By Melinda Reed The gender justice provisions of the Rome Statute remain the most progressive of any international criminal law treaty. This piece offers an overview of the positive developments...
Read moreDetailsIn 1998, an idea that had been in the making for about 50 years suddenly became reality when 120 states adopted the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court at...
Read moreDetailsThe case against Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru drew closer to its conclusion, with both the prosecution and the defence presenting their final statements at the International Criminal Court on June...
Read moreDetails“My hands were shaking. We were all scared. We were working in an adrenaline rush… But now we are just exhausted. It is difficult to work, hard to concentrate.” –...
Read moreDetailsKenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru will attend the session of the closing statements in his trial at the International Criminal Court via video link on June 27, 2022. Gicheru, through his lawyer Michael...
Read moreDetailsCentral African Republic national Mahamat Said Abdel Kani will remain in custody in The Hague pending his trial after the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court confirmed a trial...
Read moreDetailsThe Paul Gicheru case at the International Criminal Court is drawing to a close as the parties prepare to present their closing statements on June 27, 2022. In readiness for...
Read moreDetailsKenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru has asked the International Criminal Court to allow him to introduce new evidence, even after informing the court that he would not present a defence case...
Read moreDetailsJanjaweed militiamen often visited Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman’s pharmacy store in Garsila to collect their pay, a witness told the International Criminal Court judges hearing the case of the former...
Read moreDetailsKenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru has opposed the prosecution’s application asking the International Criminal Court to allow it to formally submit eight items of evidence it says will assist the court...
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