Banks over the past ten years the work of the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia icty or international tribunal has significantly advanced the field of international humanitarian law. Io e i criminali di guerra is a book written by carla del ponte, published in april 2008. Within the united nations system, she is a former chief prosecutor of two united nations international criminal tribunals. Escape is also a form of selfdetermination swiss life. Carla del ponte feels vindicated by kosovo report swi. Carla del ponte won international recognition as switzerlands attorney general. Carla del ponte madame prosecutor books and arts the. Pinheiro, a brazilian political scientist, his fellow commissioners are karen abuzayd of the united states, a longtime united nations diplomat, and carla del ponte of switzerland, a. Global research centre for research on globalization. The twoway the states in the security council dont want justice, carla del ponte told the swiss publication blick.
Ms del ponte, a swiss prosecutor, was appointed to the tribunal in the. Carla del ponte born february 9, 1947 is a former chief prosecutor of two united nations international criminal law tribunals. Me and the war criminals, was published in italian. Euobserver held off on publication until 10 january 2011 while awaiting a response to interview requests from mr marty, swiss diplomat carla del ponte who in 2008 wrote a book about the yellow house, a building in albania where organ trafficking crimes are said to have taken place and serb president boris tadic. We have no power as long as the unsc does nothing, she said. In 1999, she answered the united nations call to become the chief prosecutor of the international criminal. Carla del ponte is a swiss and international prosecutor and diplomat. The international justice and the search for justice. Fed up with security council, veteran prosecutor del ponte to. Del ponte ordered to return to argentina and forget about.
According to del ponte she received information saying about 300 serbs were kidnapped and transferred to. Carla del ponte, her hands and handwriting franco tettamanti. Within the united nations system, she is a former chief prosecutor of. Leading syria officials guilty of war crimes, must be brought to icc. Del ponte investigated and prosecuted cases of money laundering, terrorism, arms smuggling and espionage, and other facets of organized transnational crime. Carla del ponte born february 9, 1947 is a former chief prosecutor of two united nations. Her retrospective of four years in the hague angela m. Testimony from victims strongly suggests it was the rebels, not the syrian government, that used sarin nerve gas during a recent incident in the revolutionwracked nation, a senior u. Theres evidence that some of the rebels battling against the regime of syrian president bashar assad may have used the nerve agent sarin, united nations investigator carla del ponte has told the swiss news media. It is a relentless, sometimes understandably angry book, and an important. Confrontations with humanitys worst criminals and the culture of impunity by del ponte, carla, sudetic, chuck isbn. Apr 11, 2008 former war crimes prosecutor alleges kosovan army harvested organs from serb prisoners.
The ladys not a pushover international the economist. By steven edwards national post september 17, 2003. Carla del ponte tells swissinfo about the ups and downs of her time as chief prosecutor of the international criminal tribunal for the former. Find authors like carla del ponte from the worlds largest community of readers. There is no way tocushion the disappointment and sense of anticlimax, writes carla del ponte, the former chief prosecutor of the uns. Carla del ponte blames the rebels for chemical weapons. Carla del ponte was chief prosecutor of the united nations international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia from 1999 to 2007 and chief prosecutor of the united nations international criminal tribunal for rwanda from 1999 to 2003. Carla del ponte won international recognition as switzerlands at. United nations prosecutor carla del ponte has told swiss news outlets that theres evidence pointing at the opposition, not the assad regime.
Carla del ponte born february 9, 1947 in lugano, switzerland was a chief prosecutor of two united nations international criminal law tribunals. By gaby ochsenbein del ponte war crimes book stirs. There she grew up with her parents and three brothers, who owned a hotel. Uns carla del ponte says there is evidence rebels may. A former swiss attorney general, she was appointed prosecutor for the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia icty and the international criminal tribunal for rwanda ictr in august 1999, replacing louise arbour. Del ponte admitted that she made these statements before she had even read the judgment of the icty appeals chamber. Aug 07, 2017 carla del pontes resignation raises issues about how war crimes are to be investigated if a security council member decides to use veto. Bbc news carla del ponte stupefied by syrian opposition. Carla del ponte afp the allegations are macabre and shocking. Aug 08, 2017 war crimes expert carla del ponte resigns from u. By shaun waterman the washington times monday, may 6, 20. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. In 1981, del ponte was appointed an investigating magistrate, and later public prosecutor at the lugano district attorneys office. Syrian chemical weapons attack carried out by rebels, says.
Syrian rebels used sarin nerve gas, not assads regime. As an investigating magistrate and public prosecutor in switzerland, ms. Former war crimes prosecutor alleges kosovan army harvested. Goodreads members who like carla del ponte also like. Uns del ponte says evidence syria rebels used sarin. Syrian cooperation with war crimes investigation reduced to.
According to del ponte she received information saying about 300 serbs were kidnapped and transferred to albania in 1999 where their organs were extracted. Images carladelpontepremiumspeakersphilippe rossierblick. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. After reading madame prosecutor i am more convinced than ever that the international criminal tribunal at the hague, run by the united nations and for which carla del ponte was the chief prosecutor for crimes against humanity committed in rwanda and yugoslavia, is not the best way or even a very good way to go after war criminals. She rose to prominence as a swiss attorney general when she was appointed chief prosecutor at the international criminal court in the hague, which brought her to international attention. Our investigators have been in neighbouring countries interviewing victims. Cynics argue that because the united nations was unable to stop the carnage in. In the closing days of the kosovo conflict, hundreds of civilians were allegedly kidnapped by kosovo liberation army uck guerrillas and transported to neighboring albania. What the diplomats did not expect was carla del pontes determination to bring. United nations security council resolution 1503, adopted unanimously on 28 august 2003, after recalling resolutions 827 1993, 955 1994, 978 1995, 1165 1998, 1166 1998, 29 2000, 1411 2002, 1431 2002 and 1481 2003, the council decided to split the prosecutorial duties of the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia icty and the international.
Carla del ponte won international recognition as switzerlands attorney general when she pursued cases against the sicilian mafia. Uns carla del ponte stupefied by syrian opposition sarin use these reports were simply ignored by the entire western media and hidden behind the massive false flag chemical weapon attack several months later in 20, in outer damascus. Dec 11, 2007 carla del ponte has been nicknamed the new gestapo, the whore, the unguided missile and the personification of stubbornness. Join facebook to connect with carla del ponte and others you may know. Fed up with security council, veteran prosecutor del ponte.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Del ponte investigated and prosecuted cases of money laundering, terrorism, arms smuggling and. Ms del pontes spokeswoman told the bbc news website that the vatican had refused to help in the search for him, despite being in a position to do so. Allegations of organ trafficking in del ponte memoir spark. Carla del ponte was born in 1947 in ticino, switzerland. She investigated war crimes in the former yugoslavia and rwanda between 1999 and 2007. Aug 06, 2017 warcrimes prosecutor, frustrated at u. Carla del ponte luganu, 9 di frivaru 1947, e na magistrata elvetica biografia. In 1999, she answered the united nations call to become the chief prosecutor of the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia and for rwanda. Del ponte ordered to return to argentina and forget about her book s launch. News fed up with security council, veteran prosecutor del ponte to quit syria probe. May 06, 20 syrian rebels used sarin nerve gas, not assads regime. Del ponte warns eu against resuming talks with serbia. Sep 20, 2005 carla del ponte, chief prosecutor for war crimes in the former yugoslavia, has said she believes gen ante gotovina is hiding in a monastery in croatia.
Her work contributed to the indictment, arrest, or prosecution of dozens of persons accused of genocide and other war crimes, including slobodan milosevic. Del ponte is a swiss and international prosecutor and diplomat. Carla del ponte has spoken out about her forced exit as chief united nations prosecutor for the rwanda genocide court, saying the world body gave in to pressure from paul kagame, the countrys president, who objected to her investigations of members of his political organization. Interview with david greene putting blame on all sides of the syrian conflict. According to the del pontes book the prosecutors office received information from. What the diplomats did not expect was carla del pontes. Documents syrian war crimes, but prosecution moves. What the diplomats did not expect was carla del pontes determination to bring the perpetrators to justice and to end the culture of impunity. Del ponte served as swiss ambassador to argentina from 2008 to february 2011.
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