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ICC set to probe reported Israeli war crimes in Palestine

6 February 2021

On 5 February 2021, the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided that is has jurisdiction to investigate potential crimes committed by Israel in the territories it has occupied since 1967, namely Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
This decision does (…)

US pressure for the release of a Lebanese-Israeli-US torturer

4 March 2020

New Hampshire Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Senator from Texas Ted Cruz have just tabled a bill: the "Zero Tolerance for Unlawful Detentions of US Citizens in Lebanon Act."
The aim is to secure the release of Amer Fakhoury (photo), detained in Lebanon since 12 September 2019, (…)

Ratko Mladić and the Pandora’s Box of the Bosnian War

by Slobodan Despot

6 June 2011

General Ratko Mladic’s arrest and his extradition to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia satisfied the prerequisites for Serbia’s membership in the European Union. As expected, the western media have tagged the defendant as the "Butcher of Bosnia" and piled on as many (…)

Buzz Words and Venezuela

by Saul Landau

Caracas (Venezuela) | 8 July 2004

"When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint; but when I asked why people are poor, they called me a communist."
Brazilian Bishop Don Helder Camara
President Hugo Chavez Frias’ enemies refer to him as a "terrorist" and a "communist." Indeed, Venezuela’s current conflict could (…)

The International Court of Justice Dismisses the Dossier on Gbagbo, but detains him

5 June 2003

The pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court has deferred the hearing on the confirmation of the evidence against the former President of the Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo. The pre-trial chamber dismissed the dossier compiled by the former prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, that was (…)