Serbia awards medal of merits to al-Bashir
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir looks on ahead of the 25th African Union summit in Johannesburg June 14, 2015.SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS The President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir has found a new friend, ...
Month: February 2016
Jubilee represents a conspiracy against justice, says lawyer
George Kegoro, executive director of the Kenya Human Rights Commission, spoke at the Journalists for Justice Media briefing on what next after the ICC Appeals Chamber ruling on prior recorded ...
AU asks UN Security Council to end Ruto trial and defer Bashir case
The African Union has written to the Chairperson of the United Nations Security Council over the deferral of Sudan situation and termination of the Mr. William Ruto case at the ...
Bribery, intimidation of witnesses undermines justice for victims
Fergal Gaynor, represented victims during President Uhuru's case at The Hague. Extensive bribery and intimidation of witnesses, covered by diplomatic defenses for these activities undermined the victims quests for justice, ...
ICC lawyers oppose African states’ threat to pull out of Rome Statute
International Criminal Court counsel and legal professionals issued a joint declaration on February 9 urging African States to strengthen the capacity of national institutions to investigate and prosecute war crimes, ...
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Tanzania will not pull out of ICC
Tanzania will not pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) even as it raised concerns on a number of issues -- such as the ‘perceived persecution’ of Africans. “We ...
Mystery of victims confidential motion in Ruto’s ICC case
Wilfred Nderitu, theCommon Legal Representative for the Victims in the William Ruto and Joshua Sang cases has revealed that he has filed a confidential motion at the ICC. Although he ...
Don’t speculate on how Ruto’s No-Case-to-Answer will go, says ICC official
Maria Mabinty Kamara, the ICC outreach coordinator for Kenya and Uganda has said judges of the Trial Chamber V(A) will decide in due course on the no-case-to-answer matter and its ...
Justice, accountability key to human security – Bensouda
Law can be an important guarantor of human security, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda has told a high-level international meeting. Bensouda told the 52nd Munich Security ...
Unending toll on rape survivors from the post-election violence
Hundreds of women and girls raped during Kenya’s 2007-2008 post-election violence struggle with devastating physical and psychological health conditions, poverty, and social exclusion. The Kenyan government has failed to provide basic ...
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