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By Thomas Verfuss As of the first week of December the world begins to wind down on festivities as diplomats across the world travel to the international city of peace...

By Jovan Djordjevic America has always had a special status at the Assembly of State Parties(ASP) but the salvo unleashed by John Bolton this year indicates that it will not...

Civil society representatives, judges, ambassadors and other diplomats, academics and journalists gathered in The Hague to start the celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute. The founding...

On 15 February 2018, the International Criminal Court (ICC) hosted the launch of the Coalition for the ICC’s commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute – the Court’s founding treaty– with an...

By Kwamchetsi Makokha Envoys from African nations have put the International Criminal Court in the dock over claims of bias and unfair treatment in an attempt to explain treaty withdrawals...

Kenyan civil society organisations have reiterated their stand that Rule 68 is a court matter and it should not be debated by the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome...

By Kwamchetsi Makokha Africans pulling out of the International Criminal Court have edged themselves to the top of the agenda at the 15th Assembly of States Parties, which began at The...

Tanzania will not pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) even as it raised concerns on a number of issues -- such as the ‘perceived persecution’ of Africans. “We...

African Heads of State at the 26th AU Summit in Addid Ababa, Ethiopia African states are not planning to pull out of the Rome Statute after all. Contrary to widespread...

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has objected to the 14th Assembly of State Parties statement on Rule 68 being placed in the appeals record of the William Ruto and...