Over the weekend, Bill Keller wrote an opinion piece in the NYT which laid out a somewhat alarming update on the next generation of drones – smart drones: robotic intelligent life that make decisions on when, who and how hard… Read More ›
Justice & Human Rights 
Changing Legal Context of Torture: US Policies Raise Legal and Ethical Questions Concerning the Use of Torture to Gain Intelligence and Information
The most unlikely consequence of 9/11 has been the astounding change in the US policy on torture and the use of torture to gain access to information and intelligence. Not long ago, the US was the champion of human rights… Read More ›
UN Human Rights Council Investigation into Houla Massacre – Official Report
Remarkable that this is a very balanced and well investigated report despite the fact that all that violence is going on where the panel and the members had to investigate. This raises the question why civilians could carry out the… Read More ›
More Evidence of Rwanda’s Support to Rebel to Destabilize Eastern DRC
allAfrica.com: Congo-Kinshasa: More Evidence of Rwandas Rebel Support. Read this article please. Finally, the Addendum to the last Report of the Group of Experts (also attached below) has been allowed to be published and disseminated widely after two months of… Read More ›
The ICTR: Has the work of the Prosecution Ensured Reconciliation Amongst the Tutsis and Hutus in Rwanda?
Yesterday I was privileged to listen to a presentation by the ICTR President and Presiding Judge Vagn Joensen of Denmark at the New York Bar Association. I was impressed with his modesty and his wizard legal mind that has contributed… Read More ›
Sudans conflict with South Sudan cuts both ways
Sudans conflict with South Sudan cuts both ways. I wish I did not have to make this observation but the next generation of Africa’s wars will be serious in that they address deeply entrenched divisions between nations and neighbors. Some… Read More ›
Justice in the DRC: Arrest Bosco Ntaganda Now!
During the last two days, Bosco has deserted his post and the command structure of the FARDC and is establishing an alternative military command in Goma with the support of 3 FARDC integrated battalions made up of ex-CNDP and PARECO… Read More ›
IPI Global Observatory – Change of Guard at Pakistan’s ISI: Some Implications
This brief is really lacking any strategic recommendations or the observation that ISI under the new leadership of General Islam should be controlled and bought into civilian oversight. For too long this organization has supported the rise of extremist terrorist… Read More ›
Justice in the DRC: Arrest Bosco Ntaganda
Bosco is a war criminal who is responsible for the tortured death of thousands of Congolese men, women and children. He continues to operate as a CNDP General integrated and protected by the FARDC (the national Congolese Army) and even… Read More ›
Justice in the DRC: ICC Charge Sheet for Germain Katanga and Ngudjolo Chui
One of the largest massacres in recorded human history occurred in Zaire between 1994 and 2004, when as many as 5 million Congolese were killed in a regional war. One of the most violent theatres of conflict was in Kisangani… Read More ›
Summary of the official ICC Verdict on Thomas Lubanga
This is the official summary verdict of the judgement passed on Thomas Lubanga after six(6) years investigation: Lubanga_Judgment_Summary_14_March_2012
ICC Indictment List – 2012
Please see attached document for the full ICC indictment list and associated information: ICC List
The Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols: Do They Still Work for The New Wars We Face Today?
The Geneva Conventions were conceived in the 19th century as a response to centuries of war in Europe, and to the birth of the humanitarian imperative in the minds of man. They gave birth to the spirit and body of… Read More ›
