Opinion

By Prof. Jennifer Trahan in New York The election of the next ICC Prosecutor is obviously extremely significant; the direction of the Court for the next nine years is at...

By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague For the first time in history there will be a vote on Friday on who should become the new chief prosecutor of the International...

By Susan Kendi Trial Chamber IX of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today (February 4, 2021) delivered its ruling in the trial of former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen....

This week, as commemoration of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence approaches its peak, thousands of victims of sexual violence committed during the 2007-08 post-election violence (PEV) in...

By Ines Pierre de la Brière Undoubtedly, the International Criminal Court (ICC) must respect and institute measures and recommendations made by the government of The Netherlands in the fight against...

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 For over a decade, the victims and families of those raped and massacred in the stadium in Conakry, Guinea have never received justice. June 2020 begins of...

By Susan Kendi The International Criminal Court judges will in due course give a landmark ruling on the prosecutor’s request to open an investigation into the alleged crimes committed in...

December begins in The Hague with the annual session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), the managerial oversight and legislative body of the International Criminal Court. The meeting of...

By Judy Mionki and Kate Orlovsky, International Bar Association ICC & ICL Programme For most International Criminal Court (ICC) detainees at the  Detention Unit in Scheveningen, The Hague, home is...