COVID-19

By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague From his Scheveningen prison cell Kenyan Paul Gicheru has appointed veteran American defence lawyer Michael G. Karnavas to represent him before the International Criminal...

By Thomas Verfuss It is a good thing, of course, that the founding mothers and fathers put provisions in the Rome Statute that allow the International Criminal Court (ICC) to...

Twenty-three years after he was first indicted by a United Nations criminal tribunal, Félicien Kabuga pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to seven counts of genocide for his alleged role in...

By Susan Kendi Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru has denied charges that he bribed or attempted to bribe six International Criminal Court (ICC) witnesses seven years ago. Gicheru said this on...

By Susan Kendi Courts set up to try people accused of breaking Covid-19-related regulations in the Nairobi area have ordered them to pay fines of up to 10,000 shillings or...

By Susan Kendi The head of a United Nations criminal tribunal has received and dealt with several requests convicts have made for early or provisional release to protect them from...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will hold hearings starting on December 7 to determine whether to confirm charges against Ali Muhmmad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, a former commander of the Janjaweed, a...

By Ines Pierre de la Brière Undoubtedly, the International Criminal Court (ICC) must respect and institute measures and recommendations made by the government of The Netherlands in the fight against...

By Millicent Zighe In the lead up to Burundi’s General Election violence, mainly against members of the opposition and independent actors, has been recorded in at least a third of...

By Susan Kendi Countries across the world have closed their borders, halted international travels and issued orders on curfew as measures to curb the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection as the numbers...