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COUNCIL MEETING - 5 DECEMBER 2007 MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, CIVIC OFFICES, ANGEL STREET, BRIDGEND ON WEDNESDAY, 5 DECEMBER 2007 AT 3.00PM Present: Councillor C Westwood - Deputy Mayor in the Chair Councillors Councillors Councillors Councillors D T Anderson E P Foley G C Lewis M L Simmonds M M Bertorelli R M Granville W May S B Smith D A D Brett D T Greaves C J Michaelides J C Spanswick R D L Burns C A Green BA L C Morgan W H C Teesdale C Y Butcher P A Hacking M E J Nott G Thomas D Buttle J J Hipkiss L Phillips M Thomas H J David C E Hughes B I Quennell M C Voisey A E Davies R G Hughes M Quick K Watkins G Davies K S Hunt J Radford M C Wilkins L Davies M Inglesant K T Rowlands H M Williams P A Evans C J James D Sage M Winter W B Evans R D Jenkins OFFICERS J Farrar - Chief Executive G Moss - Executive Director - Resources R-G Jones - Executive Director - Environment H Anthony - Executive Director - Learning T Garthwaite - Executive Director - Strategic Change A Jolley - Director of Legal and Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer L Fradd - Director of Regeneration S Cooper - Acting Assistant Director - Adult Services A Evans - Substance Misuse Development Manager G P Jones - Principal Cabinet and Committee Officer M A Galvin - Senior Cabinet and Committee Officer 947 FORMER COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCILLOR L J JENKINS The Deputy Mayor stated that it was her sad duty to announce, that former County Borough Councillor and Mayor Mr Lyn Jenkins had recently passed away. The funeral of Mr Jenkins was to be held tomorrow at 10.00am in the Margam Crematorium. All those present stood silently as a mark of respect to ex - Councillor Lyn Jenkins. 576 COUNCIL MEETING - 5 DECEMBER 2007 948 MINUTES OF A PREVIOUS MEETING RESOLVED: That the minutes of an ordinary meeting of Council dated 7 November 2007 be received and approved as a true and accurate record. 949 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from the following Members/Officers, for the reasons stated:- Councillor M Gregory - Unwell Councillor M Jones - Hospital appointment Councillor K R T Deere - Holiday Councillor E McIIveen - Holiday Councillor H J David - Work commitments Councillor C Rees - Work commitments Mr J Wrangham - Hospital 950 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None. 951 ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM DIGNITARIES The Deputy Mayor 1. The Mayor The Deputy Mayor announced that the Mayor had a hospital appointment today and could therefore not Chair the meeting. She added however, that the treatment for her illness was progressing well. 2. Mr Liam Ronan The Deputy Mayor stated that Mr Ronan, Public Relations Officer screened his first film this week on ITV entitled "What goes on Tour". This was one of just six scripts to be chosen from a hundred entries. The comedy film had been made in conjunction with the Authority"s It"s my shout scheme. 3. Staff Congratulations The Deputy Mayor confirmed it was her pleasure to announce that Sally Hughes, Corporate Solicitor in the Legal and Democratic Services Directorate, had attained the Law Society"s Diploma in Local Government Law and Practice. Charlotte Branford of the Cabinet and Committee Services Section had also gained an MA (Distinction) in English Literature. Members congratulated both of the above staff upon their achievements. 577 COUNCIL MEETING - 5 DECEMBER 2007 4. Planning and Development Committee Site Inspections The Deputy Mayor announced that full Committee Site Inspections involving Members, scheduled for tomorrow morning had, with the consent of Group Leaders and appropriate Officers, been re-scheduled for tomorrow afternoon (2.00pm at Penyfai and 2.50pm at Ogmore Vale). The reason for the changes were made so as to allow Members, if they so wished, to attend the funeral of former County Borough Councillor Lyn Jenkins. Cabinet Member - Environment Councillor Voisey announced that Members may wish to consider an alternative to giving Christmas cards this year, and give donations instead to NSPCC and Childline. Further details could be obtained from Leadership support and are shown on the Members lounge notice board. Chief Executive The Chief Executive advised Members that today an appointment had been made to the vacant post of Assistant Chief Executive Corporate Development and Partnerships. The successful candidate who was well known to Members, was Mr Dave Macgregor. 952 LEADER"S REPORT 1. Kenfig National Nature Reserve The Leader announced that the new building at Kenfig Nature Reserve which had been officially opened by the naturalist Iolo Williams on the 3 September 2007, has already received two awards. It had received a prestigious Green Apple Environment Award, winning the Gold Award for Welsh Councils. This award was presented by the naturalist David Bellamy at a ceremony at the Houses of Parliament on the 9 November 2007. Secondly the Leader added, it has been awarded the Consortium of Local Authorities in Wales (CLAW) Sustainability Award for 2007. The building had been constructed using a sustainable design, including a "green" roof, solar panelling, under floor heating, an underground heat pump system, energy efficient lighting and a recycled "grey" water system, plus a number of traditional building materials had also been used. It was the flagship of the Phoenix Project - a Countryside Council for Wales initiative that aimed to improve nature reserves throughout the Objective One areas of Wales. These awards the Leader stated, demonstrated the commitment of the Council to the Sustainability Agenda. The Council"s recently adopted Sustainable Design and Construction Protocol would give a framework for the development of similar (and hopefully award winning) buildings in the future. 2. Fly Tipping The Leader was extremely pleased to see on Wales this Week, the excellent work the Council was doing with partners - including the Environment Agency, 578 COUNCIL MEETING - 5 DECEMBER 2007 V2C and the Police - to prevent flytipping, something that was close to Members hearts. Fly-tipping had cost the Council £180,000 already this year and it was a blight on our countryside. The Leader congratulated the approach of the Partners concerned. 3. Review for Social Services for Children The Leader stated that the CSSIW were to carry out a review of Social Services for Children in Bridgend County Borough Council. The review would examine the way in which the local authority discharged its Social Services" Functions for Children, whether directly or through arrangements with others. The review would draw on the performance evaluation of social services and other available information. The fieldwork would take place during the two weeks beginning 4 February 2008 and the headline findings of the review will be presented to the Acting Executive Director - Community, shortly afterwards. A draft copy of the report of the review would be sent subsequently to the Acting Executive - Director. The Authority would have the opportunity to comment on any matters of clarification or accuracy and would be required to draw up an Action Plan in response to any recommendations, although this would not be published as part of the report. 4. Crime Reduction Statistics The Leader then announced some information from the South Wales Police on Crime Reduction issues in respect of crime reduction success, the Leader stated, when comparing April - November 2006 to April - November 2007 there were:- 63 less house burglaries, a reduction of 19% 184 less thefts from vehicles, a reduction of 25% 65 less criminal damage offences, a reduction of 4% The Leader was particularly pleased with the results, as they were areas where the Safer Bridgend Partnership has had considerable focus upon, and secondly the community had played a full part in heeding crime reduction advice and made their homes more secure and their vehicles less of a target. The Leader added that over the same period, assaults had remained pretty static. However, the longer term trends i.e. over the last three years had shown significant reductions. These were up to 25% reductions over the three year period for common assault and 5% reductions for wounding. In the key areas of crime measured by the Home Office (British Crime Survey categories) the Leader went on, the Council were on course to meet its set targets of a 17.4% reduction against the 2003/04 baseline. Finally, in respect of Operation HUTTON (town centre focused drug operation) all persons had now been dealt with; of the 40 + persons who appeared in court and due to the strength of the evidence against them, they pleaded guilty. Twenty six persons were sentenced to custodial sentences of up to six years duration. The sum of the prison sentences totalled over seventy five years. It was hoped, the Leader stated, that the significant sentences would allow these people to engage 579 COUNCIL MEETING - 5 DECEMBER 2007 in some meaningful and long term rehabilitation work in prison, which will allow them to return into society and lead productive lives. 953 OUTSTANDING ISSUES FROM A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING None. 954 AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHEME OF DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS The Monitoring Officer presented a report, the purpose of which, was to propose some amendments to the Council"s Scheme of Delegation of functions. An amendment was required to Scheme B2 Paragraph 2.14, to account for the removal of the reference to that section of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976, which had been repealed by the Gambling Act 2005, insofar as it related to the registration of Small Society Lotteries. Both the provisions of the existing Paragraph 2.14 and that which was proposed, were outlined in the report, together with an additional proposed sub-paragraph to be included in 2.20 of the Scheme. RESOLVED: That Council agrees to the approval of the amendments to the Scheme of Delegation of Functions, as set out in Paragraph 4 of the Officer"s report. 955 INFORMATION REPORTS AND MINUTES FOR NOTING The Monitoring Officer submitted a report to Council which notified Members of information reports and minutes of other Council bodies for noting, published since its last ordinary meeting. RESOLVED: That Council both acknowledges and notes the publication of the above documentation. 956 2008/09 COUNCIL TAX BASE The Executive Director - Resources presented a report, which provided Council with details of the Council Tax Base and estimated collection rate for year 2008/09. Details regarding the above were outlined in paragraph 4.1 of the report. Attached to the report were also the following Appendices:- Appendix "A" - Estimated County Borough Total and Net Tax Base - 2008/09 (broken down for each Town and Community Council area). Appendix "B" - Bridgend County Borough Council Tax Base Calculation. Appendix "C" - Breakdown of dwellings by Town and Community Councils. A Member questioned the estimated collection rate for 2008/09 being 95%, adding that we should be aiming for a higher estimate than this. 580 COUNCIL MEETING - 5 DECEMBER 2007 The Executive Director - Resources explained how the figure of the estimated collection rate was reached, adding that this was not a straightforward procedure, whereby differentials in both calculation and collection rates needed to be taken into account, before meeting this percentage aim. Further information was requested in relation to a breakdown of the number of dwellings year on year, which were increasing so as, to ascertain any effect this has had on Council tax assessments. The Executive Director - Resources confirmed that this information was available from the Council Tax Section and he would arrange for this to be sent to Members of individual Wards, if they so requested it. The Cabinet Member - Resources confirmed that, on an All Wales basis, Bridgend were in the first four or five authorities for successful Council Tax collections. The Executive Director - Resources was requested whether he would be able to forward information regarding the collection rate over recent years to Members, and he confirmed that he would arrange for this to be distributed. 957 QUESTIONS TO THE LEADER AND EXECUTIVE MEMBERS The Director of Legal and Democratic Services reminded Members of the procedure to be adhered to for future regarding the above. These were that all questions for Members of the Executive should be sent in writing, at least five clear working days before the day of the Council meeting to the Proper Officer or Cabinet and Committee Services. This period allows then for an answer to the questions to be prepared before the day of Council. The rule also was that this procedure involved one question per Member, plus one supplementary question only. There were two questions for the Cabinet Member - Resources and these are detailed below, together with the responses to these questions. 1. Councillor W May Question "Has the Council received the report from the actuaries regarding the County Pension Scheme which was due in November this year?" Background The Council has not received the Actuary Report referred to. It is expected early in January 2008. 581 COUNCIL MEETING - 5 DECEMBER 2007 Answer The Report of the Actuary has not been received, however, when it has been received I will ensure a copy is sent to Councillor May and copies will be available in the Member Work Area. 2. Councillor W B Evans Question "In view of the fact that Bridgend County Borough Council has received over one million pounds (£1m) from the sale of land for the Tesco Store development at Maesteg, will the Cabinet Member for Resources give a commitment to spend that money on:- 1. Building a new Ladies and Gents toilet on the Llynfi Road car park, and 2. Refurbishing Maesteg"s Market and Bus Station I look forward to receiving an answer in the affirmative to the above question and a commitment that it will be included in the Council"s 2008 Capital Programme." Background During this Administration a Capital Working Group of Elected Members has been established to provide opportunity for elected Members" comments/advice to be incorporated into staff"s professional consideration regarding the Capital programme. This arrangement is to ensure that elected Members can consider the process in assessing capital receipts, how those receipts are considered corporately in relation to Council projects, and priorities together with the associated expenditure. The planning period of any project is necessarily long and project estimates are prone to change (usually increase). The increased cost of projects is also a substantial factor to be taken into account including any overspends. The elected Members attending the Capital Working Group have been provided information as to how the Capital Programme works and the individual elements constituting the programme. There have been two such meetings attended by Councillor W B Evans. Capital receipts are estimated in order to develop the Capital programme in advance of the actual receipt. The Tesco receipt (£1.05M) was first considered during 2003/2004 and in accordance with Council priorities and the Capital Working Group advice/protocols. The Tesco receipt (received 15 November 2006) has been fully allocated to facilitate the Capital Programme and there is no new funding available until 2010/2011. There are twenty one Projects, Developments and Schemes over the next three years and the whole programme considers a further three years up to 2012/2014. I also confirm that it is a Cabinet/Council policy that Capital Receipts are not ward or geographically allocated, however, there is some conditionality in that Education receipts fund the School Modernisation. 582 COUNCIL MEETING - 5 DECEMBER 2007 This has been most recently reinforced in Porthcawl, where during the last public meeting, in response to a question from a resident the Executive Director - Resources reinforced this point, and also in Bridgend where a similar receipt to the Tesco one was received from Asda and was not ring fenced for that ward. To suddenly change the Council and Cabinet priorities would produce inefficient capital programming and militate against Council wide policies generally, including the ability of the Council to manage its finances for the Borough as a whole. Answer The extent and condition of Borough Public Toilets is the subject of a separate survey/report and will require specific consideration by Cabinet and/or Council to determine priorities in due course and it would not be proper to pre-determine the report and possible outcomes. As Cabinet Member - Resources I also confirm that we are currently in a Budget process which includes Capital expenditure and, in the circumstances: I am not prepared to prejudge the elected Members consideration of the Report regarding Public Toilets or outcomes neither am I prepared to predetermine elected Members and the Budget process which includes proper consideration through the Overview and Scrutiny process by committing the Council to the refurbishment of Maesteg Market and Bus Station. In addition I believe such ad hoc decisions would prejudice the effectiveness of the requirements of the Statement of Internal Control. Supplementary Question That the Cabinet Member contact"s the Assistant Director - Finance to verify an answer to a question raised in the last Capital Programme meeting and two years ago at a Council meeting, whereby under the Freedom of Information Act, it had been revealed that the Council had received £1m for the sale of the land in question. Answer You are abusing the proper process of the new questioning procedure, and I am not prepared to give a verbal answer to that question, as it also is unnecessarily involving an Officer of the Council who is not present at the meeting. 958 SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROBLEMS AND EATING DISORDERS IN THE COUNTY BROUGH Members received a briefing paper which outlined information on the above matter, provided by the Acting Assistant Director - Adult Services. The Director of Legal and Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer reminded Members of the need to comply with Rule 13.5 of Part 4 of the Constitution in 583 COUNCIL MEETING - 5 DECEMBER 2007 terms of the rules of debate on items presented before Council for discussion on a quarterly basis. The Chairperson of the Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee opened the debate. He wished it firstly placed on record that he was extending thanks to Ms S Cooper, the Local Health Board and certain voluntary sectors for their input to the briefing paper. He added that he had witnessed first hand, the significant problems and misery inflicted upon persons and their families by illnesses associated with drug, alcohol and eating disorder problems. He added that because these sort of problems often end up getting acute, they should be taken very responsibly by those who could offer assistance in remedying such problems, and was thankful to the key services that are provided to support victims who were having extremely difficult times with drug and alcohol related illnesses, in particular. He stated that following some research, he had been concerned when realising that over the last year there had been 526 referrals in the County Borough of Bridgend due to alcohol related problems. He compared this with a far larger constituency, Bolton, where they had 700 or so, and realised the problems in Bridgend County Borough were high. He added that extension to the licensing hours of pubs and clubs to sometimes 5.00am, added to this problem. In relation to eating disorders, he stated that nine out of ten victims were young women, and that the figures here were higher than people suffering with schizophrenia. To this end, he added that he welcomed the CAMHS and Harvey Jones Unit Development, which following a recent Health Commission Wales Consultation paper would result in these Units being moved to the Glanrhyd Site. The plans were for a 14 bed CAMHS Unit to be based in Glanrhyd (with an eventual planned move to the Princess of Wales site). However, Councillor Sage added, we must continue as a Council to apply pressure for the development of five emergency beds that are currently on hold as well as also continuing to argue for a specialist dedicated provision for eating disorders in the new development for our constituents. Whenever possible, prevention programmes for schools, community organisations etc., should be co-ordinated with opportunities for participants to speak confidentially with a trained professional with expertise in the field of eating disorders, and, when appropriate, receive referrals to sources of competent, specialised care. The County Borough of Bridgend must continue to support people with alcohol problems and whenever possible he added, prevention programmes for schools, community organizations, etc., should be co-ordinated with opportunities for participants to speak confidentially with a trained professional with expertise in the field of alcohol related problems and, when appropriate, receive referrals to sources of competent, specialised care and rehabilitation centres and the same principle should apply for drug addiction. The Cabinet Member for Education informed of discussions that were ongoing on Substance Misuse Education within schools in Bridgend. 584 COUNCIL MEETING - 5 DECEMBER 2007 This discussion was triggered by the Estyn report that was published earlier this year, and there was an overwhelming feeling that the lack of core funding to develop a team to support the delivery of the subject in schools hindered the scope, range and effectiveness of what is delivered. Prevention and education on substance abuse has always been the "poor relation" to treatment when funds are allocated he added. Ogwr DASH used to be funded to support schools, but in recent years there has not been a single high profile agency that has that remit. The police school liaison core programme was probably the only constant that is regularly provided for schools, and their inputs are limited to one session per key stage. In recent years ESIS advisers have run courses for teachers, but the lack of priority within BSF has meant insufficient numbers to offer courses in the recent past. The Cabinet Member for Education stated that for the past few years, substance misuse has fallen in priority in school PSE programmes. South Wales Police provide a wide base of information on substances in their Core Programme but schools tend to leave it to them and not follow up with discussions on behavioural, feelings and emotions etc. There are training issues as staff are reluctant to tackle this sensitive area. So, school education has a long way to go in responding adequately to this growing problem. The Chairperson of the Education, Leisure and Community Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee supported preventative programmes being put in place, but added that these programmes should be longer than those that currently exist, and have the benefit of further funding for follow-up purposes to avoid cases of relapse. She felt that there was insufficient rehabilitation programmes, particularly for eating disorder sufferers, and that this issue should be addressed. Concern was also raised to the lack of rehabilitation facilities in place for drug related crime. The Acting Assistant Director - Adult Services responded that there was funding allocated for a Prevention and Training post which contributed to the PSE projects in schools, and training awareness sessions were held with school governors and parents. . A further project had recently been launched entitled " EEPIP which supported parenting skills where parents of young children misused substances. A drug intervention programme was also put in place for priority prolific offenders. Plans were also afoot next year, to support repeating offenders in Substance Misuse, so that there would be faster access and longer intervention in future for these people. Members felt that greater time (as well as funding) needed to be committed by schools to support this particular problem, whilst appreciating that the funding issue would possibly not be easy to resolve. Members also felt that there was a great necessity to take this briefing paper forward and to develop and increase support to the problems outlined therein. 585 COUNCIL MEETING - 5 DECEMBER 2007 A question was also raised as to the feasibility of providing a Unit to tackle and support these problems in the Princess of Wales Hospital. The Leader stated that the perception of some was that drug misuse was self inflicted, when this often was not the case. She added that no one set out to be a drug addict, but that it can be seen as a "quick fix" for some people which then develops into a real problem. The suppliers were the real criminals, whereby the users were often victims of circumstances. Drug addicts often turned to crime the Leader added, to financially support their addiction. There was a need for a sympathetic yet holistic approach, as people with these problems were more often than not experiencing an illness, initiated by drugs and alcohol, etc. She added that the press should have a part to play in this too, but in a positive rather than negative way. The problems should also have increased profile on a national scale the Leader added. The Cabinet Member - Community added that the report reflected how the problems detailed within it impinge upon and ruin family lives. He wondered whether Bridgend County Borough could have an increased role to play in Drug Implementation vie the Community Safety Partnership, with the provision of a local based premises. The Substance Misuse Development Manager responded by stating that the Drug Intervention Programme was across all Wales and that Bridgend did not have a base. This base was located in Neath. Capital funding was available through the DIP to develop a local facility. Members also asked a number of questions on the various tables outlined in the report (i.e. Table 1, 2 and 3) which included various information on treatment and rehabilitation services available for the support of people with drug, alcohol and substance misuse problems, which were responded to by the two lead officers. In relation to eating disorders, it was confirmed that this was commissioned by the Health Commission Wales as a Special Service and that they were unlikely to support a facility in Bridgend, but would possibly support the problem on a regional basis. The Cabinet Member - Resources thanked the Chairperson of the Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee for leading this very important subject today. He added that a lot of the problems discussed were about perception and education, as these problems were being experienced globally. He felt that a framework should be put in place to take this topic of discussion forward further and grasp a more cohesive view, perhaps with assistance from others. He felt it important that this should be supported through the budget allocation. The Deputy Leader added that the exchange of drugs sometimes goes on openly, in public places. She commended also the work of the Youth Offending Team in their support to drug and alcohol misuse. It was a unanimous view from Members that further education was required to assist in preventing these problems from occurring in the first instance, as well as rehabilitation being followed-up, to eradicate episodes of relapse. 586 COUNCIL MEETING - 5 DECEMBER 2007 It was acknowledged that the proposed merger of Children"s Services with Education, and Adult Services with Leisure and Community Services Directorate there could be opportunities to enhance development in the support of the problems that had been debated, together with increased and continued partnership working. The Council debate concluded that there would be significant benefit from the presentation of a Joint Officer report to Cabinet for liaison with Overview and Scrutiny, which explored BCBC/External financial and other resources to develop an "outline of a policy framework" that enables cohesion with other Unitary Authorities, National Health Trusts partnership boards in relation to the delivery of prevention, treatment and enforcement programmes for people with problems with Drug, Alcohol and Eating Disorders", with this possibly culminating in a report to Council. The meeting closed at 4.55pm 587
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Ohio University student and STAND Campaigns Coordinator Luke Kubacki reflects on his experience at the Lemkin Summit: A National Gathering of the Next Generation of Human Rights Defenders in February 2015. Read More »
House of Cards actor and Enough Project upstander Robin Wright wants you to join her for lunch on the set of the hit television series to talk politics, power, and maybe even Congo. It only costs $10 and the funds benefit Enough's Raise Hope for Congo campaign. Read More »
The Enough Project is deeply concerned about the violence occurring in Kinshasa, Goma, and other cities in Congo. Today, the Team of International Envoys for the Great Lakes region (comprised of UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Said Djinnit, UN Special Representative and Head of MONUSCO Martin Kobler, AU Special Representative for the Great Lakes Boubacar Diarra, EU Senior Coordinator for the Great Lakes Koen Vervaeke, US Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and the DRC Russell D. Feingold and Belgium Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Frank de Coninck) issued a helpful statement on the issue. They called for restraint on all sides, the need for the Congolese government to establish a credible and timely electoral process, and for all internet and phone communications to not be curtailed. Read More »
In Enough Project Policy Analyst Holly Dranginis' latest report, Grand Theft Global: Prosecuting the War Crime of Natural Resource Pillage in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dranginis provides an inside look at why the widespread theft of minerals in Congo has gone on unpunished, and how policymakers and legal practitioners can help advance cases. Grand Theft Global is the result of research in Congo, The Hague, and Washington, DC, including dozens of interviews with Congolese attorneys, international prosecutors, and local communities affected by pillage and the violence it enables. Read More »
From the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to Al-Shabaab, many of the world's most infamous and destabilizing armed actors today finance their activities in part through the illegal exploitation and trade of natural resources. Theft in the context of armed conflict constitutes the war crime of pillage, which is punishable in most domestic jurisdictions and at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Senior Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen, who surrendered Tuesday in the Central African Republic, should be transferred to the International Criminal Court to face charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes. Read More »
In the first post in a series about a number of deadly civilian attacks in Beni territory in North Kivu, we described the initial surge of violence in October, and tensions between local populations and the authorities meant to protect them – local government and MONUSCO peacekeepers. In this post, we begin with the last of the October attacks to report on the deadly 2 months that followed. Read More »
Since early October, Beni territory in eastern Congo has suffered a series of horrific attacks, allegedly perpetrated by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The violence, often targeting women and children, has resulted in the deaths of more that 250 civilians. As the attacks continued unabated, tensions between the local postulations and UN and Congolese forces have increased. Read More »
The armed conflict in eastern Congo that has killed over 5.4 million people is financed largely by trading minerals used in an array of common consumer products around the world, from electronics to jewelry. Recent critiques by the Cato Institute and in the Washington Post have questioned whether current local and international initiatives to combat the problem are causing more harm than good. Last month, the Enough Project's U.S. and Congo-based teams visited mining communities in eastern Congo to get an updated assessment on conflict minerals. To help you better understand what's at stake, we've provided 9 things you need to know about conflict minerals on ThinkProgress. Read More »
In an op-ed featured on The Daily Beast, John Prendergast is raising the challenge to stop the flow of conflict minerals – and making the case that doing so is fundamental to stopping the decades-long conflict in Eastern Congo. Joining voices with activists from Super Bowl winner Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers to Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Dr. Denis Mukwege of Panzi Hospital, Prendergast says "reforming this trade is part of a comprehensive strategy, including regional governance reforms, to help end the war." Read More »
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Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has called on the US and Iraq to investigate allegations of detainee abuse revealed by WikiLeaks.
The whistle-blower WikiLeaks website released nearly 400,000 American military documents on Friday. Many of these documents included reports of serious abuse by Iraqi forces and also showed that US troops did not intervene to stop the violence in many cases.
Pillay said on Tuesday that the information adds to "concerns that serious breaches of international human rights law have occurred in Iraq."
He urged US and Iraq to prosecute all those responsible for the torture and unlawful killings.
Some of the documents released on Friday contain accounts of Iraqi forces abusing Iraqi prisoners and the US military not investigating those instances.
The documents also show that US forces handed over detainees to Iraqi forces despite signs of abuse.
They also show that US interrogators continued to question Iraqi detainees while some of them were still recovering from injuries inflicted upon them during their detention by Iraqi security officials. And in some cases, their wounds were clearly visible to the US interrogators.
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US officials on Monday said the military had not systematically ignored cases of torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners by Iraqi forces.
"That's just not the case," Casey told reporters. "Our policy all along was that where American soldiers encountered prisoner abuse (they were) to stop it and then report it immediately up the US chain of command and the Iraqi chain of command."
Barack Obama, the US president, who opposed the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq launched by his predecessor President George W Bush, formally ended the US combat mission in Iraq in August and has promised to withdraw the last 48,000 US troops from Iraq by the end of next year.
Obama signed three executive orders shortly after taking office, vowing to return America to the "moral high ground" in the so-called war on terrorism.
The implication was that the United States would do more to make sure terror suspects were not tortured or abused - either at the hands of US forces or by governing authorities to whom the detainees were handed over for detention or interrogation.
Yet, in one leaked document from a US military intelligence report filed February 9, 2009 - just weeks after Obama ordered US personnel to comply with the Geneva Conventions - an Iraqi said he was detained by coalition forces at his Baghdad home and was told he would be sent to the Iraqi army if he did not co-operate.
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Political tensions in Egypt soared on Thursday, as Egyptians reacted with
disbelief and anger to news that election officials had delayed declaring the
winner of the presidential runoff elections.Hundreds of protesters
gathered for a third day in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the cauldron of the
revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak 16 months ago, to demand that the
officers who pushed him aside keep their word and hand over power by July
1.The state elections committee said it delayed announcing the vote
result because it was examining allegations of election fraud and campaign
violations by lawyers from both campaigns. Late Thursday afternoon, Supreme
Presidential Elections Commission secretary-general Hatem Bagato said the final
presidential runoff results would be announced Sunday, after the campaigns for
both Mohamed Morsy and Ahmed Shafik filed 220 and 190 appeals, Al-Masry al-Youm
reported."We are taking our time to review the appeals to investigate
them properly but, God willing, the results will be announced by Sunday at most,
if not before that," Judge Maher el-Beheiry, a member of the elections
committee, told Reuters.Some see the delay as a bid to pressure the
Muslim Brotherhood to accept the military decree that curbed the president's
powers before any presidency by their candidate, Morsy. The committee insists it
is simply a procedural issue to ensure all appeals are fairly
assessed.Meanwhile, the Egyptian press reported warnings from union
leaders that delaying the election results would destabilize the country even
further.Both presidential candidates, Morsy and former general and
Mubarak aide Ahmed Shafik, declared their victories in the runoff election.
Morsy's official campaign website noted Thursday that the reformist judicial
group Judges for Egypt, which helped monitor the recent second-round election
runoffs, had said in a Wednesday press conference that the Brotherhood candidate
had received 13,238,335 votes against Shafik's 12,351,310.Shafik's camp
said on Wednesday it remained confident that its candidate, whom Mubarak
appointed prime minister during the uprising, would win, although a spokesman
for Shafik also described the vote as "too close to call."Cairo's cafes
and social media were alive with chatter about troops preparing to secure major
cities, but military sources played down the idea that there was any unusual
activity beyond extra alertness.Adding to the unease, Mubarak himself
was back in the news, as he was moved from prison – where he began a life
sentence this month – to a military hospital for treatment.Security
sources have said the 84- year-old was slipping in and out of a coma but was
"stabilizing." Many Egyptians suspect the generals are exaggerating to get their
old comrade out of jail.Meanwhile, US-based Human Rights Watch accused
Egypt's ruling military council on Thursday of creating conditions "ripe for
further serious human rights violations."The 20-strong Supreme Council
of the Armed Forces took power after Mubarak was ousted in February
2011.SCAF promised to hand over power to the democratically-elected
government after this month's elections, but recent moves to expand the
military's authority have led to concerns that the junta will not do
so.A day before the runoff election, the High Court issued a ruling to
dissolve the Brotherhood-led parliament, while as Egyptians voted in the runoff
elections on Sunday, SCAF set out provisions for the military's expanded role in
civilian law enforcement.The new constitutional declaration decreed that
civilians will continue to be tried before military courts, a decision that came
just weeks after a Justice Ministry decree that empowers the military to arrest
civilians – a move HRW slammed as "an attempt to embed exceptional emergency
law-like powers into regular law."Last week, Gen. Mamdouh Shaheen, a
SCAF member specializing in legal affairs, appeared on popular live TV talk show
al-Qahera al-Yawm ("Cairo Today"), to say the decree would help "organize and
bring security to the street."The new provisions were for the "good of
the country," Shaheen said, which "requires a presence for the armed forces in
the street to protect the country, since the police are still unable to fully
perform."Meanwhile, on Monday, another SCAF decree to restructure the
National Defense Council granted the military additional rights to make
decisions on internal and national security matters.Joe Stork, deputy
director of HRW's Middle East and North Africa division, said SCAF's "relentless
expansion of their authority to detain and try civilians" greatly exceeds their
previous powers under Mubarak."These decrees are the latest indication
yet that there won't be a meaningful handover to civilian rule on June 30," he
added.Noting SCAF's moves to transfer power to the military, Prof. Elie
Podeh, of the Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies department at the Hebrew
University, told The Jerusalem Post that if Morsy is declared the eventual
victor in the runoffs, tensions between the military and the Brotherhood would
likely grow."If the Brotherhood decides it wants to eliminate the
military, then the military will have to move to look after its own interests,"
Podeh said.Last Friday, SCAF gave an official order to disband Egypt's
parliament, a move its speaker, former Brotherhood parliamentary bloc leader
Mohamed al-Katatni, sharply criticized.Podeh also said the decision to
delay announcing the election results "did not bode well" and that if the final
vote was a very close call, it would result in continued insecurity for
Egypt.According to Podeh, no matter who is declared the winner on
Sunday, a major issue facing Egypt post-elections is the country's lack of a
constitution setting out exactly what the new president's executive powers will
be.Drafting a new constitution to define the nature of the state, and
whether that state will be primarily religious or civil in its orientation, will
be a key challenge, Podeh said.One of SCAF's new decrees has been new
laws empowering it to veto any new constitution.Egypt will also hold
fresh parliamentary elections at some point, and if the Brotherhood does come to
power, that could provide an impetus for Egypt's secular and liberal parties –
which make up only around a quarter of the parliament – to organize themselves,
Podeh added.Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dubbed the
military's actions "deeply troubling" on Wednesday night, saying that Egypt
needed to write its constitution.Clinton added that the military should
"assume an appropriate role, which is not to try to interfere with, dominate or
subvert the constitutional authority."The EU, a major donor of aid to
Egypt, on Wednesday joined the US – also a major donor – in expressing "concern"
at what the army moves meant for a promised transition to
democracy.Reuters contributed to this report.
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