Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; International Criminal Court: Militia...
(Mar. 20, 2014) On March 7, 2014, the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted Germain Katanga, a former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, of four counts of war crimes and one...
View ArticleInternational Criminal Court: Policy Paper on Sexual and Gender-Based Crime
(June 13, 2014) On June 6, 2014, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), issued a Policy Paper on Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes. According to an ICC press...
View ArticlePalestinian Territory, occupied: Possibility of Joining the International...
(Oct. 15, 2014) Recent media reports quoted the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, as committing himself to taking Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if his demand to end the Israeli...
View ArticleInternational Criminal Court: Possible First War Crimes Trial for Destruction...
(Mar. 14, 2016) On March 1, 2016, the International Criminal Court (ICC), opened a confirmation of charges hearing against Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi. (Press Release, ICC, Confirmation of Charges Hearing...
View ArticleCote d'Ivoire: Former First Lady to Be Tried for Crimes Against Humanity
(Mar. 30, 2016) The former first lady of the Cote d’Ivoire, Simone Gbagbo, is facing a charge of crimes against humanity, with a trial scheduled for April 25, 2016. Ghagbo has already been given a...
View ArticleMexico: Bill on Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
(Apr. 8, 2016) In February 2016, a bill was introduced in Mexico’s House of Representatives aimed at amending article 21, paragraph 8, of the Mexican Constitution, which governs the jurisdiction of the...
View ArticleICC: Milestone Guilty Verdict Treats Rape as a War Crime
(Apr. 14, 2016) On March 21, 2016, the three-member Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in what has been described as a landmark ruling, unanimously declared the former Vice...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Notice of Withdrawal from the Rome Statute Revoked
(Mar. 10, 2017) On March 7, 2017, the South African government revoked the notice of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (the Rome Statute) that it had submitted to...
View ArticleICC: Jurisdiction over Crime of Aggression Activated
(Dec. 26, 2017) The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) met at United Nations headquarters from December 4 to 14, 2017. (Press Release, Assembly...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo: Party Names Ex-warlord for Presidential...
(Aug. 29, 2018) On June 8, 2018, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber acquitted Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, former vice president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), of the...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo: Ex-warlord Found Ineligible to Run for...
(Sept. 5, 2018) On August 24, 2018, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Independent National Electoral Commission (Commission Electorale Nationale Independente, CENI) declared Jean-Pierre Bemba...
View ArticleInternational: International Criminal Court Gives Former Democratic Republic...
(Nov. 19, 2019) On November 7, 2019, the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down its heaviest sanction ever to Bosco Ntaganda, a former deputy chief of staff and commander of operations of the...
View ArticleInternational: Investigations Launched at International Court of Justice and...
(Nov. 29, 2019) On November 11, 2019, the Republic of The Gambia (The Gambia) instituted proceedings against the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Myanmar) before the International Court of Justice...
View ArticleCôte d'Ivoire: ICC Prosecutor Appeals Acquittal of Former Ivorian Leaders
(Dec. 2, 2019) On October 17, 2019, the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor in the case of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé filed a motion for the ICC Appeals Chamber to declare a...
View ArticlePhilippines: Supreme Court Holds First Virtual Session, Addresses Petition to...
(Apr. 30, 2020) On April 17, 2020, the Philippine Supreme Court held a virtual en banc session for the first time in its history in order to address an urgent petition requesting the release of elderly...
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