http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/ Case School of Law : Grotian Moment Blog en-us Thu, 16 Feb 2012 0:2:18 EDT 20 http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/entry.asp?entry_id=402 By Cameron MacLeod Since early 2010, the Seychelles has become the hub for prosecution of Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The Seychelles recently enacted a statute giving its courts universal jurisdiction to prosecute pirates brought to the Seychelles by other countries, and with financial support of the United Nations, the Seychelles has built a state of the art prison facility for pirate defendants and convicted pirates. The suspension of piracy prosecutions in Kenya means the.. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:02:18 EDT http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/entry.asp?entry_id=400 We are pleased to post Judge Ra'id Juhi's English summary of the Iraqi High Tribunal's 1991 Case, the third case to be tried by the Tribunal. Little has been written about the case to date and its judgment has not yet been translated into English. Judge Ra'id, who served as the IHT's Chief Investigative Judge for the previous Dujail and Anfal cases, is currently Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Case Western Reserve University School of Law (home of the Grotian.. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:47:59 EDT http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/entry.asp?entry_id=398 We are pleased to post Judge Ra'id Juhi's comprehensive English summary of the Iraqi High Tribunal's Merchants Case, the third case to be tried by the Tribunal. Little has so far been written about the case and its judgment has not yet been translated into English. Judge Ra'id, who served as the IHT's Chief Investigative Judge for the previous Dujail and Anfal cases, is currently Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Case Western Reserve University School of Law (home.. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:44:16 EDT http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/entry.asp?entry_id=397 On May 20, 2010, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) issued its long-awaited decision on whether Joint Criminal Enterprise Liability will apply to the upcoming trial of the former leaders of the Khmer Rouge. See Decision on the Appeals Against the Co-Investigating Judges Order on JCE. In its 69-page decision, the Pre-Trial Chamber agreed with the Prosecution that the forms of JCE known as JCE I and JCE II were part of customary international.. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:41:49 EDT http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/entry.asp?entry_id=396 by Michael Scharf* The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which was set up in The Hague to prosecute those responsible for the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others, is the world's first international court with jurisdiction over the crime of terrorism. On January 17, 2011, the Tribunal's Prosecutor, Daniel Bellemare, submitted a sealed indictment for the pre-trial judge to confirm. The pre-trial judge, in turn, requested that the.. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:38:55 EDT http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/entry.asp?entry_id=395 A former war crimes prosecution attorney and PILPG advisory board member reflects on the arrest of Ratko Mladic, alleged mastermind of the Srebrenica genocide. It is not often when one man is able to unite officials on both sides of the Atlantic – to work together – with common cause and devotion, for years. But this past week, an example of the U.S.-European transatlantic relationship emerged – along with a reminder of the just how long, the "long arm of the law" can stretch,.. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:34:58 EDT