The secession of South Sudan in July left Christians in the north more vulnerable to the Islamist bent of President Omar al-Bashir, and territorial warfare in states along the north-south divide targeted Christians. The Sudanese leader, wanted for crimes against humanity by the International..…
Under international law, this war was a criminal action and a patently unjustified violation of Iraqs sovereignty. The Nuremberg Tribunal, convened in the aftermath of the Second World War, declared the planning and launching of a war of aggression the supreme crime of..…
The Commission has so far identified 66 individuals who it believes bear command or superior responsibility under international criminal law for serious crimes related to the conflict in South Sudan. In the absence of the future Hybrid Court, the Commission has set out a..…
In some areas, including the south, the criminal justice system has collapsed. ... The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has a mandate to investigate war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Libya yet the prosecutor has issued only one arrest..…
In May 2017, a group of 54 Israeli activists, led by Mack, filed a petition with the Israeli High Court seeking a criminal investigation into Israel's exporting of arms to South Sudan. . They wanted the Foreign and Defence Ministry officials who approved weapons sales to..…
Back here, the Security Council held an open meeting this morning on Sudan and South Sudan. Council members heard a briefing by Fatou Bensouda, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. . ..…
And there is some in the law on that topic internationally, noting the 2017 ruling by Supreme Court of United Kingdom ordering Prime Minister to seek parliamentary approval to exit from European Union in spite of the tradition of foreign affairs. South African court ruled..…
Dr Machar described the killing as a crime against humanity and asked the international community and human rights watchdogs to refer the case to the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC). . Human rights abuses have become common in South Sudan especially after the..…
On the 5th of April, a group of more than 500 protesters marched to The Hague to denounce the systematic murder of social leaders in Colombia before the International Criminal Court, which has been largely met with impunity so far in the South American nation. ..…
This perpetuates West's practice and tendency to use global legal institutions such as International Criminal Court to persecute and demonize South.. ..…
Secretary of State Colin Powell from charging Bashir with a massacre and even genocide before the International Criminal Court. ... When South Sudan separated in 2011, Sudan lost a quarter of its area and population, including access to nearly half of its former oil..…
Secretary of State Colin Powell from charging Bashir with a massacre and even genocide before the International Criminal Court. ... When South Sudan separated in 2011, Sudan lost a quarter of its area and population, including access to nearly half of its former oil..…
The 2002 American Service Members’ Protection Act (ASPA, aka The Hague Invasion Act) “protect(s) United States military personnel and other elected and appointed officials of the United States government against criminal prosecution by an international court to which..…
The 2002 American Service Members’ Protection Act (ASPA, aka The Hague Invasion Act) “protect(s) United States military personnel and other elected and appointed officials of the United States government against criminal prosecution by an international court to which..…
Under Bashir, Sudan turned into a byword for brutal human rights violations, including allegations of a genocide against Darfuri men, women and children during the conflict in western Sudan, which led to an indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Sudanese..…
his government signed deal to end that conflict in 2005, another one was breaking out at the time - in the region of Darfur, where President Bashir is accused of organising war crimes and crimes against humanity by International Criminal Court .. Before taking the helm, he was..…
Human rights defenders from Colombia and Europe asked International Criminal Court to investigate the ongoing killing of social leaders in South American country on Friday.. ..…
The African Union has called for the mass withdrawal of member states from the International Criminal Court (ICC). . . ... South Africa and Burundi have already decided to withdraw, accusing the ICC of undermining their sovereignty and unfairly targeting Africans. . ..…
JURIST Guest Columnist Mark S. Ellis of the International Bar Association discusses the the growing issues with the International Criminal Court in addressing war crimes . ... Suggested citation: Mark S. Ellis, The Growing Crisis With the International..…
We must remember that this is not just about Israel but also about the U.S.’s imperial wars in the Middle East, its attack on internationalism (i.e., threats against the International Criminal Court and pulling out of the Paris Climate Protocol) as well as its ongoing..…
It “protect(s) United States military personnel and other elected and appointed officials of the United States government against criminal prosecution by an international court to which the United States is not party.” . ..…
The United States will revoke or deny visas to International Criminal Court personnel seeking to investigate alleged war crimes and other abuses committed by U.S forces Afghanistan or elsewhere, and may do the same with those. ..…
Recently she said, “the Maduro regime is now fully entrenched as a dictatorship” while in September Ottawa asked (with five South American nations) the International Criminal Court to investigate the Venezuelan government, which is the first time a government has been..…
Over the decades that followed, the Sudanese watched the country’s long and bloody civil war, which had raged since the early 1980s, spread from the south to Darfur and the Nuba Mountains in the west. Starting in 2009, the International Criminal Court issued warrants for..…
Recently she said, “the Maduro regime is now fully entrenched as a dictatorship” while in September Ottawa asked (with five South American nations) the International Criminal Court to investigate the Venezuelan government, which is the first time a government has..…
He has also failed to unite or keep the peace in the religiously and ethnically diverse nation, losing three quarters of Sudan's oil wealth when the mainly animist and Christian south seceded in 2011 following a referendum. . Bashir is also wanted by the International Criminal..…
Consequently, number of former and Georgian military officers expressed concern that, they might face extradition to International Criminal Court The Hague for alleged crimes committed South Ossetia during the conflict with Russia and receive no protection from Tbilisi ....…
In 2016, Burundi, The Gambia and South Africa notified International Criminal Court of their intention to withdraw from the body and Rome Statute. ..…
He has ordered the Philippine government’s pullout from the International Criminal Court. ... Agnès S. Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, for attempting..…
slew of African countries reaffirmed their backing for International Criminal Court during the past two days, giving much-needed support to the in the wake of announced withdrawals by South Africa, Burundi, and Gambia. . The entrance of International..…
The recent decisions by South Africa, Burundi, and Gambia to leave International Criminal Court are generating wide attention and speculation about mass exodus from the court by African countries. ..…
When the International Criminal Court’s member countries gathered in November 2015 for their annual meeting, both Kenya and South Africa raised issues about developments at the ICC over the previous year that affected their countries. . ..…
The government, dominated by the radical National Islamic Front, targeted civilians, destroyed Christian churches, and revived the slave trade through a declaration of “jihad” against the “infidels” of the south. . My point is certainly not to assume the wisdom of having an..…
In 1995, she became the first woman of color to become judge on South African High Court.. Pillay, born in 1941, also served on International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to try crimes after the in 1994, and presided over landmark cases in in. ..…
He led U.S of Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and renunciation of President Clinton's signing of the treaty on International Criminal Court. Japan, China, South Korea and Russia negotiated openings to North Korea including trips by North Korean President Kim Jong Il to..…
PARIS — A White House on Wednesday welcomed Serbian Orthodox Church's call for Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to resign and conceded that Serb leader, indicted on war crimes charges, might obtain in his country if he resigns.. ..…