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Al Hassan counsel withdraws as victims’ lawyers start presenting their case
An associate counsel for former Malian militant leader Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud has requested to be allowed to withdraw from the case, ahead of a...
Read moreDetailsKhan ordered to clarify comments on Sudan situation
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan has been given three days to clarify some of the statements he made before the United Nations Security Council on January 17, 2022 concerning...
Read moreDetailsICC Prosecutor opposes Gicheru bid to throw out 614 items of evidence
The Office of the Prosecutor wants the judge in the trial of Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru at the International Criminal Court to dismiss his application seeking to have 614 items...
Read moreDetailsSudan coup has affected probe, but Khan hopeful of progress in Darfur cases
The military coup in Sudan last year has slowed down the momentum of the International Criminal Court’s investigation in the Darfur situation, Prosecutor Karim Khan has said. Delivering the ICC’s...
Read moreDetailsICC judges agree on reforms in response to experts’ review
The judges of the International Criminal Court have pledged to continue exploring ways to fill any gaps in the system in addressing some of the issues highlighted in the Independent...
Read moreDetailsTrial Chamber VI to hear Said Abdel Kani case
Mahamat Said Abdel Kani of the Central African Republic is now all set for trial after the Presidency of the International Criminal Court constituted Trial Chamber VI and appointed three...
Read moreDetailsCourt turns down bid to introduce elusive witness’s testimony, but allows four other statements
It has been a week of mixed fortunes for the prosecution in Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru’s case at the International Criminal Court, with the judge rejecting some of its applications...
Read moreDetailsTradition restored at the ICC as Niang of Senegal and Fijian Khan are elected as deputy prosecutors
Now International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan QC will have two deputies after the Assembly of States Parties elected them during the final day of its 20th session at the...
Read moreDetailsKhan outlines his vision for a vibrant, more efficient new ICC
By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague Karim Khan QC, who took over in June as new International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, wants people from the countries concerned to be...
Read moreDetailsICC will have a woman and a French speaker as deputy prosecutors
By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague Karim Khan QC, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), will have two deputies; at least one woman and one fluent in...
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