Commentary
A ray of hope for victims of 2009 Guinea protest
By Susan Kendi For over a decade, the victims and families of those raped and massacred in the stadium in...
Africa most affected by refugee crisis
By Susan Kendi Realising a conflict-free continent is the dream of every African. Ahead of the 33rd AU Summit we...
Will the ICC bow to the political pressure in Afghanistan?
By Susan Kendi The International Criminal Court judges will in due course give a landmark ruling on the prosecutor’s request...
Burundi : Quatre ans de crise et deux ans d’enquête de la CPI. Quel est le bilan?
Par Lambert Nigarura Depuis avril 2015, le Burundi est plongé dans une grave crise socio-politique. L’annonce du Président Pierre Nkurunziza...
During ASP, suffering in ICC situation countries should not be forgotten
By Lambert Nigarura December begins in The Hague with the annual session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), the...
The ICC’s Trust Fund for family visits for detainees: Calling on states to step up
By Judy Mionki and Kate Orlovsky, International Bar Association ICC & ICL Programme For most International Criminal Court (ICC) detainees...
Cover-up fears in the collapse of Kenya ICC cases as key lawyers deny being contacted
By Rosemary Tollo in The Hague An experts’ report about how the Kenya cases at the International Criminal Court collapsed...
Starvation of civilians is a war crime, no matter the type of conflict
By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague Is starving civilians in a civil war “less bad” than starving civilians in a...
Charges in writing a precondition for meaningful ICC proceedings
By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague It can be said about any meeting about complex issues that participants and observers...
Article 74 of Rome Statute goes against the natural sense of justice
By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague When two ICC judges acquitted Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé in January 2019,...
We call out impunity and raise victim voices to demand accountability for atrocity crimes wherever they occur.
First time in history: a vote on who becomes new ICC Prosecutor