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Such a Poland required a moral revolution in which crimes would be punished, virtue rewarded, and injustice redeemed.
Justice for SwedenSTOCKHOLM – Julian Assange’s bizarre bid for political asylum in Ecuador’s embassy in London has claimed headlines everywhere, but it has obscured an important truth: last month’s decision by the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court that Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of sexual crimes was the only possible outcome.
That silence lasted until 1961, when Khrushchev permitted new revelations of Stalin-era crimes.
His vaguely worded answer – the attacks “must be authorized by our laws” – made no mention of trials for those accused of terror crimes, of international war-crimes treaties, or any other bow to legality.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR) opened for work in less than a year in order to begin addressing heinous crimes that were ongoing.
The IS, like many such groups before it, may yet vanish in the desert, leaving only its victims’ families to recall the crimes it committed.
“I will also do everything I can to remove from the Yushukan Museum, on the grounds of the Yasukuni Shrine, all exhibits which deny, question, or are insensitive to Japan’s responsibility for waging aggressive war and committing atrocity crimes in the 1930s and 1940s.
Tens of thousands of citizens took to the streets to demand an end to police indifference to women’s safety, stronger laws, and speedier trials for those charged with crimes against women.
Among the report’s recommendations were stronger penalties for sex crimes, including harassment; a requirement that police officers report every instance of alleged rape; and broader measures to address pervasive discrimination against women.
In both countries, impunity is the key: in Guatemala only 4% (at most) of all crimes, and less than 2% of murders, result in a criminal conviction.
Indeed, two thousand people have been arrested over the last three years for such crimes as abuse of power and misappropriation of state property.
At the same time, Uribe secured a negotiated agreement to demobilize the right-wing paramilitary insurgents, the United Self-Defense Forces (AUC) and successfully disarmed 30,000 AUCs through a program, called “firm hands, big heart,” based on civilian reintegration and financial reparation to victims of their crimes.
Full confessions about AUC crimes are also promised, with former paramilitary fighters facing full retribution for withholding information.
Indeed, Saif al-Islam, an elegant, soft-spoken graduate of the London School of Economics, has now become a prime suspect in massive crimes against humanity.
But Qaddafi’s regime became an international pariah mainly for a series of terrorist plots abroad, not for crimes against humanity committed against Libyans.
But concrete steps leading to government transparency and accountability, such as inquiries into oil wealth and state expenditures, or serious investigation of crimes against humanity, were all beyond his will and imagination.
The head of Internal Security Forces, Colonel al-Tuhami Khaled, another principal suspect in the crimes currently being committed against Libyans, refused to call the process a “reconciliation.”
And, despite the United Nations Security Council’s paralysis over Syria, UN General Assembly member states made clear their continuing overwhelming acceptance of the responsibility to protect those at risk of mass-atrocity crimes.
Less well-known pundits make similar points, suggesting that people with “incorrect” views on global warming should face Nuremburg-style trials or be tried for crimes against humanity.
In the pre-colonial era, tribal chiefs – known as kgosi – imposed the penalty for crimes such as murder, sorcery, incest, and conspiracy.
And Guinea became the 20th country in the region to abolish capital punishment for all crimes.
A shift in how governments address gender-based crimes could go a long way toward overcoming deep-rooted discriminatory mindsets and behaviors.
In particular, we aim to augment the support that justice systems provide to victims of such crimes.
But if, as Rosenstein’s announcement said, Mueller is limited to investigating “federal crimes,” broader issues will escape examination.
There are impeachable offenses that aren’t crimes.
Last year, a ProPublica investigation of “recidivism risk models” demonstrated that a widely used methodology to determine sentences for convicted criminals systematically overestimates the likelihood that black defendants will commit crimes in the future, and underestimates the risk that white defendants will do so.
Unjust AfricaNEW YORK – At its recent summit meeting in Equatorial Guinea, the African Union formalized its decision to expand the jurisdiction of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights to include international crimes, such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
On a continent where populations have suffered extensively from such crimes, the AU’s move might at first seem like an important step toward increasing accountability.
Indeed, despite intense scrutiny and agonizingly slow trials, several more special tribunals have been established to hold individuals accountable for large-scale crimes committed in countries like Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, and Lebanon.
Moreover, the ICTY was instrumental in the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2002, which has acted on crimes committed in several more countries.
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