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Donald Trump becomes President of the United States again on 20 January 2025. What danger does this represent for the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Photo: Donald Trump (front) raises his fist.
20 January 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
Can the ICC survive the U.S. sanctions? (Part 1) Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill calling on the U.S. president to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) for any investigations into “protected persons” of the United States and its alli [...]
Central African Republic - Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred Rhombot Yekatom before the International Criminal Court (ICC): what sentences could they face?
13 January 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
Last words in the Yekatom and Ngaïssona trial It is four years that Alfred Rhombot Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona have been on trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Central African Republic [...]
Trial of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (Ali Kushayb) at the International Criminal Court (ICC). He is on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sudan (Darfur).
19 December 2024 by Margherita Capacci
The first Darfur trial ended at the ICC The first trial at the International Criminal Court for crimes committed in Darfur, Sudan, came to an end, 20 years after the charged crimes. During the closing statements, from 11 to 13 December 2024, the prosecution stated that [...]
ICC & Syria - An aerial photo shows people gathering around Saydnaya prison in Syria.
10 December 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Syria opens its prisons, ICC’s ASP closes its doors Without warning, Bashar el-Assad relinquished power and fled to Russia. This new Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast opens the discussion on Syria, following the opening of prisons and calls for accountability after decades with very li [...]
International Criminal Court and Special Criminal Court: a duel at the summit of justice in the Central African Republic. Photo: A taxi and a gendarmerie vehicle in a street in Bangui (Central African Republic).
9 December 2024 by Franck Petit
A courts’ chase in Bangui Last June, the International Criminal Court already knew that it would run out of trials in 2025. At that time, it received a tip-off about the whereabouts of a local anti-balaka leader in the Central African Republic, Edmond Bein [...]
The empty courtroom of the International Criminal Court.
3 December 2024 by Margherita Capacci
A court without trials? The reality of today’s situation at the International Criminal Court is that while very high-profile political leaders from different parts of the world are wanted, the only individuals who are actually tried remain mid-level Afri [...]
Construction of the IPC of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
2 December 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
The clouded skies over the ICC The annual Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court takes place in The Hague from December 2-7. Against the prospect of a hostile Trump administration in the U.S., an investigation on alleged misconduct of th [...]
Myanmar - International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for General Min Aung Hlaing. Photo: The Burmese Head of State standing in uniform in a vehicle during a military parade.
27 November 2024 by AFP
ICC: it's Burma's No. 1's turn After Putin and Netanyahu, it's now the head of Myanmar's military junta, Min Aung Hlaing, who is accused of crimes against humanity by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). On November 27, Karim Khan asked for [...]
Israel & Palestine - ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant. Photo: Palestinians walk on a dirt road lined with rubble from destroyed buildings in the Shujaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City.
25 November 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
After the arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant It took 6 months for a decision to be issued. It was a tortuous process. Several dozens of states and organizations intervened in a “circus of amicus curiaes submissions over the summer,” as remembers Sergey Vasiliev, law professo [...]
The arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant have been confirmed. Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
21 November 2024 by AFP
ICC judges confirm arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant Six months after a request from the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on 21 November the ICC judges issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gall [...]
Malian Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud is awaiting his verdict at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
20 November 2024 by AFP
ICC: 10-year prison sentence for Al Hassan On November 20, the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down its sentence on Malian jihadist Al Hassan. The former head of the Islamic police in Timbuktu in 2012 was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity las [...]
Karim Khan and the ICC are under pressure - Photo: Karim Khan listens to Luis Fernando Murillo whisper in his ear as he shakes his hand during a visit to Colombia.
24 October 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Pressure mounts on the ICC The investigation into the Israel-Palestine conflict has positioned the International Criminal Court in the forefront of world politics. The institution faces pressures on multiple fronts, externally and internally. Evidence of Is [...]
Barbed wire fence is pictured at the Lithuanian- Belarusian border in Sadziunai, Lithuania.
11 October 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Lithuania, Belarus and the ICC Lithuania is up for lawfare. A member state of the International Criminal Court (ICC), it has sparked an ICC preliminary inquiry by submitting a referral to investigate Belarus, a non-member state, for crimes against humanity. It [...]
Crimes against migrants in Tunisia: will the ICC act? Photo: Tunisian President Kaïes Saïed shakes hands with Italian President Giorgia Meloni.
4 October 2024 by Amin Taieb
Crimes against migrants: Tunisia is radicalising, will the ICC act? A few days before October 6 elections, in which Tunisian President Kaïes Saïed is running for a second term, a complaint has been lodged against him at the International Criminal Court. It highlights the clampdown in Tunisia on su [...]
Belarus before the ICC for two complaints - Photo: Riot police arrest a man in a street of Minsk (Belarus).
3 October 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Suddenly, Belarus wakes up with two complaints before the ICC The legal calm seems over for a country which seemed to escape any form of accountability. On Monday, September 30, Lithuania submitted a referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing Belarus for crimes against oppon [...]
The ICC and the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan - Photo: refugees leave Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia.
23 September 2024 by Franck Petit
ICC: “A preventive measure, not a transitional justice tool for Armenia” Nearly a year ago, Armenia ratified the Rome Statute and became a State party to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This came just after the full invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh by neighbouring Azerbaijan, which led to the force [...]
Maxime Mokom, a former Central African minister who was prosecuted and then released by the International Criminal Court, is now seeking compensation. Photo: Mokom before the ICC.
10 September 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
The Mokom fiasco, part 2: everybody did their job, no one needs to know How much should you be compensated if the prosecution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) suddenly decides to stop prosecuting you? In Maxime Mokom’s case, he thinks about 3,5 million euros for him and his family would be su [...]
Victim of militias in 2003 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ruth Biangire was able to benefit from the help of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: Ruth Biangire poses in her store, where she sells petrol in cans and bottles.
9 September 2024 by Claude Sengenya
ICC/DRC: Reparations leave victims feeling sore (2/2) After the village of Bogoro, in the Ituri region of north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, our correspondent went to Bunia to interview other beneficiaries of the International Criminal Court’s Trust Fund for Victims. These a [...]
Signing of an agreement between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Ukraine.
6 September 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
How Ukraine (nearly) joined the ICC Ten years after their first referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ukraine has finally become a member of the court on August 21. Ukraine’s parliament’s ratification comes as a surprise to many, not because it hasn’t [...]