Commentary
1. Introduction The use of drones (or unmanned aerial vehicles –UAVs) is a dangerous weapon of choice for the developed countries, particularly the United States of America, the United Kingdom and their allies, in international armed Conflicts (IAC) or non-international {...}
Articles
1. Introduction Political terrorism is generally understood as the use of terror to achieve political objectives. The terror strategies and tactics include kidnapping or murder of politicians and industrialists, hijacking or destruction of air planes with its passengers and crews, {...}
Essays
Can the Label ‘Law’ Apply to Statutes as Amoral as those Imposed by Dictators? Obote Odora* Abstract: Should the judicial system use the label “law” to apply to rules as amoral as ‘decrees issued by military juntas’ or other bad, {...}
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By Dr. Obote Odora Chief of Appeals and Legal Advisory Division Office of the Prosecutor – ICTR Introduction Within the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTR (OTP), the Appeals and Legal Advisory Division (ALAD) is responsible for the conduct {...}
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INTRODUCTION The last fifteen years witnessed significant development in international criminal law. This progress was possible because of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) jurisprudence. The paper evaluates the normative {...}
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1. Introduction Within a few months after the invasion of Rwanda by the Rwanda Patriotic Front (“RPF”) in October of 1990, President Habyarimana and his senior advisors knew that the RPF had been reduced by losses during the first months {...}
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Research Project ‘International Criminal Procedure: In Search of General Rules and Principles’ Funded by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Supervised by Professor Dr. G.K. Sluiter Field Research, ICTR, Arusha, Tanzania, May-June 2008 Interviewers: Karel De Meester and Sergey {...}
Books
PUBLICATIONS Hybrid Courts: Lesson from Rwanda and Sierra Leone (Freedom World Publishers, Stocholm 2021) How Gangster Regimes Undermined Justice in Uganda (Freedom World Publishers, Stockholm, 2018) Uganda: Confronting Impunity Through Accountability (Freedom World Publishers, Stockholm, 2015) The Judging of War {...}
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International criminal law is a product of the convergence of two different legal disciplines: the criminal aspects of international law and the international aspects of national criminal law. The two disciplines, while complementary, are also co-extensive and separate. Further, the {...}
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President Yoweri Museveni’s New Year address was a study in presidential hubris. Arrogant, insulting and condescending, and consistent with his past behaviour, President Museveni blamed ‘internal enemies of Uganda’ for his many failures without taking personal responsibility for failing Ugandans. {...}