March 17, 2012
After 10 years in operation, the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered its first verdict this week, convicting the Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga of recruiting child soldiers in the long and brutal conflict that has festered at the center of Africa. One of 15 defendants before the ICC, its ruling in the Lubanga case brings to a close part of the Court’s original push for indictments that began in 2005, when it issued its first arrest warrant for Joseph Kony.
The confluence of the Kony 2012 campaign and Lubanga’s conviction …

It is hard to look at the International Criminal Court’s conviction of former Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga for enlisting child soldiers into his militia more than a decade ago and not consider it a positive step on the road towards justice. Perhaps, too, it marks a point where it is time for a conversation about some fundamental international justice questions: What is justice and justice at what cost?
The Lubanga verdict, a first for the decade-old International Criminal Court, comes on the heels of the viral YouTube video Kony2012 that introduced …

Over the last few months there have been a number of decisions by the ICTY in cases involving contempt of the Tribunal. Cases of contempt of the Tribunal fall under Rule 77 of the ICTY Rules of Procedure and Evidence, entitled ‘Contempt of the Tribunal’. Part of this Rule, which has been amended several times over the years to allow the Tribunal to respond to different situations, provides as follows:
(A) The Tribunal in the exercise of its inherent power may hold in contempt those …

This is a guest post by Arthur
Toby Cadman is a barrister who makes his living representing those accused of war crimes. He is presently instructed by the Jamaat-e-Islami genocidaires, whose war crimes trial is currently being bungled by the Bangladesh government
Whatever you may think of his clients, Toby Cadman is performing a very important function in any system of justice. The Bangladesh Government, for example, is failing to meet international standards in relation to its tribunal, and Toby Cadman is one of those properly …

অমি রহমান পিয়াল, সাংবাদিক ও ব্লগার

জামায়াতে ইসলামী ঠিক কোন ঘরানার ইসলামী দল সেটা নিয়ে ব্যক্তিগতভাবে আমি তীব্র সন্দেহ পোষণ করি। কারণটা এদের তীব্র মিথ্যাচার। মুক্তিযুদ্ধ নিয়ে তথ্য ঘাঁটাঘাটি করতে গিয়ে এই মিথ্যাচারের কদর্য রূপটা সম্পর্কে জানতে পেরেছি। একাত্তরে পাকিস্তান সেনাবাহিনীর সহযোগীর ভূমিকায় এবং ক্ষেত্রবিশেষে তাদের চেয়েও নৃশংসতা দেখানো দলটি স্বাধীনতার পর নিষিদ্ধ ছিলো। কিন্তু রাজনৈতিক অধিকার ফিরে পাওয়ার পর থেকেই তারা মুক্তিযুদ্ধে নিজেদের ভূমিকা আড়াল করতেই নানা রকম মিথ্যাচারের আশ্রয় নিয়েছে। তার মধ্যে মুক্তিযুদ্ধের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ঘটনা এবং ব্যক্তিত্বদের নিয়ে মিথ্যাচার ও চরিত্রহানি …

Monday, February 20, 2012
A respected Bangladeshi academic recently said to me that these days in Bangladesh it was not enough to simply voice ones support for the international crimes tribunal. In order to gain the approval of the more ardent ICT campaigners and government supporters, one must use the exact words, language and tone that they themselves use when they talk about it. There is an expected script, he said, and deviation from it invites harsh criticism, ostracism and sometimes worse.
I was reminded of …

PRESS RELEASE February 15, 2012
A Canadian human rights activist has filed more than 120 documents with the International Criminal Court (ICC­) demonstrating reasons for concern about the legality of Canada’s handling of the transfer of detainees in Afghanistan and calling for an investigation.
John McNamer, of Kamloops, B.C., said the information was sent to the Office of the Prosecutor at the ICC and that he has informed Canada’s governor general and attorney general, inviting both to have a look at the evidence.  He …

PUNJAB Governor Sardar Latif Khosa has ruled out any amendment to the blasphemy law and asserted that no such plan is under consideration by the government. Talking to the media after meeting JI Ameer Syed Munawwar Hasan at Mansoorah on Thursday, Khosa dispelled the impression that the Pakistan Peoples Party was amending the existing blasphemy law. He said the government had no such plan and asserted that the Pakistan Peoples Party would defend the Namoos-e-Risalat till the last drop of blood. He clarified that the fact-finding committee, constituted by President …

The Bangladeshi army revealed today that it had foiled a coup attempt linked to Islamist extremists last month.
Army officials said they uncovered a plot by 16 serving and retired military officials who conspired to overthrow the elected Sheikh Hasina government in order to establish an Islamist regime. While Bangladesh has a history of military coups, this is the first known attempt by Islamist extremists within the military to overthrow the government.
The coup attempt has been linked to the Hizbut Tahrir (HUT), an international organization that seeks to establish a global …

By WSJ Staff
PERPENDICULAR: Australia’s Georgia Simpson competed on the uneven bars Wednesday in London during a qualification round for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. (Steven Paston/Action Images/Zuma Press)
FLUSHED OUT: Demonstrators were sprayed with water as crews tried to demolish their homes in San Juan, Philippines, Wednesday. The demolition paves the way for the construction of a new city hall, shopping mall and condominiums. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)
SYRIAN UNREST: A woman injured amid unrest Wednesday in the neighborhood of …

Toby Cadman declaring in front of European Parliament in the South East Asia Committee that the International crimes tribunal of Bangladesh does not have the international standard and does not apply international law that Bangladesh is bound to abide being a treaty.

Bangladesh Army, another name of Independence of Bangladesh, is passing a transitional phase.  Its sufferings in the recent past from the BDR carnage were the beginning of it. Now, it seems, the transition is coming to a positive end.
The BDR Carnage:
The BDR carnage was a planned massacre on the Army to eliminate many of the bright, upright and capable officers to render it unable to defend the independence of Bangladesh anymore. Some of the corrupt political leaders including few of the Generals and Senior …