Month: May 2018

By Susan Kendi A battery of ranking international lawyers have requested permission to file a brief on legal issues raised by the prosecution at the International Criminal Court on the ...

By Thomas Verfuss Law students in 65 teams, a record number, from five continents converged in The Hague on Sunday for this year's moot court competition at Leiden University, one ...

By Brian Obara  Burundi recently held a referendum whose results have shredded the delicate Hutu-Tutsi balance of power created by the Arusha Accords, the peace treaty that ended the Burundian ...

By Journalists for Justice Journalists for Justice (JFJ) has had an early look at some of the documents Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki is expected to submit to the Prosecutor ...

By Susan Kendi Judges of the appeals chamber at the International Criminal Court will settle with finality the question of what sentence to mete out on Jean-Pierre Bemba and two ...

By Susan Kendi Failure to exhibit mental disorders in some rape survivors is not proof of mental wellness, an expert told the International Criminal Court. Professor Daryn Scott Reicherter, an ...

By Susan Kendi An expert witness testifying at the ongoing Dominic Ongwen trial told the International Criminal Court that the survivors of the 30-year conflict in Uganda want recognition. Miss ...

By Susan Kendi Girls are affected differently from boys in armed conflict since they experience both rape and forced marriages which boys are not exposed to, an expert has told ...

Award-winning journalist and author Tjitske Lingsma has closely followed events at the International Criminal Court as it took on cases in Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, ...

By Brian Obara After a 25-year battle, Hissène Habré, the former Chadian dictator, finally got his just deserts on May 30, 2016. He was convicted of crimes against humanity, war ...