It’s all happening in The Hague tomorrow. In addition to seeing what Nice/Dixon have to say for themselves, the Appeals Chamber will render its decision on DRC warlord, Germain Katanga’s appeal against Trial Chamber II’s decision that his case should indeed be heard by the ICC.
ICC will receive observations from Nice/Dixon in Bashir case
September 24, 2009 by 1 Comment
Following up on an earlier post, the Appeals Chamber has agreed to receive observations from lawyers Geoffrey Nice and Rod Dixon, representing the Sudanese Government the Sudan Workers Trade Unions Federation and the Sudan International Defence Group (SIDG) in the case against President Bashir.
Security provided by those who need their security provided . . .
September 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
A couple of days ago I did a post on the village of Ain Siro, where I was last weekend. Before I went, there had been some news reports of fighting in the area, and when I was there people said that Chadian rebels had been trying to get in. They also reported being angry […]
Ain Siro
September 19, 2009 by 1 Comment
Since Julie Flint first wrote about Ain Siro in a Washington Post article back in 2007, this small village in a mountainous region of North Darfur has become something of a poster-child for Darfuris ‘doing it for themselves.’ And, from what I saw last weekend, deservedly so. I have to admit that when I saw […]
Costs & benefits
September 15, 2009 by 1 Comment
Hi all I’m writing this from Frankfurt airport. My plane is delayed and I just found out my Uncle – the closest person I have to my Dad, who died when I was a kid – has had a heart attack back in Australia. I’m feeling desperately far away and there is nothing I can […]
Back to Darfur
September 9, 2009 by 1 Comment
Hi everyone I’m heading back to Darfur (which means this blog will once again become inaccessible to me). But this time, I’m not going solo. I will be accompanying U.S. Special Envoy, Scott Gration. The schedule for the trip is up on the U.S. State Department blog. Darfur policy under the Obama Administration (whenever it […]
Update on Lubna
September 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The BBC is reporting she has been jailed for refusing to pay the fine. The phone number I spoke to her on earlier in the day seems to have been disconnected. Now is the time, more than ever before, to ensure the spotlight doesn’t fade.
Lubna: Case not closed
September 7, 2009 by 1 Comment
As was entirely predictable, today a Sudanese court tried to save face – saying it would not flog Lubna Hussein for wearing trousers (something it didn’t want to do given the global attention on her case) but trying to maintain that she was still “guilty” by fining her 500 Sudanese pounds. No doubt they hoped […]
Something to watch for in ICC Lubanga case
September 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment
There’s been a curious development at the ICC since I was away that is worth keeping an eye on for those interested in following the precedent-setting decisions of the court’s first trial – against DRC militia leader, Thomas Lubanga Dyillo. In essence, representatives of the victims are trying to get in charges of sexual slavery […]
Lubna and her domestic supporters
September 2, 2009 by 1 Comment
This ran anonymously in Foreign Policy while I was inside Sudan. A quick scan of google news today unfortunately supports the suggestion that the international spotlight on this may be fickle, but I remain confident that Lubna’s supporters in Khartoum will be out in full force when her trial resumes on Friday (see correction – […]
