The Serious Crimes Unit has met with communities in 12 districts to inform them of the closure of the serious crimes process and of the progress achieved to date.

A total of six serious crimes cases were heard by the Court of Appeal.

Meanwhile, the Serious Crimes Unit, the Defence Lawyers Unit and the Special Panels for serious crimes are finalizing the laborious process of handing over all relevant documentation related to the serious crimes process to the Timorese authorities.

States did not have a responsibility to protect people from serious crimes but rather a responsibility not to commit them.

Since my last report, the Serious Crimes Unit has made significant progress towards achieving justice for crimes committed in 1999.

(d) How the Statute would confer jurisdiction over serious crimes with an international character.

Stipulates that serious criminal offences are prosecuted ex proprio motu.

Notwithstanding these developments, the world today is still beset by violence and other forms of serious crime.

Programme I Support for the public administration and justice system of Timor Leste and for justice in the area of serious crimes

Support for the public administration and justice system of Timor Leste and for justice in the area of serious crimes

The offences of terrorism and related acts are introduced into the category of serious offences, making it impossible for release on bail to be granted.

The link between the smuggling of natural resources and other types of serious crime, such as corruption and terrorism, was also underscored.

Each State party shall make these offences punishable by appropriate penalties which take into account their grave nature.

While the scope of that Convention does not extend beyond drug related offences, it established a legal framework that has served as the basis for policy development in the area of serious crime prevention.

The unbelievable crimes. Our history grips us like a nightmare, for the crimes of the past scar the present and induce yet more crimes in the future.

In this connection, the Commission of Experts wrote to me on 29 April, to request that the liquidation of the Serious Crimes Unit be suspended and that measures be considered to safeguard the institutional knowledge of the serious crimes process until the findings of the Commission have been submitted and the Security Council has had a chance to consider them.

There are also growing fears that climate change will more adversely threaten the lives of the poor.

In this process, the ICTR will establish the guilt or innocence of the accused, bring justice to victims of the massive crimes that were committed and establish a record of facts that can aid reconciliation in Rwanda.

Also addressed were the continuing requirements for enhancing transparency and accountability, the future of the serious crimes process and the need to support marginalized groups.

The Serious Crimes Unit, the Defence Lawyers Unit and the Special Panels are preparing the handover of necessary materials to the relevant Timorese authorities.

In addition, the Serious Crimes Unit provides training to 21 national police officers and 12 national lawyers and technical staff.

As a result, more recent international instruments call on States parties to punish money laundering arising from all or most serious offences.

Tanzania is a State party to the International Criminal Court a Court established to bring to justice those accused of genocide and other serious crimes against humanity.

Azerbaijan stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), and covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups.

The indictments filed by the Serious Crimes Unit cover 572 of the estimated 1,400 murders committed in 1999.

Mr. Mehlis is a Senior Public Prosecutor for the State of Berlin and has substantial experience in investigating serious and complex crimes.

Considering the number of serious crimes it is inevitable to impose death penalty to the offenders who commit such crimes. Morocco responded that the reason why capital punishment had not been abolished for ordinary crimes was the gravity of certain criminal acts and brutality and hideousness of other acts as well .

Crime statistics show a positive trend. Low levels of serious crimes against members of minority communities are reported two Kosovo Albanians are on trial for the only case of murder of a Kosovo Serb since March 2004.

In the light of the new legislation and the reduction in the number of capital offences, she wondered whether any persons convicted under the old legislation had been given more liberal sentences.

The unbelievable crimes. Our history grips us like a nightmare, for the crimes of the past scar the present and induce yet more crimes in the future.

Many more are feared as violence among the main sectarian groups escalates.

Allowing the past to cloud our critical faculties undermines Israeli democracy, and will have further dangerous consequences in the future.

In any event, the Organized Crime Convention and United Nations Convention against Corruption call upon States parties to include a broad range of serious crimes as predicate offences.

Chile also stated that its legislation covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and did not require an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Subsequently, international standards and frameworks first developed under the Convention have been extended to apply to all serious crimes.

A number of cases, which have been referred to the Serious Crimes Unit by the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation, involve serious crimes and are thus deemed unsuitable for reconciliation processes.

Another result will be less criminal recidivism and ongoing drug abuse by drug abusing offenders committing property and other serious crimes.

Council members are appalled by the serious crimes committed in Darfur in violation of international law, described in the report of the International Commission of Inquiry.

Its task would be to conduct a thorough assessment of the progress made in the processes involving the Ad Hoc Human Rights Tribunal in Jakarta, on the one hand, and the Serious Crimes Unit and the Special Panels for serious crimes in Dili, on the other, and to make appropriate recommendations to me.

As directed by the Security Council in paragraph 8 of its resolution 1543 (2004), the Serious Crimes Unit ended all investigations on 30 November 2004.

It is thus essential that all those responsible for the serious crimes committed in 1999 be held accountable, and that justice be done in the appropriate manner.

The independent expert hopes that the establishment of the Truth Commission will shed more light on these and other crimes.

She recalls that her son was shown on national television during the investigation i.e. before any determination of his guilt by a court and was forced publicly to confess his guilt for several serious crimes.

Indeed, NATO s withdrawal plan is likely to lead to a realignment of ethnic forces, and thus to greater volatility.

While the Government is still developing future plans for the serious crimes process, UNMISET has taken preliminary measures to assist it in addressing the issues.