Africa Cases

By Thomas Verfuss Former DRC vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba’s acquittal by the ICC Appeals Chamber in June had led to sleepless nights for staff of the Office of the Prosecutor, as...

By Tom Maliti A former “wife” of Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), described to the International Criminal Court (ICC) her life with Kony and his...

By Thomas Verfuss ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda wants the court’s Appeals Chamber to rule that she is not obliged to reconsider her decision not to open an investigation into the...

By Tom Maliti A clansman of Dominic Ongwen, who is on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC), told judges that Ongwen’s family was not sure whether he was alive...

By Thomas Verfuss Soon, there might be little or no courtroom activity left at the International Criminal Court (ICC), which could be detrimental to the credibility of the institution. At...

By Thomas Verfuss The transfer of (former) militia leader Alfred Yekatom to The Hague on Saturday came as a pleasant surprise to victims in the Central African Republic, to NGOs...

By Tom Maliti A former aide to Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that about eight years ago the Ugandan army...

By Tom Maliti A former bodyguard of former Ugandan President Milton Obote narrated to the International Criminal Court (ICC) how he ended up working with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)...

By Tom Maliti A former fighter with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that an Acholi chief took him back to the rebel group when...

By The Center for Justice and Accountability For the first time since the end of Liberia’s bloody civil wars, representatives of government, UN, civil society, and diplomatic missions discuss steps...