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Africa 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 moreWe 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 moreBensouda: 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 moreProsecutor 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 moreICC 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 moreICC 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....
Read moreICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s statement on termination of Ruto-Sang case
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 moreICC judges end Ruto trial over witness tampering and political meddling
By Journalists For Justice Judges at the International Criminal Court have terminated the crimes against humanity charges facing Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto and radio journalist Joshua Sang after a...
Read moreICC prosecutor calls on Kony to surrender
By Journalists For Justice Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda has called on Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army commander Joseph Kony to surrender. In a short video addressed to...
Read moreTimbuktu tomb raider wanted to plead guilty at ICC, says Bensouda
Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi, whose crimes against humanity charges for destroying tombs in Timbuktu were confirmed by the ICC judges, had told the court that he wished to plead guilty. ICC...
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