ICC Cases
Starvation of civilians is a war crime, no matter the type of conflict
By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague Is starving civilians in a civil war “less bad” than starving civilians in a war between states? Switzerland proposes to make the intentional starvation...
Read moreDetailsICC victim fund drags feet in Kenya case, causing worry
By Susan Kendi Five long years passed between the time that the International Criminal Court(ICC) Trust Fund for Victims(TVF) announced their intention to send a fact-finding mission to Kenya and...
Read moreDetailsCharges in writing a precondition for meaningful ICC proceedings
By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague It can be said about any meeting about complex issues that participants and observers must have read the documents that are being talked about,...
Read moreDetails‘Friends of the court’ come to the aid of the Appeals Chamber in the Afghanistan situation
By Anushka Sehmi On April 12, 2019, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “Court”) rejected a request by Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to open an investigation into...
Read moreDetailsExperts throw Ocampo under the bus for collapse of Kenya cases at ICC, but he protests
By Kwamchetsi Makokha in Nairobi Was Luis Moreno Ocampo a bad prosecutor of the International Criminal Court? Experts reviewing the collapse of the Kenya cases at the ICC say he...
Read moreDetailsHow to kickstart the ICC reform process
By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague Frustrations around some aspects of how the International Criminal Court functions - accumulated over the past 17 years since its founding treaty, the Rome...
Read moreDetailsBensouda: What judges authorisation of investigations into Myanmar means
As announced last week, the Judges of Pre-Trial Chamber III have authorised my Office to commence an investigation into the Situation in the People's Republic of Bangladesh/Republic of the Union...
Read moreDetailsBritish troops may be investigated for war crimes by ICC
By Waga Odongo The International Criminal Court (ICC) may investigate the British military for war crimes committed in Iraq. A BBC current affairs program says it has uncovered killings of...
Read moreDetailsNtaganda appeals sentence; alleges judge unfit to serve
Lawyers for Bosco Ntaganda, who was earlier this month sentenced to 30 years in prison, have filed an appeal for his acquittal, arguing that his conviction was invalid because one...
Read moreDetailsDeadline for applications for ICC prosecutor extended to November 25
The Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) has decided to extend the deadline to apply for the position of International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor by nearly four weeks...
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