First a lawyer in the dock. Now a missing judge. The strange gets stranger at the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Posts Tagged “International Criminal Court”
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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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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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As a groundbreaking mobile court trial continues in Congo, a community confronts ingrained social stereotypes and the stigma of rape for seemingly the first time.
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In Congo, where rape is epidemic and recourse for victims almost nonexistent, impunity has been the norm. An innovative program is showing there might be another way.
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Kenyans should be wary of the argument that freshly minted governance institutions can handle those bearing the greatest responsibility for the 2007 post-election violence.
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As the International Criminal Court's prosecutor has accelerated investigations into the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya, the shadow of impunity has once again resurfaced.
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Lately it appears that there is no Kenya except by name: There are just several tribes cobbled to live uncomfortably together without any feeling, empathy, respect or affection for each other.
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The trial of accused war criminal Jean-Pierre Bemba provides hope to survivors of rape and other abuse—hope that their voices will be heard and that one day, the violence will stop.