The Guardian: Radovan Karadzic arrested in Belgrade
22nd July 2008

A Serbian war crimes prosecutor has ordered the transfer of Karadzic, accused of masterminding Europe's worst massacre since the second world war, to be transferred to the UN's international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
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Human Rights Tribune: UN Panel Drills Ireland over CIA Rendition Flights
21st July 2008

A UN expert panel on human rights has questioned claims by Ireland’s attorney-general, Paul Gallagher, that Shannon airport was not used by the american Central Intelligence Agency for extraordinary rendition flights.
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Reuters: South African Replaces UN Human Rights Commissioner
18th July 2008

The U.N. secretary-general plans to name South African judge Navanethem Pillay as the world body's next human rights chief, succeeding the outspoken Louise Arbour, diplomats said on Thursday.
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BBC: Sudan president accused of war crimes
14th July 2008

Sudan's president has been accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Luis Moreno-Ocampo told judges at The Hague that Omar al-Bashir bore criminal responsibility for alleged atrocities committed over the past five years.
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Arab-American News: State Secret Privilege Derails Rendition Suit
11th July 2008

A Syrian-born Canadian has again been denied the right to appear in court following his 'rendition' by US authorities to Syria after he was detained on suspicion of being a terrorist in September 2002. A federal court of appeals ruled that the lawsuit brought by Mr Arar against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and others could not be heard due to the "state secrets" privilege.
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RNW: ICC celebrates 10 year anniversary
11th July 2008

The International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) has been operating for five years as the world's only permanent court for war crimes. On 17 July it will be ten years since its founding agreement was reached. Much has been achieved but according to a scathing report by Human Rights Watch, we ignore the ICC's shortcomings at our peril.
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Kommersant: European Court Closes Terror Trial
4th July 2008

The European Court of Human Rights has closed to the public the trial on the suits by the victims of the October 2002 terrorist act at the play Nord-Ost at the theater center in Dubrovka, in Moscow.
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Reuters: Alabama executions 'highly problematic' - UN envoy
30th June 2008

The criminal justice system in the U.S. state of Alabama needs to be improved to ensure that no innocent people are executed but officials there seem indifferent to the problem, a U.N. envoy said on Monday.
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Bloomberg: U.S. Court Upholds Dismissal of Rendition Lawsuit
30th June 2008

A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by a Canadian man who sued the U.S. after he was stopped in a New York airport and forcibly transported to Syria where he was tortured over alleged ties to al-Qaeda.
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Washington Post: In Courts, Afghanistan Air Base May Become Next Guantanamo
29th June 2008

One day about seven months ago, Jawed Ahmed, a 22-year-old CTV News contractor vanished in Afghanistan. Weeks later, reporters would learn from Ahmad's family that he had been arrested by U.S. troops, locked up in the U.S. military prison at Bagram air base and accused of being an enemy combatant.
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