The International Criminal Court issued its first judgment today—a milestone in the path towards accountability.
Posts Tagged “International Criminal Court”
-
Leave a Comment
-
The current edition of Openspace, a journal produced by the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, focuses on international criminal justice. It offers a wealth of information, analysis, and comment about this critical and increasingly controversial concept.
-
Footage being collected in Syria by smart phones and video cameras has the potential to provide documentation which could serve as critical evidence in future criminal trials.
-
A mobile court trained to handle rape cases in Eastern Congo is raising expectations among local people. But international donors must ensure that this vital project doesn't expire for lack of support next year.
-
Libya says it wants to put Saif al-Qaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi on trial in Tripoli, rather than send them to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. But its leaders' options are constrained by their international obligations.
-
Over the past two decades, international courts have galvanized a global movement recognizing sexual violence as an instrument of war and oppression.
Posted in: Africa, Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Alison Cole, International Criminal Court, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, international justice, legacy, rape, Rights & Justice, sexual violence, Special Court for Sierra Leone
-
The ICC is likely here to stay. The same cannot be said for many other arms of the system of international justice, as governments aggressively push back against institutions and regional courts whose job is to deliver justice for victims of gross abuse.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights, Ban Ki-moon, European Court of Human Rights, extraordinary chambers in the courts of cambodia, high-level segment, ICC, International Criminal Court, international justice, James A. Goldston, Kenya, Ocampo Six, rule of law, Southern African Development Community, Teodoro Obiang, UN Human Rights Committee, UN treaty bodies
-
The latest twist in the saga of the fall of the Qaddafi regime has again focused attention on the relationship between Libya and the International Criminal Court, and on the broad question of how to obtain accountability for national and international crimes.
-
Muammar al-Qaddafi’s demise only further underscores the importance and urgency of capturing the two remaining fugitives from international justice—his son, Saif al-Islam, and his head of Military Intelligence, Colonel Abdullah Al-Senussi.
-
Over the next several months, the International Criminal Court will undergo its most significant leadership transition since coming into existence. It presents a major challenge and a significant opportunity.