[OPINION] Where are the war crimes trials? Lessons from Junaid Awal
'I challenge the community, law enforcement agents, prosecutors, and judges to proactively report, investigate, and prosecute violations of international humanitarian law'
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'I challenge the community, law enforcement agents, prosecutors, and judges to proactively report, investigate, and prosecute violations of international humanitarian law'
(FLICKR / MANILA BULLETIN) “If it is the prosecutor that’s conducting the case build up, definitely the success rate of NPS would definitely, drastically increase,” said former DoJ Senior State Prosecutor Jude Romano during a DoJ-hosted webinar on Investigation of International Human Rights Laws Violations and Prosecution in International Tribunals. Romano, who was recommended by the DoJ and picked to become an international war crimes prosecutor in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002, pointed out that “our prosecutors here does not investigate or involve in any case buildup but...