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Relevance of the ICC has increased rather than declined Eboe-Osuji
Relevance of the ICC has increased rather than declined – Eboe-Osuji ICC President Chile Eboe-Osuji spoke at the United Nations General Assembly this week. His remarks have been edited...
Read moreDetailsWitness tells ICC how LRA peace talks collapsed
By Susan Kendi A man who used to record what the spirits allegedly told Lord’s Resistance Army commander Joseph Kony testified for two consecutive days at the International Criminal Court...
Read moreDetailsThe ICC story has not been very well told in the African context
By Journalists For Justice (JFJ) This year is the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute which resulted in the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) based here in The...
Read moreDetailsManoba and Cox: Having someone listen to their bad experiences has helped victims recover
By Tom Maliti Joseph Akwenyu Manoba and Francisco Cox represent one group of victims in the International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of Dominic Ongwen, a former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander. Manoba, a Ugandan,...
Read moreDetailsBensouda: We’ll keep a watchful eye on Gambia’s truth process
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...
Read moreDetailsWitness speaks of his arrest by Museveni’s rebel forces
By Susan Kendi On Monday, October 8, 2018, James Okot Ojwiya began testifying in the ongoing Dominic Ongwen trial as a witness for the defence. In 1989, around November, a...
Read moreDetailsWitness in Ongwen trial testifies about her possession by different spirits
By Susan Kendi Dressed in a brown skirt suit and a checked blazer, Harriet Adong this past week came up as the third defence witness to testify in the Dominic Ongwen trial....
Read moreDetailsAcholi Chief tells Court acholi culture forbids killing women, children, and looting during war
By Tom Maliti An ICC prosecution senior trial lawyer, Benjamin Gumpert, questioned Acholi chief Yusuf Okwonga Adek on Thursday about what was permitted in Acholi culture during war. Adek had told...
Read moreDetailsGado: Ivory Coast journalists talking about the ICC sound as if they are talking about Kenya
By Journalists For Justice (JFJ) Last week, Journalists For Justice (JFJ) hosted a visit by a number of African journalists who came to The Hague to find out more about...
Read moreDetailsDefence witness: Ugandan forces blamed the LRA for their own crimes on civilians
By Susan Kendi On Monday, October 1, 2018, the first Defence witness took the stand to testify in the ongoing Dominic Ongwen trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). A white-haired man...
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