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All I want is peace, victim of Ntaganda atrocities tells ICC judges
A victim of the crimes Congolese military commander Bosco Ntaganda is accused of has told judges at the at International Criminal Court (ICC) that, as a result of the ongoing...
Read moreDetailsMy experience at the war criminals’ prison at The Hague
In March, French journalist Florence Hartmann was jailed at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague for contempt of court. Hartmann was seized by United...
Read moreDetailsMinisters vow to protect ICC from unfair criticism
Senegalese Justice Minister Sidiki Kaba is among those who issued the statement. Over 30 ministers of nations around the world – five of them African -- have vowed to protect...
Read moreDetailsFocus turns to witness interference in Kenyan cases at the ICC
The ICC and those who support international criminal justice must embark on deep soul-searching to reflect on the lessons learnt from the Kenyan cases and how to deliver justice to...
Read moreDetailsAfrica can speak to ICC, but not all its demands will be granted, says judge
Kenya's government continues to make frantic efforts to lead a mass pullout of African states from the Rome Statute because of cases facing its citizens at the International Criminal Court....
Read moreDetailsWe are an independent court, says ICC judge
By Judge Eboe-Osuji The call from the AU makes it necessary to explain as follows. The termination of this case, without prejudice, is not at all in heed to the...
Read moreDetailsBensouda: Judges were prevented from determining guilt or innocence
Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, Regarding Trial Chamber's decision to vacate Messrs William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang case without prejudice to their...
Read moreDetailsProsecutor does not target Africa only
By Judge Eboe-Osuji They centrally concern the unfortunate perception that Africa had become the only region in which the ICC feels free to exercise its jurisdiction, riding roughshod over the...
Read moreDetailsICC is open to improvement
By Judge Eboe-Osuji As a new institution conceived and operated by human beings, there will always be room for improvement at the Court. African leaders can play their rightful part...
Read moreDetailsICC approves the prosecution of Katanga in DRC
The Presidency of the International Criminal Court (ICC) approved the prosecution of Mr Germain Katanga by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at the request of the DRC authorities....
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