Month: October 2021

bnjoroge@jfjustice.net Amnesty International is the latest casualty of China’s national security law for Hong Kong, which has swept away civil rights organisations, trade unions, and media organisations since it came ...

By Janet Sankale Janet.sankale@jfjustice.net The second successful military coup in Sudan in less than three years has been met with near-total condemnation worldwide. And for the second time in as ...

The United Nations has called on its members to come together to tackle the great challenges confronting humanity, among them the coronavirus pandemic, which has devastated the world, as it ...

By Janet Sankale and Mary Wasike Several civil society groups and human rights defenders are pushing for transparent and accountable electoral and political processes in Kenya, as well as citizens’ ...

By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague thomas.verfuss@jfjustice.net The French language problem has plagued the International Criminal Court (ICC) for years. Staff members who prefer to speak French have often complained ...

By Janet Sankale janet.sankale@jfjustice.net Six candidates have been shortlisted for the position of Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan QC presented two lists of the ...

By Waceke Njoroge bnjoroge@jfjustice.net The confirmation of charges hearing in Mahamat Said Abdel Kani’s case before the International Criminal Court has been concluded and the case is now set for the next ...

The International Court of Justice ruling on the maritime dispute between Kenya and Somalia may have concluded the case brought before it seven years ago, but it has not resolved ...

The trial of 14 people facing charges in connection with the assassination of former Burkina Faso leader Thomas Sankara 34 years ago has started in the capital Ouagadougou. Former President ...

By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague ICC Prosector Karim Khan QC has sent a list of six candidates to become his deputies to Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, the president of ...