs more time to review a million documents and the testimony of hundreds of witnesses. Karadzic stands accused [...]

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Human Rights Council approves Goldstone report on Gaza

Sean Ecker — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:48:05 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The UN Human Rights Council, meeting in a special session 15 and 16 October, has approved the report into possible war crimes during the December 2008-January 2009 incursion by Israel into the Gaza Strip. The council will forward the report to the UN General Assembly for consideration. At the end of [...]

UK gov’t reviewing entry policy in wake of Kenyan post-election violence

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:28:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The UK government is reviewing its policy for people entering or transiting the country, and some individuals suspected of being involved in violence in the wake of Kenya’s elections in December 2007 may be on the list of those banned. Some 20 people have been refused entry since 2006, UK High Commissioner to Kenya, Robert [...]

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Kofi Annan sends names to International Criminal Court

Sean Ecker — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:05:19 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, who now heads the Geneva-based Global Humanitarian Forum, has sent a sealed envelope with a list of names of people suspected of having fanned ethnic violence following the 2007 presidential election in Kenya, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Annan played a [...]

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