Five Stories You May Have Missed This Week
Posted by Carine Umuhumuza on May 31, 2013
Here at Enough, we often swap emails with interesting articles and
feature stories that we come across in our favorite publications and
on our favorite websites. We wanted to share some of these stories
with you as part of our effort to keep you up to date on what you need
to know in the world of anti-genocide and crimes against humanity
work.
On May 29, the United Nations recognized the International Day of
United Nations Peacekeepers to honor peacekeepers who fallen in the
line of duty. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated:
“Whatever the cause of death, we honour all fallen peacekeepers
for their sacrifice, courage and selfless service on behalf the United
Nations… our blue helmets bring hope to millions of people in some of
the most troubled parts of the world.”
Following visits to the region, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim
published an op-ed in the Huffington Post pledging his lasting
commitment to the region, urging the need to jump-start development
programs to bolster wider peace efforts, and promising to join forces
with the U.N.
On May 30, the Ugandan government allowed the Daily Monitor and Red
Pepper journalists to return to work after a ten-day shutdown of the
newspapers after the Monitor published a letter. The letter, leaked to
it by General David Sejusa, on May 7 alleged that the government was
planning to assassinate senior army officers and government officials
opposed to President Yoweri Museveni's son succeeding his father as
head of state. (Read the timeline of events on the Enough Project
Storify here.)
The Leitner Center at Fordham Law School recently published a report,
“International Criminal Tribunals: A Visual Overview” (PDF), that
offers a comprehensive look at international criminal tribunals in
Rwanda, Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, and Lebanon. The author,
Daniel McLaughlin, writes:
There is wide awareness, though little true understanding, of the
work of the international criminal tribunals. This publication seeks
to redress this knowledge gap by providing well-researched and
accessible information for those wishing to more fully understand the
international criminal tribunals and the conflicts over which they
have jurisdiction.
This week,Christopher Keith Hill, passed away after a battle with
cancer. Hill, a longtime human rights champion, was a key component of
the successful campaign to create the International Criminal Court and
was instrumental in creating a strong, effective and independent ICC.
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