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32 More Corpses Found in Mexico Pits, Total at 177

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities say another 32 bodies have been exhumed from clandestine graves in the northeastern border state of Tamaulipas, bringing the total to 177 this month. Tamaulipas prosecutors say in a statement that the latest bodies were found in eight pits discovered during the past week. Authorities...

WikiLeaks Suspect Being Moved Out of Quantico

WASHINGTON -- The Army private suspected of giving classified data to WikiLeaks is being moved to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas in the wake of international criticism about his treatment during his detention at the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va., The Associated Press has learned. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning's detention has...

Gadhafi, Sons to Be Investigated for Possible Crimes Against Humanity

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The International Criminal Court will investigate Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his inner circle, including some of his sons, for possible crimes against humanity in the violent crackdown on anti-government protesters, the prosecutor said Thursday. Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Gadhafi's security...

Berlusconi's Ruby Wants Compensation

ROME -- The Moroccan teenager at the center of a prostitution scandal that has sent Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi to trial says she has done nothing wrong and that "all the gold in the world" could not make up for the suffering she has endured. In an e-mail exchange with The Associated Press on Wednesday and Thursday,...

As War Crimes Trial Nears End, Many Liberians Hope for President's Return

MONROVIA, Liberia -- With President Charles Taylor's war crimes trial in The Hague nearing an end after three years, many Liberians hope he will be brought home -- to a hero's welcome. Take Fasu Donzo, a lanky motorbike taxi driver. Now 31, he fought as a child soldier in Taylor's army and was known as General Mosquito...

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War Crimes Trial Date Set

The U.N. Yugoslav tribunal says the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic will resume June 25th, about a month later than initially planned.

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Rafael Medoff: President Obama Needs to Make a Phone Call Against Genocide

President Obama has a special envoy to Darfur.

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Katie Redford: What Does Shell Have in Common With General Ratko Mladic?

What does Royal Dutch Shell have in common with General Ratko Mladic, former commander of the Bosnian Serb army?

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Julian Assange Extradition: WikiLeaks Chief Court Decision Next Week

WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange is to find out next week whether his bid to block extradition to Sweden has been successful.

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Efrain Rios Montt, Guatemala Ex-Dictator, Gets Second Genocide Charge

A judge lodged a second genocide charge against a former Guatemalan dictator on Monday accusing him in the massacre of more than 200 villagers.

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05/28/12 UK to deploy rape investigation squad to war zones Source: The Guardian - London - UK The UK is setting up a special rapid deployment unit to collect evidence on mass rape used as a weapon during global conflicts, as part of a broader initiative to be launched on Tuesday to combat sexual war crimes of the kind seen in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, central Africa, and now in Syria.
05/28/12 UK to deploy rape investigation squad to war zones Source: SocietyGuardian.co.uk The UK is setting up a special rapid deployment unit to collect evidence on mass rape used as a weapon during global conflicts, as part of a broader initiative to be launched on Tuesday to combat sexual war crimes of the kind seen in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, central Africa, and now in Syria.
05/28/12 War prosecutor for FIFA job Source: News24 - South Africa Top war crimes prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, known for going after warlords and leaders who conscript child soldiers or commit genocide, has been nominated for the post of chief investigator at FIFA, the head of the governance committee told Reuters.
05/28/12 For Africa's victims, justice, even if selective, will... Source: The Guardian - London - UK This Wednesday former Liberian president Charles Taylor will be sentenced in The Hague by the special court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) for his part in Sierra Leone 's bloody conflict.
05/28/12 Islamist charged over 1971 war crimes Source: Morning Star A special tribunal set up by the government to deal with charges of crimes against humanity formally charged Jamaat-e-Islami party leader Matiur Rahman Nizami on 16 charges, including genocide and murder.

Background on International criminal law

International criminal law is a body of international law designed to prohibit certain categories of conduct commonly viewed as serious atrocities and to make perpetrators of such conduct criminally accountable for their perpetration.

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