Africa Cases

  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...

By Susan Kendi The victims of the violence that followed the disputed December 2007 presidential election in Kenya are back in the news. A lot of heat has been generated...

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 request states to...

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 Dutch journalist Harald Doornbos testified before the International Criminal Court about photos he took and documents he collected in the historic town of Timbuktu in Mali soon...

By Millicent Zighe The prosecution has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reverse the acquittal of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and his former Cabinet Minister Charles Blé...

By Susan Kendi Defence lawyers told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that the prosecution was wrong to say Trial Chamber I failed to set and apply a standard of proof...

The prosecution has asked the Appeals Chamber to overturn the acquittal of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and former Ivorian Cabinet Minister Charles Blé Goudé because, the prosecution has...

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 Millicent Zighe The Constitutional Court of Burundi has upheld the election of president Evariste Ndayishimiye, dismissing the opposition’s request that the court overturn the results because vote fraud and...