Month: March 2016

By Journalists For JusticeThe Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI) has developed guidelines for investigating conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence against men and boys to help criminal-justice and human-rights investigators, ...

Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi, whose crimes against humanity charges for destroying tombs in Timbuktu were confirmed by the ICC judges, had told the court that he wished to plead guilty. ICC ...

By Thomas Verfuss, Florence Hartmann, Radovan Karadzic                                                                                Less than two hours before Radovan Karadzic was due to hear his verdict, Florence Hartmann was arrested as she tried to enter the ...

The Legal representatives of victims in the Dominic Ongwen presented the views of 1434 victims granted status to participate in the proceedings on Monday. Francisco Cox and Joseph Manoba note ...

By Joyce J Wangu The first victory is that Jean-Pierre Bemba was found guilty on command of responsibility. Another first in this judgement is the fact that sexual violence against ...

By Joyce J Wangui Rape has remained the un-provable war crime and crime against humanity at the International Criminal Court – until Judges found Congolese warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty this ...

  By Joyce J Wangui Observers say the verdict sets a legal precedent that impunity on sexual violence cannot be tolerated and that the long road it has taken victims ...

Dominic Ongwen, a former Lord's Resistance army commander.   Former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander, Dominic Ongwen, has appealed against the confirmation of 70 charges against him over the ...

Sexual violence is rampant in the Great Lakes Region. BUJUMBURA Burundian Health Minister Josiane Nijimbere Monday launched the urgent project on sexual violence, gender-based violence (GBV) and women's health in ...

 Jean-Pierre Bemba, was found guilty of war crime related to the conflict in the Central African Republic between October 26, 2002 and March 15, 2003. By Journalists For Justice A ...