First a lawyer in the dock. Now a missing judge. The strange gets stranger at the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
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In Kenya, secret government edicts ensure that millions face discrimination when they try to secure access to nationality and basic rights. But a new case before the High Court in Mombasa is chipping away at the practice.
Posted in: Africa, Justice, Rights & Equality
Topics: citizenship, equality and citizenship, Kenya, Nubians, Sebastian Kohn, statelessness, vetting, video
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Like Sudan's Bashir before him, Libya's Qaddafi will now have to contend with a possible International Criminal Court investigation.
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In another unexpected detour at the Charles Taylor war-crimes trial, the Liberian president's own counsel faces disciplinary charges.
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Far from the theatrics of recent weeks, the mobile court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo points the way to enhanced delivery of international criminal justice.
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In an unprecedented decision, a court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has convicted four military officers on charges of rape and terrorism as crimes against humanity.
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Raped, robbed, and abandoned. But women from the village of Fizi still had the strength to come forward and tell their stories, culminating in the war-crimes conviction of the lead perpetrator.
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Although the war-crimes trial of Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui has received scant attention so far, it represents a major success story for international justice and for victims in the Congo.
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The International Criminal Court tries the most notorious war criminals. But it can only handle a finite number of cases, leaving thousands of crimes unpunished. The Fizi rape trial shows how local courts can fill the void.
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In recent years, U.S. immigration enforcement has devolved from federal to state and local authorities. A new study looks at the impact of that trend.