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There are no specialised rehabilitation services for jailed Balkan war criminals, so is it possible to tell whether they are ready to return to society, and should they be allowed to return to normal life after being released from prison?
It’s one of the major misstep of the Arusha’s white elephant, also known as the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). A year ago, its Arusha branch sent eight acquitted and released Rwandan persons to Niger, but Niger then said it didn’t want them and they are still blocked in Niamey. In this new podcast, our partners from Asymmetrical Aircut invited Barbora Hola, researcher and Associate Professor at the Vrije University Amsterdam, and Kate Gibson, the lawyer of one of these Rwandan men, to tell and explain the story of one of the most grotesque situations i...
No release for Bagosora reflects sentencing policy switch 16 April 2021By Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.net Colonel Théoneste Bagosora, the most high profile convict of the UN’s former International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, will have to continue serving his 35-year prison sentence in Mali. His request for early release, after 25 years in jail, was denied on April 1, illustrating a profound change in sentencing policy. Share Republish × You are free to republish this article both online and in print. We ask that you follow some simple rules described on our copyright. Please do n...
ICC to hand down judgment against former Lord's Resistance Army commander Reuters 2/3/2021 By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, Feb 3 (Reuters) - War crimes judges on Thursday deliver their verdict in the case of Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier turned top commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group known for extreme violence and forcing women into sexual slavery. Ongwen, 45, faces 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and could be imprisoned for life if convicted. Judges will not address sentencing on Thursday. The ruling at the International Criminal Court ...