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Posts Tagged “International Criminal Court”
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Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability, Justice
Topics: African Union, Grace Mugabe, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Mugambi Kiai, Omar Al Bashir, Sudan
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By taking former child soldiers to The Hague to recount how they were conscripted, the battles they fought, and how they saw their fellow children kill and be killed in battle, the Lubanga war-crimes trial has given the world a vivid picture of the horrors of using child soldiers.
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When debating international justice we must remember the important role of local courts, as they will try the vast majority of cases involving human rights violations and war crimes.
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The first man to be tried by the International Criminal Court has been released once again. But the Trial Chamber's decision does send a deeply important message about the ICC: this is no kangaroo court.
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Open Society Fellow Eric Stover explains why international courts should do a better job of communicating with people whose lives have been affected by wartime atrocities.
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Support for the International Criminal Court by its member states falls short of what is required to enable the court to have a wider impact in promoting international justice and helping to end impunity, according to court experts.
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Although 111 countries have ratified the statute establishing the International Criminal Court, many have consistently failed to cooperate with the court’s operations or to effectively support its work.
Posted in: Africa, Europe, Justice
Topics: International Criminal Court, international justice, James A. Goldston, kampala
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The International Criminal Court is the sole independent permanent court with the mandate to try genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. But critics say that for its €100 million annual budget, the ICC needs to have more to show.
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We hope to see governments and other donors pledge to strengthen national and regional justice systems, so that victims can find redress for war crimes and crimes against humanity at a local level, rather than seeing the International Criminal Court as their only option.
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Much unease about the International Criminal Court boils down to one issue: how should its prosecutor decide, among thousands of crimes and perpetrators within his jurisdiction, which ones to charge? Prosecutorial discretion is a common method of triage in overcrowded legal systems. But it is...
Posted in: Justice
Topics: crimes against humanity, International Criminal Court, international law, James A. Goldston