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SUDAN
Khartoum dismisses ICC arrest warrant for Sudan's president
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir (pictured) for his alleged involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. It is the first ICC warrant for a sitting head of state.
SUDAN
ICC to rule on Bashir arrest warrant
The International Criminal Court will decide on Wednesday whether to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir (pictured). ICC prosecutors accuse Bashir of ordering a campaign of genocide in Darfur.
SERBIA
Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic refuses to plead charges
Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic has refused to plead to charges against him of genocide and crimes against humanity. The UN's Yugoslav war crimes court entered a plea of "not guilty" on his behalf.
SUDAN
ICC claims 'strong evidence' against Sudan's Bashir
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Tuesday that he had "strong evidence" against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes in Darfur. ICC judges will shortly decide on whether to seek Bashir's arrest.
SERBIA
Former Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic faces new charges in UN court
Radovan Karadzic, arrested in July 2008, will be asked to plead on Tuesday to an amended version of the charges against him. He will appear at the UN court judging Yugoslav war crimes on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
KOSOVO - THE HAGUE
Former Serbian premier Milutinovic cleared of war crimes
The UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague has acquitted former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic (pictured) of war crimes in the 1998-9 Kosovo conflict. He and five others were accused of the deportation and murder of ethnic Albanians.
KOSOVO
Former Serb premier Milutinovic awaits war crimes judgement
The United Nation's tribunal for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia is set to issue a verdict Thursday on the former Serb president, Milan Milutinovic (pictured), for his role in the 1998-9 Kosovo conflict.
SIERRA LEONE
UN court convicts three accused war criminals
The UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone passed guilty verdicts on Wednesday for three commanders of the Revolutionary United Front accused of war crimes during the 1991-2001 civil war in Sierra Leone
CAMBODIA
Lawyers argue over atrocity film in Khmer Rouge trial
Lawyers for 'Comrade Duch' were arguing on Wednesday over the use of Vietnamese film evidence of the 'S-21' prison, overseen by former prison director Duch, the first Khmer Rouge leader on international trial. More than 15,000 people died there.
18/02/2009 - THE FRANCE 24 INTERVIEW

Robert Badinter, former French justice minister

As the trial of Kaing Guek Eav - aka Duch - opens in Cambodia, FRANCE 24's Sylvain Attal speaks to the former French Justice Minister Robert Badinter, a close follower of international efforts to bring the perpetrators of genocides to justice.
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