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- German President to Visit Sierra Leone December 6.
- TANZANIA: Uphold international justice, official says
- Libyan-based International Islamic Call Society holds conference in…

German President to Visit Sierra Leone December 6.
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 26, 2004
German President to Visit Sierra Leone December 6. | Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (November, 2004).

TANZANIA: Uphold international justice, official says
IRINnews.org – Nov 26, 2004
“We should now accept that large-scale brutal violations of human rights such as occurred on the level the world witnessed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia cannot be effectively dealt with through national systems or other quasi-criminal international procedures. The International penal sanction and option must be retained,” he said. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo and the prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, David Crane, are among 80 international judiciary experts attending the colloquium, whose theme is “Challenges of International Criminal Justice”. Jallow called for increased support for international justice systems to facilitate investigations, apprehension and transfer of suspects. “It [international justice] must be applied to hold those bearing the greatest responsibility as the ICTR, ICTY and Special Court for Sierra Leone have done in the case of former heads of state, heads of government, cabinet ministers, heads of local government and leaders of the military,” he said. “International criminal justice is, despite all its constraints, challenges and shortcomings, is viable and feasible,” he added. “It is necessary if peace and justice is to be maintained.

Libyan-based International Islamic Call Society holds conference in…
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–> COPYRIGHT 2004 Financial Times Ltd. (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Libyan TV was intercepted at 1705 gmt and was observed to be relaying live the opening session of the 7th general conference of Islamic call. The session was attended by the president of Sierra Leone, Filipino vice-president, ministers, religious personalities from various countries, international.