ICC Cases

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...

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...

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...

By Susan Kendi A hush has fallen on the International Criminal Court as judges deliberate on the fate the Lord’s Resistance Army commander who was charged with crimes against humanity,...

By Susan Kendi The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is requesting to amend the charges against Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona to include rape and to add two additional charges, rape as...

By Susan Kendi Detainees who have served at least two-thirds of their sentence should be released early in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Lawyers who work as defence counsel...