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Furthermore, it is obvious that this unacknowledged detention for one week can only be applied to persons who have been captured on the battlefield in a situation of armed conflict.

In August 2011, Mr. Mukulu’s residence [...]

He also noted that “the majority of the detainees brought to Romania were, according to our sources, extracted ‘out of [the] theater of conflict’.

[...] [...] protected by the Geneva Conventions, irrespective of whether they had been captured on the battlefield during what could be qualified as an armed conflict in terms of international humanitarian law.

[...] [...] killed, injured or captured by the armed [...]

There were reported cases of children captured by the Government/AMISOM forces on the front line, as well as children who defected, many of whom were recruited from areas other than Mogadishu to fight for the armed insurgent groups.

The Panel compared the names of the January 2012 detainees with those who had arrived in Youbor, River Gee County, in May 2011, and who were not apprehended by the LNP.

Other activities to raise awareness of the LRA issue included a press conference on the report of the Secretary-General and public statements on the handling of captured LRA commanders.

[...] [...] the two new arrestees, Ndahimana and Nizeyimana; the conclusion of the part-heard trials; the renewal of our requests for the referral of cases to Rwanda in early 2010 for trial; the commencement of rule 71 bis evidence preservation proceedings in respect of three top-level fugitives; and the intensification of our tracking efforts to apprehend and transfer to the ICTR the remaining [...]

This relates in particular to ensuring the arrests of the remaining fugitives, the possible referral of cases to national jurisdictions, the transfer of convicts for the enforcement of their sentence, and the relocation of acquitted persons and persons who have served their sentence.

[...] [...] use of captured ships and dhows as “mother ships”, often retaining the captured crews on board as human shields.

In December 2009, the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Kenya signed a memorandum of understanding on the transfer of suspected pirates captured in Somali waters.

In fact, in 2007, a 20-year-old woman, whose mother is an Israeli-Arab from Kfar Qasem and whose father is Palestinian, was caught — merely 12 minutes before exploding herself in a restaurant in Israel — using a bomb that was stored during the previous night, in the home of a relative in Kfar Qasem.

The above-mentioned ruling has been appealed by the current United States administration, even though Judge Bates noted that habeas rights extend neither to Afghan detainees held at Bagram, nor to Afghans seized in other countries and rendered to Bagram.

Before such measures are taken, it may be necessary for further research and analysis to be carried out to consider the actual demand for prosecutions in these States, which is likely to be generated by requests for the transfer of suspects apprehended at sea by naval forces.

[...] [...] who had been seized in other countries and rendered [...] [...]

Such information was gathered by Human Rights Watch from prisoners from the Armenian army captured by Azerbaijan and from Armenian soldiers in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.

A further key step in opening the way for naval States to transfer suspects apprehended at sea to Somalia would be the building of new prisons in Somaliland and Puntland to provide a total of 1,000 prison spaces that complied with international standards.

The prosecution of suspected pirates apprehended off the coast of Somalia is an important element of effective counter-piracy measures.

The initial reports of the operation are positive, with 27 FDLR cadres with 12 automatic rifles and ammunition surrendering at Pinga on the first day, and three FDLR cadres, with firearms, being apprehended on the second day in Luvingi.

[...] [...] of the crime (double incrimination [...] [...]

the need for a comprehensive, effective and coordinated response to tackle those threats and challenges and their possible links with other serious forms of transnational organized crime, including by investigating and prosecuting suspects captured at sea, as well as anyone who incites or intentionally facilitates piracy operations, including key figures of criminal networks involved in piracy who plan, organize, facilitate, finance or profit from such attacks, and preventing the financing of acts of maritime piracy and the laundering of its proceeds

With the capture of this terrorist, who was listed by Cuba through INTERPOL for his direct ties to the terrorist attacks on Havana hotels in 1997, it was possible to foil other terrorist plots in which he was involved, which were aimed at destabilizing the constitutional order in Venezuela.

Ildephonse Nizeyimana, former second-in-command in charge of intelligence and military operations at the École des sous-officiers, was arrested on 5 October 2009 in Uganda and transferred to Arusha one day later.

[...] for apprehending Mr. Mladić, and we welcome President Tadić’s statement about his country’s commitment to apprehending the [...]

Ordered a comprehensive review of the lawful options available to the Federal Government with respect to detention of individuals captured or apprehended in connection with armed conflicts and counterterrorism operations.

Particularly noteworthy in this connection is the work of Working Group 2 on legal and judicial issues and the prosecution of pirates, chaired by the Government of Denmark, in which issues related to jurisdiction over the prosecution of captured pirates are discussed.

The military action did not completely eliminate the FPR threat, however, as the FPR leader was not captured and some elements of the armed group continued attacking Government forces and civilians in neighbouring prefectures.

This is a most important development that accords with the emphasis of the Security Council in its resolution 2015 (2011) on the need to prosecute not only suspects captured at sea, but also the key figures of the criminal networks who organize and profit from piracy attacks.