The ICC

Everybody knows what judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers do at the International Criminal Court, but not so a strange beast in the zoo of organs and institutions that make up...

 Judges at the International Criminal Court will next week sentence Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, who last month pleaded guilty to the war crime of destroying historical and religious monuments...

The trial of Malian with links to Al Qaeda, Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, is scheduled to open on Monday, August 22, at The Hague, Netherlands. Al Mahdi is accused of the war...

 A Dutch-based lawyer for a Palestinian human rights organisation has been receiving death threats over her cooperation with the International Criminal Court.  Nada Kiswanson, who works for the Al-Haq organisation,...

Members of Burundi’s ruling party’s youth league, the Imbonerakure, have repeatedly gang-raped women since a wave of political protests began in 2015. Many of the rapes appear to have been aimed at...

International Criminal Court Outreach Coordinator, Maria Kamara, with some of the victims in the Dominic Ongwen case during one of the public meetings.  Dominic Ong’wen’s trial for 70 crimes against...

Even with the AU agreement to create a criminal chamber in the African Court of Justice and Human Rights, the attempt to replace the International Criminal Court on the continent...

Video Highlights Problems in AU Approach. Activists from across Africa clarify misconceptions about the International Criminal Court (ICC) and highlight the need for African governments to support the court in a video released today...

By Thomas Verfuss After years of discussions, drafting and negotiations among lawyers, the International Criminal Court (ICC) finally has its bar association. The constitution of the International Criminal Court Bar Association (ICCBA) has...

INTERVIEW IN FULL Q: All the Kenya cases at the ICC have collapsed. What do you think went wrong? First, I just want to express my dismay and sadness for...