International Criminal Court
International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression (although it cannot currently exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression). The court came into being on 1 July 2002 — the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, entered into force — and it can only prosecute crimes committed on or after that date. The official seat of the court is... read more
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DRC: ICC suspends Lubanga release
From Pambazuka Dated 30 July 2010 2010-07-30 Thomas Lubanga, a former Congolese rebel leader, will remain in jail in The Hague after the appeals panel of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said it feared he might not reappear if another trial is ordered. Judges at the...
Global: Challenging dictators
From Pambazuka Dated 30 July 2010 2010-07-30 At the International Criminal Court (ICC) review conference last month in Kampala, negotiations to add the crime of aggression to the court’s docket topped the agenda. The crime of initiating offensive warfare had been prosecuted after World War II....
Government's move to curb universal jurisdiction sends wrong message
From The Guardian Dated 27 July 2010 Where states have failed to comply with international law, private citizens must have the right to instigate transgressors' arrestOn 1 June this year newspaper headlines were filled with angry outpourings after a flotilla of humanitarian aid for Gaza was attacked...
The ICC is no kangaroo court | Tracy Gurd
From The Guardian Dated 26 July 2010 By releasing Congo militia leader Thomas Lubanga, the ICC shows it is operating as a court should: according to the lawThe first man to be tried by the international criminal court (ICC) has been handed a "get out of jail...
Afghanistan war logs: a game-changer for British politics? | Eric Joyce
From The Guardian Dated 26 July 2010 If there is one positive outcome of the Wikileaks revelations it is that it might unlock Labour's frozen position on defence policyThe Guardian's gripping publication and analysis of the Wikileaks files on Afghanistan has a game-changing feel about it.The British...
ICC's call to arrest Bashir is futile | Cameron Duodu
From The Guardian Dated 26 July 2010 Expecting Chad to arrest Sudan's President Bashir ignores the region's realpolitik and undermines work by African mediatorsIt is evident that the international criminal court will only be as effective as African countries want it to be. But does the ICC...
AU chief condemns Bashir warrants
From Al Jazeera Dated 26 July 2010 African leaders attack International Criminal Court over moves against Sudan president.
AFRICA: African Union chief slams ICC warrant for Sudan's president
From France 24 Dated 26 July 2010 An International Criminal Court warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al Bashir for crimes in Darfur is "undermining African solidarity" and violates national sovereignty, the current African Union chief said at a summit on Sunday.
Revolutionary Father -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
From The National Review Online Dated 26 July 2010 A merican politicians give speeches on “dialogue” with Islam. In the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, Macram Gassis does it. And he does it through action: Life-endangering charity and clarity. Gassis is the Catholic bishop of El Obeid, which includes...
African nations divided over Bashir genocide charge
From Reuters Alert Net Dated 25 July 2010 Source: Reuters * Libya leads argument against group led by South Africa * Resolution on International Criminal Court redrafted * AU rejects ICC request to open "liaison office" in Africa By Barry ...
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