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Could ICC withdrawal of South Africa and others spell more violence in Africa?
26 October 2016 by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.net editorial advisor
How things have changed! It was an African country, Senegal, that was the first in the world to ratify on February 2, 1999, the statutes of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Driven by civil society, some 30 other African cou [...]
Geneva Twitter bot flags up dictators’ planes
26 October 2016 by Frédéric Burnand
An open-source computer programme identifies planes flying into Geneva airport which belong to authoritarian regimes and raises the alert via Twitter. The creators of the GVA Dictator Alert now want to install the device in other [...]
Gambia becomes latest African nation to quit ICC
26 October 2016 by AFP
The Gambia has become the latest African nation to announce its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing the war crimes tribunal of "persecuting" Africans. The shock move announced late Tuesday was condemned by r [...]
Gambia to withdraw from International Criminal Court
26 October 2016 by AFP
Gambia has announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing the Hague-based tribunal of the "persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans". The announcement late Tuesday comes after [...]
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25 October 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, Arusha, Tanzania
African lawyers back the ICC A group of African personalities, including former key players in international criminal justice, have called on Burundi and South Africa to reconsider their decisions to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC).  Meetin [...]
24 October 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Will South Africa’s move to quit ICC spark "Afrexit"? South Africa has asked the United Nations to enact its withdrawal from the treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This came just days after Burundi’s parliament voted to withdraw from the Court. Battling against a juris [...]
24 October 2016 by Justice in Conflict
Transitional Justice Battlegrounds: Another Bad Week in Burundi Astrid Jamar joins JiC for this guest-post on recent developments regarding transitional and international criminal justice in Burundi. Astrid is a Research Assistant in Political Settlements Research Programmes at the University [...]
24 October 2016 by FIDH
South African withdrawal from the ICC a deplorable departure from commitments to justice (The Hague, Pretoria, Paris) FIDH and Lawyers for Human Rights strongly deplore the unilateral move by the South African executive to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), and call on the South African Parliament t [...]
24 October 2016 by Human Rights Watch
South Africa: Continent Wide Outcry at ICC Withdrawal (Johannesburg) – South Africa’s announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a slap in the face for victims of the most serious crimes and should be reconsidered, African groups and international organizatio [...]
23 October 2016 by François Sergent
Week in Review: Burundi and South Africa move to quit ICC After Burundi, South Africa. One after the other, two African countries in a week decided to leave the International Criminal Court, decisions which could be infectious on a continent that is already suspicious and critical of the [...]
21 October 2016 by AFP
Five questions on the ICC Once a champion of the International Criminal Court (ICC), South Africa dealt a blow to the world tribunal Friday by announcing its intention to withdraw, a move that came on the heels of a similar move by Burundi. Here are five k [...]
21 October 2016 by AFP
Africa in the dock at the ICC The International Criminal Court -- dealt a blow Friday with South Africa's decision to withdraw from the tribunal -- has launched nine investigations in eight African countries since its establishment in 2002. A 10th was opened i [...]
21 October 2016 by AFP
S.Africa to pull out of International Criminal Court South Africa announced Friday that it would withdraw from the International Criminal Court, dealing a major blow to a troubled institution set up to try the world's worst crimes. The decision followed a dispute last year when Suda [...]
21 October 2016 by Samuel Oakford, IRIN
Attack on Yemen funeral violated humanitarian law - UN panel, according to IRIN A UN panel of experts has accused the Saudi Arabia-led coalition of a deliberate “double tap” airstrike on a funeral gathering in Yemen earlier this month. In a report to the UN Security Council, obtained by IRIN, the panel says t [...]
20 October 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC convicts Congolese ex-vice president for witness tampering On October 19, the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down its first judgment for offences against the administration of justice. Former Congolese Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba and four others were all found guilty. The [...]
20 October 2016 by IRIN
Burundi walks away from the ICC Burundi has become the first country to begin the process of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, retaliation for the ICC’s decision earlier this year to open a preliminary investigation into human rights abuses.  Pre [...]
19 October 2016 by Oliver Slow, Frontier Myanmar
A year after ceasefire deal, what hope for peace in Myanmar? In Myanmar, October 15 marked the first anniversary of the signing of a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) between  the previous government of U Thein Sein  and eight armed groups. Oliver Slow of independent publication Frontier [...]
18 October 2016 by Vony Rambolamanana, Geneva
New-look IRIN opens Geneva office Humanitarian news agency IRIN, which turned independent from the UN in 2015, opened a new office in Geneva on October 12. Since taking its independence, IRIN has had funding concerns, but has now been able to re-launch with suppor [...]
17 October 2016 by Edouard Dropsy (Irin)
Wounds remain raw in Central African Republic The Central African Republic’s new government is struggling to bring an end to three years of war and sectarian violence, its authority undermined by continuing attacks on civilians by the mainly Muslim Séléka and rival Christian [...]