A Haitian judge said Monday that former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier should face trial for corruption, but not the more serious charges of human rights violations committed during his rule.

The Superior Tribunal of Bogota has upheld the 30-year sentence of retired Colonel Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega, for his role in the forced disappearance of civilians during the 1985 Palace of Justice siege.

Reviewing UNAMID’s activities in the area of justice and security, and discussing the implementation of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), were among the priorities of the UN Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations for the Rule of Law and Security Institutions, Dmitry Titov, who began his six day visit to Sudan on 24 January.

Haitian courts discounted trying ex-dictator Jean Claude Duvalier for crimes against humanity and announced that the trial will be only for corruption and deviation of funds.

Egypt’s First Deputy Parliament Speaker Ashraf Thabet vowed to make sure the first post-revolution parliament would take the necessary measures to prosecute all those responsible for killing or injuring the revolutionaries.

Former armed groups drafted into national force continue to follow their own agendas, denting hopes of long-term stability.

Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemala’s former military dictator, was ordered by a Guatemalan judge on Thursday to stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity leveled at him. He is accused of orchestrating the razing of Indian villages decades ago during the country’s long civil war.

Libyan militias are holding thousands of people in secret detention centres, while the interim government struggles to assert authority, the UN has heard.

A cross section of Kenyans on Thursday welcomed the move by Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Civil Service boss Francis Muthaura to step aside from their government positions following indictment by the International Criminal Court.

A former U.S. diplomat testified Thursday that American officials knew Argentina’s military regime was taking babies from dead or jailed dissidents during its “dirty war” against leftists in the 1970s, and it appeared to be a systematic effort at the time.