Originally published on the CGS blog on September 23, 2007.
From the Guardian Unlimited:
The new leadership of the United Nations is facing a defiant challenge from within one of its few recent successes – the war crimes tribunal in The Hague – over who will steer the epic trials towards their close.
Prosecution lawyers at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) – trying Europe’s bloodiest war criminals since the Nazis – fear a backstage deal has been struck between new UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon over an appointment of a successor to chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, who leaves in December. Senior Hague lawyers say they are ready to quit over the issue.
Looks like the SecGen is yet again in hot water with should-be-friends. Stay tuned for more on this developing story.
