Commentary

US Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen Rapp, in a recent interview while visiting Rwanda, said he had no evidence of mass killings or rapes perpetrated by the M23 Congolese rebel group and would, as such, not be bringing any charges against them at this point in time.

The trial, conviction, and suspended death sentence of Gu Kailai, the wife of purged Chinese leader Bo Xilai, has called into question not only China’s legal system, but the very unity of the Communist Party leadership.