Month: March 2020

By Susan Kendi Detainees who have served at least two-thirds of their sentence should be released early in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Lawyers who work as defence counsel ...

By Susan Kendi Efforts to bring to justice Americans suspected of torture in Afghanistan continue to meet resistance as the United States government deploys travel sanctions, financial cuts and bullying ...

A political mission should replace the peace operation in Sudan, a joint United Nations-African Union report has said, sparking criticism from rights groups. Both UN and AU are later expected ...

(Sydney, March 23, 2020)  Australia's Defence Department should reexamine previously dismissed cases of alleged summary executions and other war crimes in Afghanistan in light of new evidence, Human Rights Watch said today in ...

Women and girls fleeing violence in Sudan are subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, according to United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In a report, the agency notes intercommunal conflicts at ...

By Susan Kendi The first warlord ever tried and sentenced by the International Criminal Court has been set free from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC). The 59-year-old ...

By Susan Kendi The United States government has publicly condemned the unanimous decision by the International Criminal Court authorising the opening of an investigation into the alleged crimes committed by ...

By Tom Maliti When International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda rises next week to make her closing statement in the trial of Dominic Ongwen, she will ask Trial Chamber ...

By Millicent Zighe The Government of Sudan recently agreed to hand over all suspects wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face charges including war crimes, crimes against humanity ...

The International Criminal Court has authorised an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Afghanistan, overturning an earlier decision. The ICC investigation will look at actions ...