Second mass grave uncovered in Burundi’s capital
Burundi is facing a political turmoil that broke out since April 2015 after President Pierre Nkurunziza said he would run for a third term. BUJUMBURA A second mass grave said ...
Month: March 2016
Prosecutor says ICC is fair, independent and impartial
ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda gave this keynote address at the GIMPA law conference in Ghana in March this year. This article is an abridged version of her remarks. By Fatou ...
South Africa’s shapeshifting position on international justice
South African President Jacob Zuma met his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir last year. By Ottilia Anna Maunganidze On Tuesday, March 15, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) dismissed ...
Rwanda withdraws access to African court for individuals and NGOs
Rwanda deposited the withdrawal on February 29, this year just over three years after it first deposited the declaration.By International Resource CentreThe government of Rwanda has announced it will no longer ...
Rwanda withdraws access to African court for individuals and NGOs
Rwanda deposited the withdrawal on February 29, this year just over three years after it first deposited the declaration.By International Resource Centre The government of Rwanda has announced it will no ...
Budgetary constraints undermine ICC investigations
By STUART FORD The crimes typically investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) are at least as grave and complex as the most serious mass atrocity crimes investigated by states. ...
Congo agrees to extradite genocide suspect to Rwanda
Millions of people have been displaced by years of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo will extradite a suspect in Rwanda's 1994 genocide, Congo's justice ...
South Sudan soldiers raping women as form of payment
In July this year, government soldiers raped dozens of ethnic Nuer women and girls just outside a United Nations camp where they had sought protection from renewed fighting.Reports say the ...
Victims hopes for compensation grow dimmer in Kenyan cases at ICC
By Joyce J Wangui Victims of crimes committed during the post-election violence in Kenya are frustrated by their continued exclusion from any assistance offered by the International Criminal Court. Scott ...
Government pushed for Gado’s exit from the Nation
One of Kenya's wittiest cartonists, Godfrey Mwampembwa, was kicked out of Nation for allegedly rubbing leaders the wrong way with his illustrations. By Journalists For Justice Renowned cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa, ...
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