Commentary

 After 20 years since the adoption of the Rome Statute, the President of the International Criminal Court spoke about the future of the system designed to deal with the worst...

 This Thursday, December 14, 2017, in New York, the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC), added three war crimes to the Rome Statute. The new war...

 By Journalists for Justice  In just the latest illustration of Burundi’s systematic disregard for human rights norms, Aloys Habimana a prominent Rwandan rights advocate was detained on February 17th on the nation's...

Dr Hans Corell is a Swedish lawyer and diplomat who served as the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel of the United Nations between March 1994 and March 2004. The...

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...

Award-winning journalist and author Tjitske Lingsma has closely followed events at the International Criminal Court as it took on cases in Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic,...

By Luis Moreno Ocampo   For more than 30 years, I have been investigating people with political, military or financial power and I learned that I had to be prepared...

By Terry Jeff Odhiambo Gambia stands as a testament to the glacial progress Africa is making in the sphere of human rights. With the country on the mend and efforts...

 “Until now there was no guide for victims participating in proceedings before international courts,” said Judge Ivana Hrdličková, President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), during a book presentation...

By Gladwell Otieno Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice, a coalition of over 30 civil society organisations, continues to call for accountability for the crimes committed during the 2007/8...