THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

Serbia: Steps after Karadzic arrest

BRUSSELS / NEW YORK – The arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who was first indicted 13 years ago for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, is a major step by Serbia toward facing its past, the International Center for Transitional Justice said today...

SUDAN: PEACE AND JUSTICE

Seeking justice as war crimes rage on

GENEVA—The request by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for an arrest warrant against the president of Sudan focuses attention on one of the greatest challenges of international relations: whether and how to seek justice during an ongoing conflict, when the worst of the accused perpetrators still hold great power...

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

ICC: Darfur arrest warrants and justice

The request by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan for genocide and other crimes is an important step toward the pursuit of justice and acknowledging the suffering by the victims of Darfur, one that also makes clear heads of state are not immune from the reach of the law, the International Center for Transitional Justice said Monday...

AFRICA

Q&A: The ICC and Sudan

ASIA

CTF Submits Final Report

Indonesia and Timor-Leste's Commission of Truth and Friendship has given its final report to the countries' presidents. The report concludes that the Indonesian military and police as well as the civilian government and militia groups bear responsibility for crimes against humanity committed at the time of Timor-Lests's vote for independence, in 1999. Nine organizations including the ICTJ have issued a joint statement calling for renewed efforts to determine responsibility for the violence...

ICTJ IN THE NEWS

Reuters | Indonesia, East Timor leaders regret vote bloodshed

Indonesia and East Timor expressed deep regret on Tuesday for violence surrounding Dili's 1999 independence vote after a joint probe blamed state institutions for "gross human rights violations"...

ESSENTIALS COURSE NOVEMBER 2008

Brussels: The European Experience

ICTJ Brussels, in association with the KU Leuven Faculty of Law, is pleased to announce a new course entitled The Essentials Course on Transitional Justice: Spotlight on the European Experience. This unique course is similar to the standard ICTJ Essentials Course, but will have a distinctly European "flavour"...