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August
2001
A
regular service providing background and analysis for
important breaking stories. Selections from The Book
and past issues of The Magazine will be listed here
on the 1st of every month, with additional updates in
special circumstances.
Developments
in Quest for Justice in Cambodia
First
genocide ruling by the ICTY
Worsening
Violence in the Middle East
Santiago
Appeals Court suspends proceedings against Augusto Pinochet.
Developments
in Quest for Justice in Cambodia
As Cambodia Prepares to Try Khmer Rouge
Leaders for Massacres, They Deny Guilt
"New Law passed by Cambodian government increases
likelihood that Khmer Rouge leaders could face trial
in coming months for atrocities committed during their
rule, from 1975 to 1979; prospects also enhanced by
show of support for trial by Prime Min Hun Sen, who
formerly urged world to bury past; new law sets up framework
for international tribunal, to operate in Cambodia under
UN auspices…"
August
21, 2001, Tuesday
By Seth Mydans, The New York Times
Trying
Times in Cambodia
"King Nordom Sihanouk has just signed a tribunal
law that will provide for the inclusion of foreign judges
and prosecutors."
Dominic
Faulder
The Irrawaddy, Vol 9. No. 6, July 2001
Cambodia
Clears Path for Tribunal
"A United Nations official has announced that Cambodian
Prime Minister Hun Sen Prime had assured him that long-delayed
plans to form a Khmer Rouge tribunal would be accelerated.
The "mixed tribunal" formula is designed to
prosecute the top Khmer Rouge leaders and "those
most responsible" for the deaths of approximately
1.7 million Cambodians between 1975-1979 by execution,
starvation and overwork."
June
28, 2001 Posted: 11:08 AM EDT (1508 GMT)
By Phelim Kyne Special to CNN
Of
Related Interest:
"Prosecuting
Justice in Cambodia: The Winding Path Towards Justice,"
by Susan E. Cook, Ph.D., posted May 31, 2001 in The
Magazine.
Cambodia
- Photo Essay, by Gilles Peress, posted May 31,
2001 in The Magazine.
Resources:
Cambodia
Tribunal
From the Book:
"Cambodia,"
by Sydney Schanberg
"Crimes
Against Humanity," by Steven Ratner
"Genocide," by Diane F. Orentlicher
"Persecution
on Political, Racial, or Religious Grounds,"
by William Shawcross
"War
Crimes, Categories of," by Steven Ratner
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First
genocide ruling by the ICTY
Posted August 3, 2001:
International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia
[ICTY] finds Radislav Krstic, a Bosnian General, guilty
of genocide for responsibility in the systematic killing
of over 7,000 unarmed Muslims near Srebrenica. (Ruling
made on August 2)
Of related interest:
"International
Criminal Tribunals Create New Legal Precedents,"
by Kelly Askin, posted May 31, 2001 in The Magazine.
CWP Monitor: "Milosevic
on Trial," posted late July 2001.
From The Book:
"Crimes
Against Humanity," by Alex Levac
"Ethnic
Cleansing," by Roger Cohen
"Genocide,"
by Diane Orentlicher
"Mass
Graves," by Elizabeth Neuffer
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Worsening
Violence in the Middle East
Of
related interest:
"Arab-Israeli
Conflict and the Laws of War," by Mark Dennis,
posted February 22, 2001.
From The Book:
"Arab-Israeli
War," by Benny Morris
"Israel’s
Views of the Application of IHL to the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip," by Kenneth Anderson
"Terrorism
Against Civilians," by Serge Schmemann
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Santiago
Appeals Court suspends proceedings against Augusto Pinochet.
Former dictator found "incompetent to face trial"
on health grounds. Decision disappointing, but general’s
arrest and prosecution still a landmark for human rights.
(Ruling made July 9)
Of
related interest:
"The Pinochet
Precedent: Who Could be Arrested Next?" posted
October 2000.
"The
Pinochet Prosecution: Gains, Losses, Lessons,"
posted Spring 2000.
"The
Pinochet Prosecution: The Genocide Controversy,"
posted Spring 2000.
The whole Pinochet series is by Marguerite Feitlowitz.
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