Rulings

 Leon Mugesera, faces a life in prison over his role in the Rwandan genocide.  A former politician who described Tutsis as "cockroaches" and called for their extermination has been jailed...

Sudanese government has asked the African Union’s Open ended Committee of Ministers of Foreign Affairs on the International Criminal Court to investigate political motives behind actions of the court’s chief...

MOGADISHU The Somali military court on Saturday executed two Al-Shabaab militants behind last year's murder of a female journalist who worked for state media.  The court found that Abdirisak Mohamed...

By Thomas Verfuss, Florence Hartmann, Radovan Karadzic                                                                                Less than two hours before Radovan Karadzic was due to hear his verdict, Florence Hartmann was arrested as she tried to enter the...

By Joyce J Wangui Rape has remained the un-provable war crime and crime against humanity at the International Criminal Court – until Judges found Congolese warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty this...

  By Joyce J Wangui Observers say the verdict sets a legal precedent that impunity on sexual violence cannot be tolerated and that the long road it has taken victims...

 Jean-Pierre Bemba, was found guilty of war crime related to the conflict in the Central African Republic between October 26, 2002 and March 15, 2003. By Journalists For Justice A...

Rwanda deposited the withdrawal on February 29, this year just over three years after it first deposited the declaration.By International Resource CentreThe government of Rwanda has announced it will no longer...

 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is the only sitting head of state wanted for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity for his crimes in Darfur. The South African government has...

Killings, enforced disappearances, rapes, and other grave abuses in the Western Equatorial region have sparked fighting that escalate into war. By Human Rights WatchA hybrid court to try the most serious...