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28 April 2021 - NPWJ News Digest on international criminal justice
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NPWJ and HRW joint submission on the ICC Office of the Prosecutor draft Policy on Situation Completion
No Peace Without Justice, 21 Apr 2021
No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcomes the consultations undertaken by the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Crimimal Court (ICC) on the Draft Policy on Situation Completion and the opportunity to provide written comments. We have participated in consultations on other draft OTP policies and continue to believe such consultations are important not just in terms of the content of submissions the OTP may receive, but also in terms of a concrete expression of the OTP’s commitment to transparency and cooperation, including with civil society.
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Kosovo War Survivors Nervous About Participating in Guerrillas’ Trials
BIRN, 28 Apr 2021
When Kosovo war victim Gani heard that former guerrilla Pjeter Shala had been arrested and extradited to The Hague to face trial, all he could think of was the detention centre where he was held by the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA in May 1999.
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What Biden's Recognition of Armenian Genocide Means to Armenian-Americans
Time, 27 Apr 2021
Armenian-Americans have welcomed President Joe Biden’s historic declaration that the killing and deportation of up to 1.5 million Armenians during World War I constituted genocide as a long overdue yet positive step in reckoning with history.
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Fighting erupts in Myanmar; junta to ‘consider’ ASEAN plan
Reuters, 27 Apr 2021
Ethnic minority Karen insurgents attacked a Myanmar army outpost near the Thai border on Tuesday in some of the most intense clashes since a military coup nearly three months ago threw the country into crisis. The Karen National Union (KNU), Myanmar's oldest rebel force, said it had captured the army camp on the west bank of the Salween river, which forms the border with Thailand. The Myanmar military later hit back against the insurgents with air strikes, the KNU and Thai authorities said.
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Israel committing crimes of apartheid and persecution - HRW
BBC, 27 Apr 2021
In a new report, it says Israel has a policy "to maintain the domination by Jewish Israelis over Palestinians", including those who are its citizens. Apartheid amounts to state-sanctioned racial discrimination and is considered a crime against humanity.
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Police killings of Black Americans amount to crimes against humanity, international inquiry finds
The Guardian, 27 Apr 2021
The systematic killing and maiming of unarmed African Americans by police amount to crimes against humanity that should be investigated and prosecuted under international law, an inquiry into US police brutality by leading human rights lawyers from around the globe has found.
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How seriously is Germany taking its colonial history?
DW, 26 Apr 2021
German colonial traces are plain to see everywhere for Naita Hishoono from Namibia. A walk through the country's capital, Windhoek, reveals German street names, German shops, an imposing church built during German colonial days. And under the surface lurks something more sinister and haunting: the genocide of Herero and Nama people by German colonial troops. It's a dark chapter every Namibian knows, but it's a topic that barely sees daylight in Germany.
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Myanmar: Human rights must be top priority for emergency ASEAN summit
Amnesty International, 23 Apr 2021
The catastrophic aftermath of the Myanmar coup is the biggest test in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) history, said Amnesty International today, calling on the regional bloc to prioritise protecting the human rights of people in Myanmar and prevent the situation deteriorating into a human rights and humanitarian crisis.
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