http://www.internationallawbureau.com/blog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:09:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a Report published on 31 August 2010 Amnesty International have outlined concerns over Rwanda's laws on “genocide ideology” and “sectarianism”. These laws were introduced following the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Up to 800,000 Rwandans were killed during the 1994 genocide, most of them ethnic Tutsi, but also some Hutu who opposed ... http://www.internationallawbureau.com/blog/?p=1698 See the attached conference poster for details of this upcoming conference for practitioners who want to learn more about working in the field of international criminal law. The conference will take place on 2 October at the Chamber of Anthony Berry QC, 9 Bedford Row, London. Anyone wishing to attend should ... http://www.internationallawbureau.com/blog/?p=1694 ECCC Updates by Jenny Kelleher Duch’s verdict and sentencing On July 26 2010, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) found Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, making him the first Khmer Rouge defendant to be brought to justice. Duch, who ... http://www.internationallawbureau.com/blog/?p=1686 We have just uploaded photographs from Salzburg Summer Law School on International Criminal Law 2010, including the participants in an ICLB Mock Trial held on the last day. ICLB members Steven Kay QC and Gillian Higgins also presented half day courses on "The Kenya Situation at ... http://www.internationallawbureau.com/blog/?p=1682 Early Release for Krajisnik Denied In a Decision rendered during the court recess, ICTY President  Robinson, denied early release to Momčilo Krajišnik. Krajišnik, who has been serving his sentence in the UK since September 2009, would have been eligible for release there on 2 April 2010, having served half of his ... http://www.internationallawbureau.com/blog/?p=1677 According to Bangladeshi media, two detained leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami have petitioned the High Court to revoke the first amendment to the constitution that enabled the establishment of the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). They are also also seeking the repeal of some sections of the International Crimes Tribunal Act, ... http://www.internationallawbureau.com/blog/?p=1674 Monitor – Khmer Rouge Trials - Based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Project Description Open Society Justice Initiative (“Justice Initiative”) has undertaken capacity building, training, advocacy, monitoring, and outreach, and other work in relation to the Extraordinary Chambers for the period of Democratic Kampuchea process since 2005. Police, prosecutorial and judicial abuses in Cambodia ... http://www.internationallawbureau.com/blog/?p=1670 A free database of customary IHL rules and practice is now available online courtesy of the ICRC.  It provides an online, user-friendly version of the ICRC study on customary IHL published by Cambridge University Press in 2005.  The ICRC press release is pasted below: New legal database launched to enhance protection for war victims Geneva (ICRC) ... http://www.internationallawbureau.com/blog/?p=1664 As reported by the UN News Centre on 11 August, the Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for the Lebanon (STL), Daniel Bellemare has asked that country’s authorities to hand over all information allegedly held by Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah pertaining to the 2005 attack against the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq ... http://www.internationallawbureau.com/blog/?p=1662 The Rules of procedure and evidence for the Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal have come into the possession of the ICLB. They can be viewed here - ICT-BD Rules of Procedure Rule 51 is alarming: 51. (1) The onus of proof as to the plea of ‘alibi’ or to any particular fact or information ... http://www.internationallawbureau.com/blog/?p=1655