Human rights defenders demand action on election-related SGBV ahead of Kenyan polls
The Kenyan government has been asked to take firm action to prevent sexual and gender-based violence ahead of the general...
Sudan coup has affected probe, but Khan hopeful of progress in Darfur cases
The military coup in Sudan last year has slowed down the momentum of the International Criminal Court’s investigation in the...
UNESCO calls for protection of journalists
Journalists and media workers continue to face great danger in the course of their duties, with 55 of them reported...
ICC judges agree on reforms in response to experts’ review
The judges of the International Criminal Court have pledged to continue exploring ways to fill any gaps in the system...
Parties invited to make submissions on Kabuga trial guidelines
The parties to the case against genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga and the Registry of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal...
Cold welcome waiting for UN human rights experts as Ethiopia turns tables on rebels
An international commission of experts mandated to investigate allegations of human rights violations and abuses by all parties to the...
Court turns down bid to introduce elusive witness’s testimony, but allows four other statements
It has been a week of mixed fortunes for the prosecution in Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru’s case at the International...
Tradition restored at the ICC as Niang of Senegal and Fijian Khan are elected as deputy prosecutors
Now International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan QC will have two deputies after the Assembly of States Parties elected them...
Covid-19, climate threaten human rights, says UN
By Janet Sankale janet.sankale@jfjustice.net Mary Wasike mary.wasike@jfjustice.net The Covid-19 pandemic and the climate crisis pose new threats to human rights,...
Human rights groups join growing call for prosecution of Yahya Jammeh
By Janet Sankale janet.sankale@jfjustice.net Several experts have joined human rights groups urging The Gambia to prosecute crimes committed under the...
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