Domestic Court Cases

By Amadou Jallow Gambia’s truth-seeking process kicked off this week with the swearing in of 11 commissioners as the International Criminal Court pledged to keep a watchful eye on the...

By Susan Kendi Judges have adjourned the trial of former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo to November 5, 2018, to allow for the translation and interpretation of the charges...

By Susan Kendi How does a multiple victim of war become the foremost defender of an alleged war crimes perpetrator? Like many of his fellow citizens, lawyer Nicholas Opiyo bears...

 Human Rights Watch has produced a 10-minute video "The Trial of Hissène Habré"  highlighting the historic trial of former  Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, who was brought to justice by victims...

 Questions are lingering over steps Rwanda will take after the African Court on Human and People’s Rights ruled that an opposition leader’s rights had been violated. Victorie Ingabire returned from...

The U.S. Government’s immigration fraud case against Liberian citizen, Pennsylvania resident and alleged war criminal Jabbateh, a/k/a “Jungle Jabbah” begins on October 2, 2017 in Philadelphia. Jabbateh has been charged...

 By Tom Maliti, IJ Monitor The International Criminal Court (ICC) heard for the first time witness testimony of the last moments of the deputy leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army...

By Susan Kendi “Have you cleaned the backside of my mother?” Lord’s Resistance Army commander Joseph Kony asked on the radio. He wanted to know if everything had been destroyed...

 Kenya’s vested interests in war-torn Somalia has made it difficult to move out since it launched the Operation Linda Nchi, according to George Kegoro, the Executive Director Kenya Human Rights...

Germain Katanga, a warlord convicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for murder and other crimes, thought he was getting released from prison in January. But he was wrong. He...