Month: December 2015

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda briefs the Security Council on Sudan and South Sudan. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Thursday chided ...

Eastern Congo has earned the dubious title of being the rape capital of the world. It is estimated that 48 women are raped every hour – over 1,000 every day ...

The last witness is scheduled to testify on December 15, 2015 in the landmark trial in Senegal of the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...

An advance copy of the Official Records Volume one of the 14th Assembly of State Party (ASP) been published. According to the records, the Assembly of State Parties approved to ...

 A generation has grown up without knowing about the genocide in Rwanda. The killing fields there are now recorded in history books, and college students sometimes stare blankly when told ...

Today, we observe the first-ever International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. This occasion also coincides ...

 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Liechtenstein has invited members of the Assembly of States Parties to explore ways of improving the general proceedings and discussions at the ...

The International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda evidence presented before the court is ‘sufficient to secure a conviction’ for William Ruto and journalist Joshua Sang. “The Prosecution submits that the ...

Thousands of women and men were sexually violated during the post-election violence. During that time, Patricia Nyaundi, currently Chief Executive Officer at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) ...

The petition on the report of the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) has finally been tabled in the National Assembly and will be debated in 2016. The petition was tabled ...