ICC Cases
Kenyan courts order Covid-19 rule breakers to pay fines, do community service
By Susan Kendi Courts set up to try people accused of breaking Covid-19-related regulations in the Nairobi area have ordered them to pay fines of up to 10,000 shillings or...
Read moreDetailsUS condemned for decision to sanction ICC staff due to Afghanistan investigation
By Millicent Zighe The United States has come under sustained condemnation in recent weeks for its decision to authorise financial sanctions against staff of the International Criminal Court (ICC) because...
Read moreDetailsProfiles of the four people shortlisted for the job of ICC Prosecutor
On June 30, the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor announced the candidates they shortlisted for the job of International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor. The announcement was not made...
Read moreDetailsICC Appeals Chamber adjourns to consider submissions on the acquittal of Gbagbo and Blé Goudé
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...
Read moreDetailsDefence lawyers say prosecution’s evidence against Gbagbo and Blé Goudé was weak
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...
Read moreDetailsICC prosecution asks Appeals Chamber to overturn the acquittal of Gbagbo and Blé Goudé
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...
Read moreDetailsA former Janjaweed commander makes his first appearance at the ICC
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...
Read moreDetailsBurundi gets a new president
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...
Read moreDetailsCase of SGBV survivors of PEV 2008 gets to judgment stage
By Susan Kendi A case involving survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) during the upheaval that followed the December 2007 presidential election has skipped the proceeding during which lawyers...
Read moreDetailsViolence marred lead up to Burundi General Election, says Human Rights Watch report
By Millicent Zighe In the lead up to Burundi’s General Election violence, mainly against members of the opposition and independent actors, has been recorded in at least a third of...
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