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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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Canada Accused Of 'Complicity' In Torture In UN Report

In a biting report issued Friday, the United Nations Committee Against Torture condemns what it calls Canadian "complicity" in torture and human rights violations of Muslim men caught up in the post-9/11 security net.

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Cuba to allow visit by U.N. torture official

Cuba pledged Friday to allow a visit by the United Nations' special rapporteur on torture, whose predecessor tried unsuccessfully to obtain authorization to visit the Caribbean island.

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Syria Crisis: UN Draft Resolution Considers Referring Houla Killings To International Criminal Court

The U.N.'s top human rights official warned Friday that all-out civil war could engulf Syria unless countries back international envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan and calls for an independent probe into the killing of more than 100 civilians last week in the Arab country.

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Ben Cohen: Noam Chomsky Embarrassed by George Monbiot

I was extremely saddened to see a bad tempered back and forth between two important intellectual figures, Noam Chomsky and George Monbiot, over an article written by Monbiot on the definition of genocide.

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Justice for "Bush Wives": The ICC and Bosco Ntaganda

In March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted Thomas Lubanga, a former Congolese rebel commander, for conscripting, enlisting and using children under the age of 15.

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06/03/12 Colonialism far from dead Source: The Herald - Zimbabwe The conviction of Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, is said to have sent an unequivocal message to current leaders â that great office confers no immunity â if you run a small, weak nation, you may be subject to the full force of international law.
06/03/12 Absentee witnesses kept at 'safe house' Source: The Daily Star of Bangladesh The defence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee yesterday said the 15 witnesses the prosecution had claimed to be too sick or missing had actually stayed at the prosecution witness' safe house in the capital.
06/03/12 Philippines urged to implement ban on tortures Source: BusinessWorld "A number of human rights violations, including against the freedom from torture was highlighted during the session, especially with respect to ensuring that victims of torture and ill-treatment had effective access to a medical evaluation and the establishment of a rehabilitation program for torture victims," Philippine nongovernmental organization Medical Action Group (MAG) said in a statement sent to BusinessWorld over the weekend.
06/01/12 Canada Accused Of 'Complicity' In Torture In UN Report Source: The Huffington Post In a biting report issued Friday, the United Nations Committee Against Torture condemns what it calls Canadian "complicity" in torture and human rights violations of Muslim men caught up in the post-9/11 security net.
06/01/12 Syria Crisis: UN Draft Resolution Considers Referring... Source: The Huffington Post The U.N.'s top human rights official warned Friday that all-out civil war could engulf Syria unless countries back international envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan and calls for an independent probe into the killing of more than 100 civilians last week in the Arab country.

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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