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ICC 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 moreTrial 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 moreCourt 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 moreTradition 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 moreKhan 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 moreICC 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...
Read moreKhan asks UN to fund ICC and his office for Libya, Sudan situations
By Janet Sankale janet.sankale@jfjustice.net and Mary Wasike mary.wasike@jfjustice.net International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan has petitioned the Security Council to ask the United Nations to fund his office to enable...
Read moreProsecutor to call more witnesses when Yekatom, Ngaïssona trial resumes next week
By Waceke Njoroge bnjoroge@jfjustice.net The trial of Central African Republic nationals Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona at the International Criminal Court in The Hague has taken a break until November...
Read moreICC plenary rejects bid to disqualify Gicheru trial judge
By Janet Sankale janet.sankale@jfjustice.net Judge Miatta Maria Samba will continue hearing the case against Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru after the plenary of judges of the International Criminal Court unanimously dismissed...
Read moreSudan situation on agenda of Abd-Al-Rahman status conference
By Janet Sankale janet.sankale@jfjustice.net The International Criminal Court will hear an update about the situation in Sudan after a military takeover as it presides over the second status conference in...
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