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23 May 2018- NPWJ News Digest on International Criminal Justice
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MPs push for Myanmar regime to face international criminal court
The Guardian, 22 May 2018
The UK must support efforts to refer Myanmar’s regime to the international criminal court over evidence of state-sanctioned ethnic cleansing of Rohingya people and human rights abuses, according to MPs on the international development select committee.
They also called for a complete review of UK aid to Myanmar, which was worth £100m in 2018, saying the sums were agreed at the time it appeared the country was on a transition to democracy.
The committee concludes that no such transition, or any genuine peace process, is under way, adding they were barred from visiting the country to visit UK aid projects when visas were denied by Myanmar authorities at the highest level at the last minute.
Palestinians Ask I.C.C. to Open Full Inquiry Into Israel
New York Times, 22 May 2018
The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday urged the International Criminal Court to immediately carry out a full investigation into what it described as the successive and continuing Israeli crimes against Palestinians since 2014.
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‘Looking for Justice’: The Special Criminal Court, a New Opportunity for Victims in the Central African Republic
by Human Rights Watch, 17 May 2018
Special Criminal Court Makes Progress, Needs International Support
(Nairobi) – Recent violence in the Central African Republic makes the country’s new Special Criminal Court especially important as a means to offer justice to victims of brutal crimes committed during the country’s conflicts, Human Rights Watch said today. A new report by Human Rights Watch finds that the court will need more support from the United Nations and government donors to prosecute grave crimes, including widespread killings, rape and sexual violence, and destruction of homes.