The Dominic Ongwen trial to resume after Easter break
By: Susan Kendi The ICC trial against former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen will resume on 11th April, after taking a break for the long Easter holiday. Presiding ...
Month: August 2019
Citizens petition to save an internet provider once crucial for international criminal justice
More than 50,000 inhabitants of The Netherlands have signed a petition to save their internet service provider XS4ALL, which was bought by former state monopolist KPN. XS4ALL is not only ...
In Afghanistan ICC abandons the field
Recently, a panel of International Criminal Court (ICC) judges unanimously rejected Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s November 2017 request to open an investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity during ...
Bill Pace, lion of ICC civil society coalition, leaves convenor post
For almost a quarter of a century, Bill Pace has been the convenor of the civil society Coalition for an International Criminal Court (CICC). It is hard to imagine the ...
Afghan war crime victims appeal to reverse ICC judges’ decision
Eighty-two Afghan victims have appealed a recent decision by judges of the International Criminal Court that denied the ICC Prosecutor authorisation to open an investigation into crimes committed in Afghanistan over the ...
Victims’ attempt to ‘save’ Afghan investigation leads to conundrum
The decision of a pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) not to authorize the prosecutor to pursue a formal investigation in Afghanistan into alleged war crimes and crimes ...
Defense witnesses have been intimidated says Ongwen’s lawyer
By Tom Maliti The defense of Dominic Ongwen has said some of its witnesses have been intimidated after they testified at the International Criminal Court (ICC) while other witnesses on ...
Revolutionary or terminator? The politics of convict Bosco Ntaganda
By Susan Kendi Judges at the International Criminal Court unanimously this month convicted Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda of all the 18 charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity. ...
Away from court, Ongwen plays football and cleans the detention centre
When he is away from the courtroom, Dominic Ongwen plays football, shares meals with his fellow detainees, and works at the International Criminal Court (ICC) detention center. Ongwen’s life at ...
Race to succeed Bensouda begins as clock ticks to her exit
A global search for a new Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has kicked off, beginning the countdown to the exit of Gambian Fatou Bensouda, who completes her term on ...
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