Al-Ahram Weekly Online
12 - 18 July 2001
Issue No.542
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International humanitarian law seems to be "growing teeth." But are these real cracks that we see in Israel's long-entrenched immunity? Amira Howeidy sheds light on the unprecedented prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon before a Belgian court, and explores the limits of international justice where Israeli crimes of war are concerned
Kids with arms
Crime and punishment
Al-Ahram Weekly sounds out the legal eagles

Against the gray
An Arab lobby in the heart of Europe? Yes, and it's working

The case
In an interview with Al-Ahram Weekly, Sherif Bassiouni, who helped bring Milosevic to justice, explains some of the legal aspects of the case against Sharon


The force of law, not the law of force
Why is Ariel Sharon not being tried for crimes against humanity? Nur Farahat proposes a strategy

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