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Glimmer of hope for Gbagbo as appeal judges order review of his detention
By Susan Kendi Five years after former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo first sought to be released from detention, a glimmer of hope for freedom appeared this week. Judges in the...
Read moreDetailsOngwen led abduction of civilians in Pajule, says LRA spy
By Tom Maliti, IJ Monitor A former intelligence officer of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that Dominic Ongwen led one of the groups that...
Read moreDetailsKonya’s childhood friend testifies about Odek attack at Ongwena’s ICC trial
By Tom Maliti, IJ Monitor A childhood friend of Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), told the International Criminal Court (ICC) how Kony’s character changed once...
Read moreDetailsTop ICC political team recommends South Korean Kwon for ASP boss
Kwon O-gon, a lawyer and former international judge from South Korea, should be the new president of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), the political oversight body of the International...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa gets a slap on the wrist for failure to arrest Bashir
Judges at the International Criminal Court have chosen not to refer South Africa to the Assembly of States Parties or the UN Security Council for failing to arrest Sudanese President...
Read moreDetailsDiplomatic row over possible second term for Kaba as president of ICC states
By Thomas Verfuss and Rosemary Tollo A major controversy is brewing behind the scenes in The Hague over whether or not Sidiki Kaba, the Senegalese Justice minister, should serve an...
Read moreDetailsICC judges visit to Auschwitz not without controversy
By Thomas Verfuss At the invitation of the government of Poland, ICC judges held a retreat in the Eastern European country to discuss internal court matters. They also visited the...
Read moreDetailsICC judges pay their respects to victims of Auschwitz
Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) paid their respects to the victims of the concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which serves as a sombre reminder of the importance of the...
Read moreDetailsUN puts British colonialism In Africa before Hague world court
By Thomas Verfuss The United Nations General Assembly has voted to put questions about the legality of continuing British colonisation of a Mauritian archipelago before the International Court of Justice,...
Read moreDetailsLRA victim relives harrowing details of Pajule attack and his abduction
By Susan Kendi Fragments of a tree stump were stuck in his foot sole and he told his fellow fighters in the Lord’s Resistance Army that he could not cross...
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