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UN SG promises to address allegations of child abuse by peacekeepers
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Tuesday promised to step up efforts to combat child exploitation and sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by UN peacekeeping forces. In a short statement released by his spokesperson, Ban expressed his concern over r (More) |
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Getting Away with Murder: Ghadaffi's West African Legacy
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, former Chief Prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, says that amidst the recent feting of Libyan leader Muamar Ghadaffi in European capitals, part and parcel (More) |
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Justice for Freetown: The Sierra Leone War Crimes Verdicts
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, former Chief Prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, says that the first guilty verdicts handed down by the court for the leaders of the Armed Forces Revoluti (More) |
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Witnesses tell Liberia truth commission of civil war abuses
Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) began hearing public testimony Tuesday, with several people testifying about the crimes and abuse that occurred during the country's 14-year civil war . One man testified that he was taken (More) |
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Ivory Coast president approves extradition of Paris race murder suspect
Ivory Coast President Lauren Gbagbo has signed an extradition order authorizing Youssef Fofana to be transferred to France where he is wanted in connection with the kidnapping, torture and killing of a Jewish man outside Paris. Ivory Coast Justice (More) |
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UN Security Council imposes sanctions on three Ivory Coast peace opponents
The UN Security Council on Tuesday imposed 12-month sanctions on three Ivorian peace opponents. Ble Goude, Eugene Djue, and rebel commander Fofie Kouakou will have their assets frozen and restrictions placed on their travel. Goude and Djue are mil (More) |
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International brief ~ UN Security Council considering Cote d'Ivoire sanctions
Leading Friday's international brief, the UN Security Council is considering sanctions against both rebel and government elements in Cote d'Ivoire that are accused of purposefully delaying and sabotaging fragile peace negotiations in the na (More) |
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UN urged not to weaken measure to protect civilians
UN Under-Secretary-General Jan Egeland , the UN humanitarian relief coordinator, told the UN Security Council Friday not to weaken a proposed resolution on protecting civilians in war zones, reminding delegations of the 26 million people forced fro (More) |
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International brief ~ South Africa, Zimbabwe sign intelligence, defense agreement
Leading Thursday's international brief, Senior government ministers from South Africa and Zimbabwe met Thursday to sign an official agreement strengthening ties between the nations' intelligence, defense, and police services. The agreemen (More) |
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Asylum-seekers in Morocco launch hunger strike
A group of asylum-seekers originating from Asia and Africa has begun a hunger strike in a detention camp in southwest Morocco in an attempt to gain refugee status from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) , the Moroccan Association of Human (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
