Tag Archives: Crimes against humanity

Argentina Invokes Universal Jurisdiction for Crimes Against Humanity | Argentina invoca la jurisdicción universal para crímenes contra la humanidad

avatarPosted on by December 21, 2018

By Marcela Valente, IPS, Periodistas En Español | Princeton Principles of Universal Jurisdiction, Univ. Minnesota Human Rights Library. A judge in Argentina has begun to investigate human rights crimes committed during Spain’s civil war and the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco (between 1936 and 1975). The case is invoking the principle of universal jurisdiction for crimes against humanity and has landed in Argentina because Spain’s justice system is not effectively taking action. (English | Spanish)

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Rwanda Genocide Organizers Get Life Imprisonment

avatarPosted on by February 25, 2019

By Edwin Musoni, The New Times. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has sentenced both Matthieu Ngirumpatse and Edouard Karemera, who were President and Vice-President of Mouvement Révolutionnaire Nationale pour le Développement (MRND) respectively, to life imprisonment for their roles in the 1994 Hutu Genocide against the Tutsi minority.

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In Brazil, Truth Without Consequence

avatarPosted on by February 21, 2018

By Staff, MercoPress. Brazil signed into law a Truth Commission to investigate the human rights crimes during two military interventions between 1946 and 1988, but this Commission falls under a 1979 Amnesty Bill that protects torturers and guerrillas from prosecution.

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Dutch Court Opens Door to Legal Accountability for Peacekeepers

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Thalif Deen, IPS | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. A landmark ruling by a Dutch court in July 2011 holding the Netherlands government liable for the failings of its soldiers on a U.N. peacekeeping mission may be used as a precedent for criminal liability involving sexual violence, according to human rights groups.

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Honoring Baltasar Garzón

avatarPosted on by February 25, 2019

David Cole, The Nation. Judge Baltasar Garzón has reliably insisted on accountability for human rights violations, invoking the principle of “universal jurisdiction” for especially egregious crimes. He faces several politically motivated criminal prosecutions for his decisions.

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As Inauguration Nears, Martelly Prepares Duvalier Amnesty and Political Offensive

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Kim Ives, Haiti Analysis | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. A Swiss law nicknamed Lex Duvalier, which took effect on February 1, 2011 and used Duvalier as its test case, requires Switzerland to return the funds ill-gotten by dictators under certain circumstances. If Duvalier keeps running freely around Haiti and ultimately gets pardoned, he also gets $6.2 million, courtesy of Hillary Clinton and Michel Martelly.

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