Month: February 2018

 By Susan Kendi Thanks to a document dump by the international Criminal Court (ICC), we are getting firsthand insights into the great lengths to which the Court went to protect ...

 By Journalists for Justice  In just the latest illustration of Burundi’s systematic disregard for human rights norms, Aloys Habimana a prominent Rwandan rights advocate was detained on February 17th on the nation's ...

 By Susan Kendi A recent document dump by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is offering some rare insights into the extraordinary steps taken by the Court to protect witnesses in ...

Civil society representatives, judges, ambassadors and other diplomats, academics and journalists gathered in The Hague to start the celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute. The founding ...

Dr Hans Corell is a Swedish lawyer and diplomat who served as the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel of the United Nations between March 1994 and March 2004. The ...

 A former fighter for the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) told the International Criminal Court (ICC) about two attacks on camps for internally displaced people (IDP) 13 years ago, at times ...

On 15 February 2018, the International Criminal Court (ICC) hosted the launch of the Coalition for the ICC’s commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute – the Court’s founding treaty– with an ...

 By Susan Kendi On February 12, 2018, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a statement on the International Day against the use of ...

By Susan Kendi Jacob Zuma’s unceremonious exit from power and the lingering stench of his administration could herald a new dawn in relations between South Africa and the International Criminal Court (ICC). ...

 The following is an excerpt from JUDGE EBOE-OSUJI’S decision on the application by William Ruto and Joshua arap Sang for acquittal. He argues that the prospects of conviction in an ...