http://www.mail.com/subjects/1058054-international-law.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1058054-international-law.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089918-watchdog-israel-trying-to-legalize-settlements.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli watchdog group on Thursday accused the government of taking steps to legalize four unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank, days before the U.S. secretary of state is set to arrive on a new peace mission. The government announced its move this week in a filing to the Supreme Court, threatening to cast a shadow over Se... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:27:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089918-watchdog-israel-trying-to-legalize-settlements.html 2013-05-16T19:27:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085200-war-crimes-prosecutor-receives-israel-complaint.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court — the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands — says she has received a complaint about Israel's 2010 raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza, and she will open a preliminary investigation. The complaint comes from the tiny African state of Comoros, a member of the... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:04:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085200-war-crimes-prosecutor-receives-israel-complaint.html 2013-05-14T21:04:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083944-dutch-wont-charge-company-israeli-barrier-case.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a blow to pro-Palestinian activists, Dutch authorities said Tuesday they will not prosecute a company on war crimes charges for renting out equipment to construct Israel's West Bank separation barrier. Dutch human rights lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld, who filed in 2010 on behalf of the Palestinian group al-Haq, said she was disa... Tue, 14 May 2013 10:26:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083944-dutch-wont-charge-company-israeli-barrier-case.html 2013-05-14T10:26:25Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2066842-nuclear-protester-trial-underway-this-week.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An octogenarian nun and two codefendants used bolt cutters to cut through fences and spent about two hours inside a Tennessee national security plant that has had a hand in making, maintaining or dismantling parts of every nuclear weapon in the country's arsenal, federal authorities allege. In July, the trio splashed human blood on... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:58:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2066842-nuclear-protester-trial-underway-this-week.html 2013-05-06T19:58:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065150-syrian-rebels-shoot-regime-helicopter-east.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board as President Bashar Assad's troops battled opposition forces inside a sprawling military air base in the north for the second straight day, activists said Monday. The downing of the helicopter was a welcome victory for rebels fightin... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:07:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065150-syrian-rebels-shoot-regime-helicopter-east.html 2013-05-06T19:07:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033142-child-soldiers-patrol-c-african-republic-capital.html BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — As fighters in fatigues lounge in the shade of the rebel camp in the capital of Central African Republic, a boy jumps up to greet visitors with a wide toothy grin. He says he is 14 and joined the rebels three months ago. It is the wrong thing to say. A female commander in uniform warns him: "We'll kill you if you ta... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:44:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033142-child-soldiers-patrol-c-african-republic-capital.html 2013-04-20T14:44:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2028178-karadzic-seeks-to-compel-mladic-to-testify.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The two alleged chief architects of Serb atrocities committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian war could meet in a United Nations courtroom for the first time, if one of them gets his wish. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic sought a subpoena Thursday to compel his one-time military chief, Gen. Ratko Mladic, to testify in ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:24:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2028178-karadzic-seeks-to-compel-mladic-to-testify.html 2013-04-18T15:24:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016670-hague-war-crimes-court-investigating-staffer.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The International Criminal Court in The Hague has opened a formal investigation into allegations by four people who say they were subjected to sexual abuse by a court staff member working in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The war crimes court said Friday it is "profoundly concerned by these grave allegations" and had taken steps to pro... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:44:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016670-hague-war-crimes-court-investigating-staffer.html 2013-04-12T21:44:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2014112-syrian-regimes-air-power-rebels-check.html BEIRUT (AP) — President Bashar Assad has exploited his greatest advantage in the Syrian civil war — his air power — to push back rebel advances and prevent the opposition from setting up a rival government in its northern stronghold. Along the way, fighter jets and helicopters have hit civilian targets such as hospitals, bakeries and residential buildings... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:36:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2014112-syrian-regimes-air-power-rebels-check.html 2013-04-11T19:36:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013048-greece-germany-bicker-war-reparations-issue.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A long-standing debate over whether Germany still owes Greece war reparations stemming from the Nazi occupation erupted anew Thursday in a spat between Greece's foreign minister and Germany's finance minister. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was quoted by German media as suggesting that Greece should focus on reforming its... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:27:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013048-greece-germany-bicker-war-reparations-issue.html 2013-04-11T19:27:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005310-official-sudan-leader-traveling-to-kenya.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Sudan's president, who faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, will not be traveling to Kenya to watch the swearing-in of the country's new president, who will go to trial later this year at the ICC, a Kenyan official said Monday. Thuita Mwangi, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' permanent secretary, said Omar al... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:36:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005310-official-sudan-leader-traveling-to-kenya.html 2013-04-08T15:36:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1999852-op-ed-stirs-row-palestinian-rock-throwing.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A newspaper op-ed piece by an Israeli writer has revived an emotional debate surrounding Israel's 45-year rule over the West Bank and east Jerusalem: Do Palestinians who throw rocks at Israelis exercise a "birthright" of resisting military occupation, as the author argued? Or is stone-throwing an indefensible act of violence? The heated a... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:25:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1999852-op-ed-stirs-row-palestinian-rock-throwing.html 2013-04-05T06:25:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995198-us-group-sudan-face-war-crimes-charges.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A U.S. based advocacy group alleged in a new report Wednesday that Sudan's government has committed war crimes since mid-2011 in two of its southern states near the border with South Sudan. The Enough Project said that two years of eyewitness reports, photos, video and satellite imagery present strong evidence that Sudan should be re... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:36:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995198-us-group-sudan-face-war-crimes-charges.html 2013-04-03T15:36:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986464-bosnia-man-sentenced-to-45-years-war-crimes.html SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A court in Bosnia on Friday convicted a Montenegrin man of multiple counts of murder, torture, rape and looting during Bosnia's 1992-95 war, and sentenced him to 45 years in prison — the highest sentence ever issued in the country. Judge Zoran Bozic said that Veselin Vlahovic, killed 31 people, raped a number of Bosniak... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:55:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986464-bosnia-man-sentenced-to-45-years-war-crimes.html 2013-03-29T16:55:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1982386-court-bosnian-serbs-guilty-wartime-persecution.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted two senior Bosnian Serbs on Wednesday of key roles in a campaign of murder, torture and persecution against Muslims and Croats during the 1992-95 Bosnian war and sentenced them each to 22 years in prison. Mico Stanisic was the interior minister in the breakaway Bosnian Serb republic ... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:20:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1982386-court-bosnian-serbs-guilty-wartime-persecution.html 2013-03-27T17:20:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1979454-rwandan-warlord-pleads-guilty-congo-crimes.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Rwandan-born warlord known as "The Terminator" insisted Tuesday he is innocent of charges including murder, rape, pillaging and using child soldiers in eastern Congo at his first appearance before the International Criminal Court. Bosco Ntaganda had been one of the court's longest-sought fugitives until he unexpectedly beca... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:48:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1979454-rwandan-warlord-pleads-guilty-congo-crimes.html 2013-03-26T11:48:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1976572-outlaw-fleet-scoops-squid-argentine-waters.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It was a rare victory in the squid wars: Argentina's coast guard cutter Thompson fired warning shots at two Chinese trawlers, blocking their escape into international waters. Ten tons of squid were found in the holds of the Lu Rong Yu 6177 and 6178 after they were hauled into port on Christmas Day. But this was just the firs... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:10:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1976572-outlaw-fleet-scoops-squid-argentine-waters.html 2013-03-24T23:10:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972604-international-court-detains-rwandan-born-warlord.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — African warlord Bosco Ntaganda was taken from the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda on Friday and flown to International Criminal Court in The Hague, where he faces charges including murder, rape and persecution in a rebel group's deadly reign of terror that gripped eastern Congo a decade ago. Ntaganda arrived and was taken to a cell sh... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:30:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972604-international-court-detains-rwandan-born-warlord.html 2013-03-22T23:30:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972650-un-rights-body-extends-syria-probe-to-march-2014.html GENEVA (AP) — Dozens of nations agreed Friday to extend a U.N. probe of human rights abuses in Syria's civil war for another year, signaling their grave concern about the escalating violence — and their intent to prosecute abuses. By a vote of 41-1, the U.N.'s top human rights body, based in Geneva, reauthorized its panel of four independent experts to co... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:36:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972650-un-rights-body-extends-syria-probe-to-march-2014.html 2013-03-22T17:36:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1967328-zimbabwe-court-denies-bail-to-human-rights-lawyer.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwe court refused Wednesday to free on bail the nation's top rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, on charges of obstructing justice after her arrest by police Sunday. The court ordered her to be held in prison until her next court appearance on April 3, but lawyers said they will immediately appeal the ruling. The ruling by Harar... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:32:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1967328-zimbabwe-court-denies-bail-to-human-rights-lawyer.html 2013-03-20T17:32:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1965094-cyberwar-manual-lays-rules-online-attacks.html LONDON (AP) — Even cyberwar has rules, and one group of experts is putting out a manual to prove it. Their handbook, due to be published later this week, applies the practice of international law to the world of electronic warfare in an effort to show how hospitals, civilians and neutral nations can be protected in an information-age fight. ... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:40:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1965094-cyberwar-manual-lays-rules-online-attacks.html 2013-03-19T21:40:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1962544-lawyer-icc-drop-kenyatta-case.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A defense lawyer for President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya told judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday that prosecutors should drop their case charging him with orchestrating post-election violence in Kenya in 2007 and 2008 for lack of evidence. The legal battle in The Hague came as Kenya's Supreme Court also ... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:08:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1962544-lawyer-icc-drop-kenyatta-case.html 2013-03-18T16:08:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1954426-ex-prosecutor-intl-court-cases-changed-kenya.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The former International Criminal Court chief prosecutor said Thursday that cases he launched prosecuting violence after Kenya's 2007 elections were game-changers that helped prevent a repeat of the deadly rampages following this month's vote. In his first interview about Kenya since leaving office last year, Luis Moreno-Ocam... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:41:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1954426-ex-prosecutor-intl-court-cases-changed-kenya.html 2013-03-14T15:41:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953808-rights-groups-syrian-rebels-kill-captives.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels routinely kill captured soldiers and suspected regime informers, human rights monitors said Thursday, warning of mounting war crimes committed by those trying to topple President Bashar Assad. Reports of rebel abuses come as the Syrian opposition appears to be gaining momentum in a 2-year-old conflict that, according to the U.N... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:02:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953808-rights-groups-syrian-rebels-kill-captives.html 2013-03-14T07:02:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940146-bosnian-woman-helped-rape-war-crime.html PRIJEDOR, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — There were days when she prayed for a bullet to end her suffering. When she thought she was dying of a heart attack, she whispered "Thank you God." A young judge, Nusreta Sivac was one of 37 women raped by guards at a concentration camp in Bosnia. They never discussed the nightly traumas — their pained glances were enou... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:40:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940146-bosnian-woman-helped-rape-war-crime.html 2013-03-08T12:40:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937478-fight-future-bangladesh-plays-street.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The fight for the future of Bangladesh is playing out in the streets of this troubled south Asian nation. For a month, masses of moderate activists have camped at a Dhaka intersection demanding harsh punishment for those accused of crimes during the 1971 independence war from Pakistan, a stance that dovetails with the prime minist... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:29:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937478-fight-future-bangladesh-plays-street.html 2013-03-07T09:29:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1927976-army-to-north-bangladesh-clashes-continue.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities deployed soldiers in a northern Bangladeshi district on Sunday after Islamic party activists clashed with police, leaving five people dead during a nationwide general strike called to denounce war crimes trials. Seven people died in similar clashes in the northwest, police and news reports said. With the latest casualt... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:26:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1927976-army-to-north-bangladesh-clashes-continue.html 2013-03-03T11:26:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1924576-ex-yugo-army-chief-welcomes-acquittal.html BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A former chief of the Yugoslav army said Friday he hopes a U.N. court's decision to overturn his conviction on war crimes charges will help clear Serbia's image internationally. In a stunning reversal Thursday, U.N. appeals judges at The Hague, Netherlands, acquitted Gen. Momcilo Perisic of aiding and abetting atrocities by rebel S... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:44:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1924576-ex-yugo-army-chief-welcomes-acquittal.html 2013-03-01T14:44:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921938-un-appeals-court-acquits-ex-serb-military-chief.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a stunning reversal, U.N. appeals judges on Thursday acquitted the former chief of the Yugoslav National Army of aiding and abetting atrocities by rebel Serbs, including the Srebrenica massacre, by providing them with military aid during the Balkan wars. Gen. Momcilo Perisic, a former close ally of ex-Yugoslav President Sl... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:59:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921938-un-appeals-court-acquits-ex-serb-military-chief.html 2013-02-28T19:59:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921030-bangladesh-sentences-islamic-party-leader-to-death.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced a leader of an Islamic political party to death for crimes during the nation's 1971 war for independence, a politically charged decision that sparked violent protests that left at least 12 people dead across the nation. Delwar Hossain Sayedee, one of the top leaders of Jamaat-... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:12:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921030-bangladesh-sentences-islamic-party-leader-to-death.html 2013-02-28T14:12:46Z