Month: May 2016

Victims of atrocity crimes have asked the International Criminal Court to hand warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba the maximum 30 years jail sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Two victims ...

 A Kampala law firm has sued the Ugandan government for failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar al Bashir during his last visit to Uganda. The Chief Executive Officer of the ...

Tomorrow 09-16.00: Courtroom III/Trial Hearing in the Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé Case Laurent Gbagbo is the former president of Ivory Coast. Charles Blé Goudé, a close ally of ...

Journalists in Tanzania have protested last month’s move by the government to ban live coverage of parliamentary proceedings. The move, announced by Information Minister Nape Nnauye in January, has also ...

Two former Rwandan mayors went on trial Tuesday in the Assize Court of Paris on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The ...

Eight years ago, Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir was an unwanted guest in Uganda and he would have probably ended up in prison if he had dared to visit. Then, ...

In May this year, the International Criminal Court launched a more user-friendly website to improve communication and interaction with the public. In a radical departure from the previous ‘serious’ platform, ...

This month, The Trust Fund For Victims is expected to present its reparation plan in the Thomas Lubanga case as directed by the International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber. Since the ...

A leading human rights activist in Kenya has read mischief in the demand by Deputy President William Ruto’s lawyers for a special prosecutor to investigate prosecution witness at the ICC ...

 The trial of former Ivorian first lady Simone Gbagbo for crimes against humanity has started amid protests by human right groups. The groups representing nearly 250 victims said they won’t ...