Rhona Scullion

Rhona Scullion is a Scottish writer and reporter who works as a prison law advocate in Nottingham, England. She writes on a variety of human rights and British political topics, often on women's issues. Having previously worked in Hong Kong and Peru, she has written for the Women News Network and UNA-UK, among others. Scullion has a joint honors bachelor's degree in English literature and modern history from the University of St. Andrews and a postgraduate law degree from Nottingham Law School. She passed the English bar exam in 2017.

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UN Peacekeepers Murdered on Duty Die in Obscurity

October 29, 2018

by Rhona Scullion

In the early morning of Tuesday, April 3, 2018, a temporary United Nations peacekeeping base in the village of Tagbara, in the Central African Republic, was attacked by rebel militia groups. One peacekeeper was killed and 11 others were injured in the fighting. Soon after, the UN also discovered the bodies of 21 civilians, …

Africa, ICC, UN Peacekeeping

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Is Global Cooperation Over? Midwesterners Assess the Trends

May 8, 2017

by Keith Porter

We stand on the shoulders of those who created the international order, which has prevented world war for more than 70 years. “American leaders who laid foundations of the contemporary world order envisioned a world in which all peoples might pursue shared peace, prosperity and dignity. They hoped to forge a global community under …

ICC, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, US Foreign Relations, WORLDVIEWS

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Checking on the Health of the International Criminal Court

December 8, 2016

by Dulcie Leimbach

THE HAGUE — At the glassy, eco-minded new building of the International Criminal Court here in the Netherlands’ capital, people who are being tried may still be called “detainees,” but make no mistake: they remain accused of such atrocities as murder, torture and child-soldier recruitment as well as gang-raping women and girls. It’s business …

Africa, Child Soldiers, Gender-Based Violence, ICC, International Justice

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South African Decision to Quit the ICC Draws Critics in Africa and Beyond

October 24, 2016

by Barbara Crossette

South Africa’s announcement on Oct. 21 that it intends to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, which has jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, has met strong opposition from civil society groups in that country and other African and international human-rights organizations. Africa has played major roles in the independent court, …

Africa, ICC, International Justice

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Palestinians Sign the International Court Treaty, Hoping to See Israel Tried

January 2, 2015

by Dulcie Leimbach

The Palestinians have deposited copies of the legal instruments to join the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the world’s single permanent judicial body to try war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. If Palestine is accepted as a member of the court, it will be the 123rd state party to do so. Until now, …

ICC, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Security Council, US Foreign Relations

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Palestinians Move Fast to Join the ICC as Bid for Full Statehood Fails at the UN

December 31, 2014

by Dulcie Leimbach

The Palestinians’ failed proposal to formally establish a state and end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by late 2017 through a vote in the United Nations Security Council on Dec. 30 continued to reflect the immense influence of the United States on the Palestinians’ ability to assert themselves through the world body. The …

ICC, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Security Council, US Foreign Relations

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New Protocols and Policies Tackle Sexual Violence in War

June 19, 2014

by Dulcie Leimbach

As Sunni Muslim extremists first seized strategic cities in Iraq last week, and a United Nations spokesman for the human-rights high commissioner, Navi Pillay, said that rapes had been part of the mayhem, leaving four female victims dead from suicide, the first global conference to end such heinous crimes took place in London. There, …

Child Soldiers, Gender-Based Violence, ICC, International Justice, Women

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Congolese Rebel Leader Faces Broad Charges of Sex Crimes

February 13, 2014

by Dulcie Leimbach

The first step to possibly try Bosco Ntaganda, a Congolese warlord born in Rwanda, for war crimes and crimes against humanity, began recently at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Ntaganda, who turned himself in to the court last year by going to the United States Embassy in Rwanda, allegedly committed the crimes …

Africa, Child Soldiers, Gender-Based Violence, ICC, International Justice, Women

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ICC Prosecutor Asks to Postpone Trial Against Kenyan President

December 19, 2013

by Dulcie Leimbach

Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, has asked for a three-month postponement in the trial for the case against the president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta. The trial, already postponed several times, was to have started on Feb. 5, 2014. Kenyatta was accused of being an indirect …

Africa, ICC, International Justice

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The International Criminal Court Fends Off ‘Ferocious’ Attack, Prosecutor Says

September 28, 2013

by Alice Speri

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor – Fatou Bensouda – was busy in New York this week, rallying support for the court on the sidelines of the 68th United Nations General Assembly annual debate. The Gambia native, who succeeded Luis Moreno-Ocampo, an Argentine, to head the prosecutor’s office, talked exclusively to PassBlue about her …

Africa, Human Rights, ICC, International Justice, Middle East, Security Council

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Nobody Wants This Bosnian Serb War Criminal

September 17, 2013

by Sierra Ortega

Radislav Krstic was indicted on Oct. 30, 1998, by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for his role in the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Krstic was the deputy commander and chief of staff of the Bosnian Serb Army from October 1994 to July 1995, when he was promoted to major …

ICC, International Justice

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UN War Crimes Archives Trove Released to International Court

July 24, 2013

by Sierra Ortega

The International Criminal Court has just acquired a huge trove of nearly all the unrestricted records of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and is now making them available to the public. The records include more than 2,240 documents, totaling about 22,000 pages of meeting minutes, working documents, research documents and war crimes trial …

Asia, ICC, International Justice, Women

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Rape as a Weapon of War? It’s Still in Business

July 8, 2013

by Dulcie Leimbach

The newest United Nations Security Council resolution that continues to build a stronger framework to prevent and end sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations sends a strong signal that such offenses will be punished as war crimes under international law. The resolution, agreed by a unanimous vote after difficult negotiations, passed on June …

ICC, International Justice, Peace and Security, Security Council, Women

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Notorious African Rebel Lands in International Court Hands

March 22, 2013

by Dulcie Leimbach

Bosco Ntaganda, whom the United States calls “one of the most notorious and brutal rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” has arrived at the International Criminal Court in The Hague after being transported by court officials from Rwanda. Ntaganda is a Congolese warlord who has been operating with impunity in eastern Congo …

Africa, Child Soldiers, ICC

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Guatemala’s Role on the Security Council, as Viewed by Its Ambassador

March 5, 2013

by Dulcie Leimbach

Gert Rosenthal does not sound like a Spanish name, but the mother of Rosenthal, the Guatemalan ambassador to the United Nations, was born there and his father was German. To complicate matters, “a little accident happened,” he said, as his parents, Florence and Ludwig, left Germany in the 1930s, and Rosenthal was born in …

ICC, Security Council, UN Diplomats

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Rhona Scullion

Rhona Scullion

UN Peacekeepers Murdered on Duty Die in Obscurity

Is Global Cooperation Over? Midwesterners Assess the Trends

Checking on the Health of the International Criminal Court

South African Decision to Quit the ICC Draws Critics in Africa and Beyond

Palestinians Sign the International Court Treaty, Hoping to See Israel Tried

Palestinians Move Fast to Join the ICC as Bid for Full Statehood Fails at the UN

New Protocols and Policies Tackle Sexual Violence in War

Congolese Rebel Leader Faces Broad Charges of Sex Crimes

ICC Prosecutor Asks to Postpone Trial Against Kenyan President

The International Criminal Court Fends Off ‘Ferocious’ Attack, Prosecutor Says

Nobody Wants This Bosnian Serb War Criminal

UN War Crimes Archives Trove Released to International Court

Rape as a Weapon of War? It’s Still in Business

Notorious African Rebel Lands in International Court Hands

Guatemala’s Role on the Security Council, as Viewed by Its Ambassador

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