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11 October 2016 by AFP
Ex-child soldiers face lifetime of stigma in DR Congo, ICC hears Former child soldiers forced to fight in a brutal Congolese militia over a decade ago remain stigmatised, suicidal and live in constant fear, experts told an international court on Tuesday. The International Criminal Court, the wo [...]
10 October 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC makes first cautious visit to Israel A prosecution delegation from the International Criminal Court (ICC) visited Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ramallah from October 5 to 10. This was the first visit to Israel and Palestine since the Court opened a preliminary examination [...]
4 October 2016 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
Could Cambodia be test for new ICC move on land grabs? On September 15, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a policy document on case selection which included for the first time a focus on land-grabbing and environmental crimes in "peace" time. This comes a [...]
27 September 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Malian Jihadist gets nine years for destroying Timbuktu mausoleums The International Criminal Court (ICC) on September 27 sentenced Malian Jihadist Ahmed Al Faqi Al Mahdi to nine years in jail after he pleaded guilty to destruction of historic monuments in Timbuktu as a war crime. The ICC Prosecu [...]
27 September 2016 by AFP
Malian jihadist jailed for Timbuktu attacks War crimes judges jailed a Malian jihadist Tuesday for nine years for demolishing Timbuktu's fabled shrines, a landmark ruling seen as a warning that destroying mankind's heritage will not go unpunished. In the first such case to [...]
26 September 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: From Kinshasa to Damascus, a troubled search for transitional justice The tension and violence that marked this week show that the search for transitional justice across the world is difficult. This is despite efforts in some places not only to try suspected criminals but also to make current and fu [...]
14 September 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Congolese warlord on hunger strike in ICC jail Congolese ex-militiaman Bosco Ntaganda, on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) since September 2015, has gone on hunger strike to protest a Court decision restricting his visitors. Ntaganda, who was second-in-command o [...]
9 September 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
ICC Prosecutor puts sexual crimes at heart of Ongwen trial Crimes of sexual violence will be a big focus in the upcoming trial of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen before the International Criminal Court (ICC), although they were not part of the initial case. Th [...]
8 September 2016 by Aude Marcovitch, correspondent in Tel Aviv
Israel forced to cooperate with the International Criminal Court A team from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to visit Israel soon, at the request of Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. This is a first in relations between Israel – which is not an ICC member State – and the Court. But [...]
25 August 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC cuts Timbuktu mausoleum trial short The International Criminal Court (ICC) wrapped up in three days the trial of Malian former Jihadist Ahmed Al Faqi Al Mahdi, who faces one charge of war crimes for destruction of historic and religious buildings in Timbuktu in June [...]
23 August 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Malian Jihadist who destroyed holy sites tells his story Malian former Jihadist Ahmed Al Mahdi pleaded guilty on Monday as his trial opened at the International Criminal Court (ICC). He faces a single war crimes charge for the destruction of nine mausoleums and part of the Sidi Yahia mo [...]
21 August 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas
“Destruction of Cultural Heritage” At Heart of Mali Trial The trial of Ahmed Al Faqi Al Mahdi, known as Abu Tourab, is to open on Monday August 22 at the International Criminal Court (ICC). This Ansar Dine militiaman was head of the Islamic morality brigade during the occupation of Timbu [...]
21 June 2016 by AFP
18 years in jail for DR Congo's Bemba for war crimes The International Criminal Court Tuesday sentenced former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail, handing down its toughest penalty ever for "sadistic, cruel" rapes and murders by his troops in Central Afri [...]
18 June 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Syria, Mali and “Cultural Cleansing” as a Weapon of War With Ahmad al Faqi al Mahdi due to go on trial in two months at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for destroying tombs in Timbuktu, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova came to The Hague to urge protection of world heritage. [...]
16 June 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
United Nations Under Fire on Darfur At a June 14 Security Council meeting, UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous admitted lack of progress in finding a viable political solution to the conflict in Darfur, western Sudan. Five days earli [...]
13 June 2016 by JusticeInfo.net
Fatou Bensouda: ICC Prosecutor Answers Critics ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda granted an interview to JusticeInfo.net. She strongly rejects accusations that the International Criminal Court is delivering one-sided justice and is concerned about the consequences for Africa if so [...]
13 June 2016 by François Sergent
Week In Review: Interview with the ICC Prosecutor, Women and Slaves Interviewing Fatou Bensouda about transitional justice is like talking to the late, great pianist Glenn Gould for a musician, or to Lionel Messi about football. But JusticeInfo’s editorial advisor Pierre Hazan met in Geneva with I [...]
7 June 2016 by Pierre Hazan
Fatou Bensouda: “Nobody Should Be Above the Law” On a recent visit to Geneva, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda granted this interview to JusticeInfo.Net. She strongly rejects accusations that the ICC is delivering one-sided justice and is concerned ab [...]
25 April 2016 by AFP
A year of crisis in Burundi Burundi has suffered a year of bloody crisis, born of President Pierre Nkurunziza's divisive bid for a third term, which he secured last July. The opposition maintains that Nkurunziza's move was unconstitutional and violated a pea [...]