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Charles Taylor convicted of 11 war crimes

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:51:01 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Former president of Liberia first head of state indicted, tried and convicted in an int’l court GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia, was convicted in The Hague Thursday 26 April on 11 counts of war crimes by the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The court’s statement noted that the 11-count indictment alleged [...]

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ICC finds Congo war lord guilty

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:02:43 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The ICC (International Criminal Court) in The Hague has found Thomas Lubanga guilty of turning children into soldiers in the eastern Congo from 2002 to 2003. It is the first verdict the court has issued in its 10 years. Lubanga, who turned himself in, in 2006, will be sentenced later. The maximum [...]

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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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Ex-Serb leader Mladic arrested, “great day” says Del Ponte

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 26 May 2011 21:04:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Radko Mladic’s arrest in Serbia Thursday 26 May after 16 years on the run from accusations of war crimes has prompted congratulations from world leaders from around the world. Among them: Carla del Ponte, the Swiss prosecutor who presided over the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 2003 to [...]

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Kosovo told independence not illegal; central banker arrested

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:57:23 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Kosovo was in the eye of the world Thursday 22 July in a way it has not been for some time, after the International Court of Justice said its unilateral declaration of independence in 2008 was not illegal, news followed soon after by an announcement that the governor of its central bank had been arrested [...]

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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 [...]

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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