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1. Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Billion dollar trial: 15 years of investigations, 970 million dollars at a minimum, no prisoner, and still no verdict. The first terrorism judgment before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, announced for mid-May, has been postponed ...
2. DR Congo militia killed 800 in 18 months: UN: A notorious militia has killed nearly 800 civilians in eastern DR Congo since the start of last year, the UN said on Monday, adding that the attacks may amount to crimes against humanity. ...
3. Serbia and Kosovo agree to resume detente talks: Kosovo's new Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will hold talks in Brussels on Sunday in a bid to ease longstanding tensions, an EU spokesman said Monday, ...
4. Stalled Kosovo-Serbia talks to resume Sunday: Kosovo's Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will relaunch talks in Brussels on Sunday, an EU spokesman said, reviving negotiations that ground to a halt ...
5. French court rejects fresh probe of plane downing that sparked Rwanda genocide: French appeals judges on Friday threw out a bid to reopen an investigation into the 1994 assassination of Rwanda's president which sparked a 100-day genocide that killed 800,000 people. ...
6. The ICC is looking for a new prosecutor – and it starts with a surprise: On June 30, the selection committee in charge of submitting candidates for the most important job at the International Criminal Court – the Prosecutor – has released a short-list of four names. None of ...
7. France rules on appeal to prosecute Rwandan president's killing: A French court will decide Friday whether to reopen an investigation into the assassination 26 years ago of Rwanda's president in a plane downing that triggered the country's 100-day genocide. ...
8. Removing monuments is not the same for former colonies as it is for former empires: The global furore about the meaning and relevance of statues, memorials and place names from a racist, imperial past presents a special challenge to Aotearoa-New Zealand. Are we ready to craft our own ...
9. Tunisia: Remembering Sadok Hichri: Civil society paid tribute on 20 June to Sadok Hichri, one of the leaders of the Baath Arab Nationalist Party, who died 36 years ago. But in Bouarada, the small town where Hichri was born, the mayor still ...
10. Kosovo president charged with war crimes over 1990s killings: Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has been charged with 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the country's conflict in the 1990s, a tribunal in The Hague said ...
11. Kosovo president charged with war crimes over 1990s killings: Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has been charged with 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the country's conflict in the 1990s, a tribunal in The Hague said ...
12. The Trump attack on the ICC: On June 11, an Executive Order by U.S. president Donald Trump threatened sanctions on investigators and staff of the International Criminal Court, and perhaps other people beyond the court. Former U.S. ...
13. Kuomintang assets at heart of transitional battle in Taiwan: Taiwan is trying to turn the page on four decades of Kuomintang domination, although the Kuomintang remains a central party in the island's newly democratic game. For the past four years, with varying ...
14. Syria: the man in Raslan’s shadow - was he just following orders?: Eyad Al-Gharib is the less known defendant in the first trial dealing with Syrian state torture that opened in April in Germany. As a low-ranking member of the intelligence service, he is accused of complicity ...
15. Syrians file complaint in Germany over sex abuse in Assad's jails: Seven Syrians who allegedly suffered or witnessed rape and sexual abuse in detention centres under President Bashar al-Assad's government have submitted a criminal complaint to prosecutors ...
16. Syrians file complaint in Germany over sex abuse in Assad's jails: Seven Syrians who suffered or witnessed rape and sexual abuse in detention centres under President Bashar al-Assad's regime have submitted a criminal complaint to prosecutors in Germany, ...
17. How will new US sanctions affect Syria?: The United States on Wednesday imposed new sanctions against the Syrian government over alleged crimes during the nine-year war, just as Damascus hopes to launch post-conflict reconstruction. ...
18. How will new US sanctions affect Syria?: The United States is imposing new sanctions this week against the Syrian government over alleged crimes during the nine-year war, just as Damascus hopes to launch post-conflict reconstruction. ...
19. Sudan prosecutor suggests Bashir may not be extradited to ICC: A Sudanese prosecutor suggested Monday that nationals wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes like ousted president Omar al-Bashir may not be extradited to The Hague. ...
20. EU diplo chief calls for special China dialogue with US: The EU's chief diplomat on Monday called for Europe and the United States to launch talks aimed at forging a common transatlantic front against an increasingly assertive China. ...